Fragile Eternity (Wicked Lovely #3)

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Mortal or Faery

July 01, 2009

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Reader reviewed by Rachel Connell

Sequal to Melissa Marrs Wicked Lovely. This goes from the views of Scorcha, Aislinn, Seth, and Donia. Seth sees that Aislinn is growing closer to Keenan and he can't do anything to stop it. Aislinn loves Seth but she still feels the pull and longing with her Summer King. Donia loves Keenan but shes the only one making commitments while Keenan does anything in his power for his Queens attention and love. All of the faery courts are making new alliances and new enemies. Will Seth find a way to be with Aislinn for eternity and will Donia be able to keep the Summer Kings love?
This book was great. I personally have been waiting for the sequel to Wicked Lovely which I loved. You really see a different side of all the characters. Keenans complete lack of feeling for anyone else besides himself and his faeries. Donia starts to see reason where Keenan is concerened. Niall is a little more dark since he became the Dark King and he makes an unlikely alliance with some. I felt a little sad for Seth that Aislinn wasn't more trust worthy. I'm guessing there will be another book because the end leaves a lot of details open. I hope we see more action and someone do something to Keenan. It was a good book all in all if you liked Wicked Lovely.

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faeries again

May 18, 2009

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Reader reviewed by stephanie

Fragile Eternity is definitely the best. It's not the morbid, gloomy book like Ink Exchange and Wicked Lovely was basically setting up the whole series.

The plot definitely got better. More intense and more intriguing.

The writing style also improved. It flowed easier and it wasn't as headaching to read the book. :)

The only thing I have against Fragile Eternity is probably the ending. I felt like the ending didn't really conclude anything. It ended abruptly and left me hanging there. :( However, like I said, this is the only negative thing I have to say about this novel.

What I enjoyed about Fragile Eternity was the look into all four of the Faerie courts. It gave it a sense of reality and it allowed the readers to see how the four courts function together. I also loved how the introduction of the new court and the new characters wasn't rough and uneven. Instead, it flowed seamlessly into the novel which made it all the more better.

The characters were awesome as well. Beautifully written and utterly captivating. I loved Seth, however, I am completely dissatisfied with his neediness and his perseverance in becoming a Faerie. He doesn't realize the consequences, the reality but because he's blinded by his love for Aislinn, he doesn't care and would do anything to be with her. I mean, I understand why he would want to do that but at the same time, I don't understand.

Aislinn is way too naive. She trusts everyone more than they deserve and because of that, she ends up abandoned and left alone. I wish she has more common sense and I wish that she's smarter.

Keenan is, omg, way too selfish. Seriously. I understand his need to care and protect his court but he has to realize that there are other people too and that they have feelings. It doesn't feel like he understands that and because of that, I'm annoyed with him. I also don't understand his ability to love both Donna and Aislinn. How does one love two women at the same time?? So wishy-washy.

Overall, Fragile Eternity is amazing and I just found out that there's a sequel...so hopefully it'll conclude the series. :)

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A Rich and Beautiful Faery Sequel

March 12, 2009

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Reader reviewed by Steph Su

You would think that once the malevolent Winter Queen Beira's reign was destroyed and the Summer King, Keenan, was restored to full power when he found his Summer Queen, Aislinn, that the this alternative faerie world, located in Philadelphia, would be peaceful again. But it's not. The monarchs of all three faery courts have changed hands, and former friendships (Niall, Keenan's former advisor, now the king of the Dark Court) and flames (Donia, the new Winter Queen) will become enemies to be wary of.

Meanwhile, in between adjusting to being a faery and learning her duties as Summer Queen, Aislinn struggles to find balance between Keenan--her king, her partner, her friend, to whom she experiences an undeniable attraction--and Seth, her wonderful mortal boyfriend. Seth is frustrated that his mortality hinders his ability to protect Aislinn from faery threats. With a hint from Bananach, the dangerously insane faery of Chaos and War, Seth goes to Sorcha, the faery queen of Reason, in order to be changed into a faery, so that he and Aislinn may stay together forever and equally.

What none of them except Bananach know, however, is that every one of their actions takes them all a step closer to a war that could destroy everything they know...

If you thought the world of faerie couldn't get more dangerously sexy and alluring than Melissa Marr's first book, Wicked Lovely, well, you're wrong. Fragile Eternity focuses mostly on the characters' relationships with one another. And what brilliantly hot and tension-filled ones they are! Lengthy conversations between Keenan and Aislinn, Keenan and Donia--okay, Keenan and anyone--should come with a "sexual tension!" warning/preview. Melissa Marr definitely writes wonderfully complex characters who are stuck in situations that have no easy solutions.

The writing of Fragile Eternity is fantastic: lyrical, magical, completely befitting the ideas it wants to express. This is poetry in motion, beauty in black and white. (And this is not even mentioning the gorgeous cover that this book is graced with.)

When I read Wicked Lovely I thought it was a decently written urban fantasy novel but nothing special. That's why I was so surprised at how much better I thought Fragile Eternity was. Parts of the story are still frustrating to me--despite how well drawn the characters are and how good the writing is, I still can't seem to fully connect with them--but I have no doubt that fans of Wicked Lovely will run out to buy this one. The ending, while rather anticlimactic after so much buildup over 300+ pages, promises a possibly even more exciting and tension-filled sequel. This may not be a hands-down favorite fantasy series of mine, but the love triangle and Melissa's beautiful writing are enough to keep me reading, and far less picky fantasy lovers will passionately declare their ardour for Marr's faerie world.

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