The only thing you need to know is: Ensnared was perfect.
Now hold your moths, if you know that I’m an aggressive Morpheus-Alyssa shipper, you will think you know how it ended. You will be wrong. The ending is as complex as it is delicious.
AND I WILL NOT SPOIL IT.
This is a spoiler free review (yup, no spoilers for Splintered or Unhinged either.) BUT! I need to talk about the finale so they will be in spoiler tags and please please don’t click if you haven’t read Ensnared. (ALSO: WARNING! WARNING! If you are reading this through email, click through to my blog! Apparently the spoiler tags don’t work unless you are on my blog. DO NOT READ ON! Unless you’re on my actual blog!)
Now where was I? Oh yes. Fangirling, flailing, and crying, I think.
- Fangirling = because it was so so wickedly good and perfect and the writing sucked me right in.
- Flailing = because the plot twists messed with my brain.
- Crying = because the Splintered trilogy is over now and I shall miss it.
I love this trilogy for the epic, feral, gorgeousness of Wonderland.
There’s even more cruel beauty in AnyElsewhere. Everything is completely insane. I LOVE IT. The writing just…gosh. If I could ever write half as well as this, I would die happy. I adore the vibrant excruciatingly beautiful detail.
And there was so much character development for all the netherling darlings.
- Alyssa: We get to see her cruel dark side. She’s like 80% Netherling right now and she’s caving to her bloodlust. Sure she still faints like a damsel in distress a few times, BUT WE’LL FORGIVE HER. On account of the reason. Mwahaha. I cannot tell you, but it’s heartbreaking.
- Jeb: Guess what?! I don’t hate Jeb anymore! (I always thought he was well written, I just didn’t like him.) I have a lot of respect for him now. There is also the matter of him and Morpheus getting along like a moth on fire. They’re mildly adorable. And I really love Jeb’s wild bitter art. It’s beautiful.
- Morpheus: Oh well we know he is my favourite. Narcissistic, sassy, snarky, and beautiful. My only screech is that he didn’t come in until page 100. What even. I always need more Morpheus. But I loved his new relationship with Jeb…their banter was priceless.
Here is Morpheus lurking in the background. I do not own the family. I need Alyssa.
This remains my one of my favourite of favouritest trilogies. There is not a minute where I’m not guessing and wondering and hoping and crying about what’ll happen next.
To describe the love-triangle?
Morpheus would push Alyssa off a cliff because he believes she can fly. Jeb would catch Alyssa before she got a chance to get hurt.
Yes. I did fanart…Wonderland inspired fanart.
I get why people would be slightly outraged…it’s nearly too easy. Like the author couldn’t pick? Like there had to be no big sacrifice or broken heart? WELL. I DON’T THINK IT’S LIKE THAT. Everyone made ginormous sacrifices and the author stayed 100% true to her characters. Besides, it’s Wonderland. It’s supposed to be slightly insane and messed up.
Everyone made huge sacrifices. Morpheus agreed to wait 80 or so years. He didn’t have to. BUT HE DID BECAUSE HE LOVES ALYSSA. And Jeb agreed to know that when he’d die, Alyssa would live forever with Morpheus. And Alyssa, who looks like she has a 1000% win-win situation here, signed up for eternity with 2 drama queens, so I think she’s being punished sufficiently. I’m happy that Alyssa got both the guys. Gah. It sounds like a harem, but but but…MORPHEUS WILL ALWAYS BE THE BEST.
Me during Jeb’s Fake Death
Also Jeb’s “death”?! Woah. I thought he had died, and then as soon as CC walked off, I whispered out loud, “That’s Jeb.” I’m so glad I was wright, although I secretly hoped Jeb would get killed off because it would’ve sent everything psycho. I wouldn’t change the ending, of course. I LOVE THE ENDING. I also love that Jeb fixed Wonderland. And i love that Jeb and Morpheus worked together. They nearly had a little thing going on there.
Basically I shall flail because this book is beautiful chaos.
I AM OH SO HAPPY with this finale. It couldn’t be more perfect, really. The ending is satisfiying but leaves me crying because I want mooooore. I will miss Wonderland like nothing else. I WILL MISS THE MOTH. OH MY MORPHEUS. Ensnared surprised me from page 1 to The End. BUT IT WAS PERFECT AND I AM HAPPY*
* I also will not apologise for the amount of all caps in this post.
Thank you Thames and Hudson for the review-copy! Ensnared by A.G. Howard came out in January, 2015.
After surviving a disastrous battle at prom, Alyssa has embraced her madness and gained perspective. She’s determined to rescue her two worlds and the people and netherlings she loves. Even if it means challenging Queen Red to a final battle of wills and wiles . . . and even if the only way to Wonderland, now that the rabbit hole is closed, is through the looking-glass world–a parallel dimension filled with mutated and violent netherling outcasts. In the final installment of the wildly popular Splintered trilogy, Alyssa and her dad journey into the heart of magic and mayhem in search of her mom and to set right all that’s gone wrong. Together with Jeb and Morpheus, they must salvage Wonderland from the decay and destruction that has ensnared it. But if they succeed and come out alive, can everyone truly have their happily ever after?
Goodreads Thames and Hudson Amazon Bookworld AUS My interview with the author My Review of Unhinged My Review of Splintered
I’m no genius at book quote graphics but…these are my pretties.
have you read the splintered trilogy yet?? ARE YOU GOING TO? HAVE I FLAILED ENOUGH?? (it is ginormously glorious, just so you know.) now i know, i know, love-triangles usually get glared at, but what’s the best love-triangle you’ve ever read?? tell me in the comments!
Cait is quietly squeaking over here because AG Howard pinned her zentangle fanart to her official pinterest! Her life has been made. It’s very hard saying goodbye to a favourite trilogy so fingers crossed this fabulous author writes more, right?! RIGHT?! Whilst recovering from a massive book hangover, Cait is writing lists in her new literary listography book.
Confession moment: I haven’t even read Splintered. So I couldn’t read most of your post because of spoilers but still! I should really read this trilogy…
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WHAT. WHY HAVE YOU NOT EATEN THEM YET? COME NOW. hehe. I totally recommend them, and fair enough for skipping the post. *nods*
OH MY GOSH that happened on my blog too – hopefully not too many people read the spoiler for All the Bright Places! (I accidentally saw the one for There Will Be Lies on yours…but that was my fault because I couldn’t help it).
BUT I’M READING IT NOW AND I LOVE IT ALREADY OH MY GOODNESS. The way even the most minor characters (Bill the Lizard eg) are included…I love this series. ALSO DO YOU SERIOUSLY NOT OWN SPLINTERED????
Gah! It's frustrating right?! It makes me not want to use the cool coding things, buuuut, that's half the reason I came to WordPress. Doing cool buttons is FUN. *ahem* I LOVE IT SO MUCH TOO. I just…wow. The author has the imagination of genius. And I knoooow. I have a Splintered hole in my life. Honestly, I own mostly the seconds and onwards of series. >.> It's on my to-buy list, hehe.
Holy shit, you crazy kid xD Did this rhyme? I have no idea xD I usually don’t like to comment on English blogs with this account, but your review is totally fangirling and I looooooooove Morpheus <3 Damn it, why do I have the German edition? I have to wait for the German release of the second book, because else it won't fit with the first book ._. I want more of Morpheus ._. And I already know the end, because I was spoiled by a Goodreads review (on purpose of course xD) and I think the ending is okay. So I will continue the serie (I was thinking about stop reading after the first book, because the ending was already okay and if the third one had ended like that again, I wouldn't have risked reading and maybe get disappointed (although I can't believe it's possible)
Ugh, I can understand. Matching books is a MUST. I've put Morpheus and Jeb on my self together and they look sooo wonderful. xD AWK. You shouldn't have read spoilers, you cheater!! 😉 hehe. I'm glad you're continuing, though, it's just the best series of eeeeever.
Cait, stop posting about things I want to read but haven’t yet!
Or, actually, don’t. It’s a nice kick in the pants and reminder that I need to get my butt in gear and read these things. (I have Splintered on hold at the library! Now to venture out of the house and go get it as soon as I get the magical pick-up email…)
But it hurts to not be able to join in on the fangirling! I can’t tell what I’m missing! Ahhh!
Since I can’t think of literary love triangles right now to be able to answer your question, I shall as you a question of my own. How are you *everywhere* on GoodReads??? I swear, it’s like there’s not a single book on there that you haven’t either read and reviewed, or put on your TBR list! Not that that’s a bad thing, just wow. I am very impressed.
*flies away into the moonlight to finally read The Maze Runner*
BUT I HAVE TO. I HAVE TO MAKE YOU WANT TO READ THEM! *flails like a wild pineapple* I shall just hope very very hard your library hurries up and gives it to you. x) YOU ARE MISSING OUT ON SO MUCH. *breathes deeply* hahaha, good question. I am everywhere on goodreads because I have greedy eyes. If I see a book I JUST WANT TO READ IT. *flails again and wildly approves of you reading The Maze Runner*
I finished this yesterday! and it was good. Though I like both Jeb and Morpheus, I actually think that the world was strong enough to stand without a lovetriangle, and the romance was largely unessacery, and the end was slightly anti climatic (the climax was in anyelsewhere) but I liked it a lot still. And your blog reccommended it to me, so thank you 🙂
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Aw, really?! I think the romance made it, half the time. haha. It's like one of the only series I read 98% for the romance. OKAY FINE. I loved the world so so much too. I want to go to Wonderland. I'd die, but…I still want to go there.
I saw this review coming a mile off 😉
I haven’t read this trilogy (one Aussie writer, not read this trilogy – what must you think of me?) but I might eventually. I’m getting into my YA this year and ditching the MG (not completely, but I might as well be when compared to previous years), so I might.
Best love triangle? Hmmm…lack of YA = lack of love triangles in general. I could kind of see one shaping up in All Fall Down what with Noah’s reaction to Grace looking for Alexei, but I might be wrong there because Noah is definitely the best friend and Alexei is definitely the love interest. Starters had a nice one, I suppose, or it seemed to anyway. I haven’t read Enders, so I couldn’t say for certain yet as Callie’s love interests haven’t actually met/I don’t know if it gets resolved.
You know me too well. ^_^
I will cry a little, but I will not come and thump you because I UNDERSTAND. Oh, don\’t ditch MG! MG is fun. *nods* I\’m actually trying to read more MG than normal, hehe. I want to try and write it.
HAHA. YES I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT. I would way prefer no love triangle to any, buuuut, there are well written ones I don\’t mind. Ohh, I\’ll keep my eye out for that when I finally get to read All Fall Down. X)
I read the first book in this series and then totally forgot to track down the second book. Whoops…
Also, I have grand plans to someday write a love triangle where the girl dithers about which guy she wants for so long that the two guys get sick of waiting and realise that they actually get on really well, and they choose each other (whether friendship or romantic relationship remains to be seen) over her. IT WILL BE MAGICAL.
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OOPS INDEED. GO FIX THIS.
But omg, yes, yes I need that. I feel like that almost happens in Ensnared. They don\’t choose each other, but Jeb and Morpheus do gang up on Alyssa a little because she keeps leaving them in the lurch. hehe.
Yes, you have just sufficiently convinced me that I REALLY need to read this trilogy right now. Beautiful writing is the one way that a book can make me treasure it right away. I seriously need more gorgeous writing in my life, and this trilogy seems like it would do the job. Also, my mind loves plot twists in all their trickery. Hmm…best love triangle I’ve read? Probably the one in Snow Like Ashes. It had the perfect balance of adding conflict and being not too overbearing.
*Don’t worry about the abundance of caps. I have become immune to caps lock, so I only subconsciously realize it when I read blog posts. 😀
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Ohhh goodie. DELICIOUSNESS. I need like the entire world to read this. That\’s not too much to ask, right??
I\’ve become immune to caps I often forget I\’m still yelling. -_-
I really haven’t heard that many good things about Splintered, to be honest. I’m glad you seem to like it though! There’s nothing better than just being completely in love with a book (:
– Love, Felicia
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TRUE! TRUE! There is nothing more wonderful. ^-^
The best love triangle I’ve read so far…well, probably the one in Snow Like Ashes. Cause even I’m having a hard time picking…also, the love…square? in Keeper of the Lost Cities is fun to read, because it’s all just cutesy crushing and no angst. At least thus far.
I’m not sure if I’m going to read the Splintered trilogy…creepy and dark aren’t really my thing. But the way the love triangle resolved is genius!
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AHHH I WANT TO READ THAT SO BAD! I\’m glad it\’s a good triangle. If I have to read a triangle I need it to be good. x)
I have the first two books on my shelf waiting for me! So happy to see how much you loved this book! I’ve seen some disappointing reviews but I’m still hoping to love this series 😀
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I\’ve seen LOADS of meh-reviews…but I was just so in love. x)
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay Cait for A.G. Howard pinning your art! THAT’S SO COOL!
I haven’t even started this series yet, unfortunately, but I do plan to! Maybe sometime this spring? I love retellings, especially ones that aren’t Greek/Roman because those are sooooo overdone.
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I FANGIRLED TOTALLY IRRATIONALLY. *flails forever and always*
Almost everything is Roman inspired these days, right?! Ahhhh. I\’m a little tired of that too.
I’m going to confess that I had no idea these books existed aside from seeing the covers in passing. I know. That has been remedied and my goodreads tbr now has more precious book children on it. If I ever get crushd under the weight of my tbr (physical or goodreads) then you will know you are to blame.
As for a love triangle, I can not for the life of me think of the best love triangle, even though I know I’ve read some. So, I will settle for the the worst, which is obviously Maxon/America/Aspen from The Selection. I don’t know why these [terrible] books were so hard to put down, but I wanted to punch Aspen in the face at all times.
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OMG. MADDY!! I\’m glad this is fixed though and now you\’re enlightened to how wonderful and perfect and glorious this series is. *nods*
I will take the blame *hangs head in shame* If you ever can\’t find me, I\’m probably crushed under my tbr too.
CAITTTT NOOOO DON’T MAKE ME WANT TO READ THISSSSS MOREEEEE. I got it as a gift the other day and it’s alll the way near the end of my 17-book TBR stack by my desk and NOW I CAN’T WAIT. Those covers are perfection. <3
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WELL STAAHHHP OBVIOUSLY AND JUST READ IT NOW AND THROW YOUR READING SCHEDULE. SCHEDULES AND ORGANISATION ARE FOR THE WEEK.
Yes, yes, yes! I LOVED Ensnared and your review is perfection. I didn’t like Jeb for the longest time merely because I didn’t like him as a character (not because he wasn’t written well), but I too found him more enjoyable this time around. As for Morpheus. Love him and Alyssa together.
Jeb’s supposed death was shocking, I couldn’t believe it, but at the same time, I did. I could. Because Wonderland IS THAT TWISTED. Loved this book and I will miss this series as well.
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ME TOO!! Jeb just rubbed me the wrong way the whole time, buuuut, I have a small soft spot for him now. x) MORPHEUS AND ALYSSA THOUGH. They have so much chemistry.
Don’t hate me, but… I DNFed Splintered. It just wasn’t clicking with me. (And I hated Jeb, so there’s that.)
One of the better love triangles I’ve read was the one in the book I just finished: All Our Yesterdays.
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I WON\’T HATE. x) Not every book is for everyone, right?! I really really want to read All Our Yesterdays! I\’ve heard it\’s incredible!
THOSE COVERS ARE SO INTRIGUING I JUST WANT TO EAT THEM… That sounded weirder than it did in my head.
Anyway, this trilogy looks beautifully beautiful and I definitely want to sink my teeth into these books! Ilike books of this genre so I think I’d enjoy them c;
ALSO DID YOU SEE MY COMMENT A FEW POSTS BACK BECAUSE YOU DIDNT REPLY AND I NEED TO KNOW THE SECRETS OF THE TRADE. I’ll paste it here because I know you’re just dying to read it c; :
This post was super interesting and informing, I totally agree with every single one of your points! And although it does make me feel a bit bad when sending a review off to someone when it’s negative, I know that I can’t lie and pretend that it’s the best thing I’ve ever been sent ever.
AND CAIT, okay so this will sound a lil odd, but, when I woke up this morning I was thinking about your blog. not just your blog as a whole though, but about how you switched your url and name and had to move the posts and whatnot. Basically, I hope that I can switch my blog over in two years to turn into a travel blog because I just want to travel, but I’ve written some good posts and I don’t want to lose traffic if people can’t search on the web and find them, like what happened last time. LONG STORY SHORT, I was wondering if you could be super crazy awesome and kind of talk me through what you did? you know I think your blog is geniusly genius and I think you would love to let me know how you did it without breaking the internet (; Thank you thank you thank you in advance, you are super duper awesome c:
Amy;
Little Moon Elephant
OHh, I AM SORRY FOR NOT REPLYING!! Usually I see and reply to all my comments, but I\’ve had some slack days lately. *hangs head in shame* So, if you want to email me, though, TOTALLY DO! I\’ll tell you everything I know, although my brother-in-law did a lot of it and I did…um…not much. But I can ask him questions. 😉 Are you swapping to wordpress?
I am definitely not surprised that you found this to be so good Cait! 🙂 I read Splintered and absolutely adored it, but for some reason I never picked up the sequels. This is definitely motivating me to continue so I can see what happens to Alyssa & The Moth! 😉
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OMG, YOU NEED TO GET ONTO THIS ZOE. GO GO GO.
I actually have a small issue with the ending, but since I haven’t read the book, I won’t judge too hard. It just seems… wrong to me. I don’t know. Maybe when I read it, I’ll be able to overlook it. I haven’t read this but I do have a signed and personalized Unhinged which I hug endlessly.
I really want to read this now. THANKS FOR THE FEELS GIRL
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Waaaait you read the spoilers without reading the book?! *glares* Hehe. XD I\’ll forgive you BUT STILL. I\’m coveting your signed copy of Unhinged. XD
See I love a good love-triangle, but there are rules that must be obeyed: 1) I must temporarily fall in love with one of the characters; 2) There must be a satisfying ending where ONLY ONE CHARACTER IS PICKED BECAUSE THE WHOLE POINT OF TRUE LOVE / SOULMATES (as love triangles are often likened to) IS THAT ONE PERSON FALLS IN LOVE WITH ANOTHER (SINGULAR) PERSON. Apologies for the shouting. I have strong feelings about love triangles.
And that is why I can’t bring myself to pick up Ensnared. I know I will be disappointed. A.G. Howard outlined the solution in Unhinged for goodness sake! But… I want to read it anyway… *Oh the plight of a bibliophile!*
And my favourite love triangle is in Jane Eyre. Or Les Mis. Because I am classy and read classics as well as YA. And those miserable Victorians knew an awful lot about tragedy and heartbreak!
(Soz for the essay comment. I have a lot of feelings!!!)
Beth x
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Ohhh, heh. Yes. Maybe Ensnared isn\’t for you. I mean, I think it worked out and I think the author made the right decision, but again…it\’s each to their own, right?! Wonderland is a messed up world, so it makes sense (to me) that the romance would be messed up too.
NO NEED FOR APOLOGISE. WE ARE ALLOWED TO SHOUT OUR FEELINGS HERE! HUZZAH!
Oh god! I’m so gonna start this series! I’ve been hearing mostly good thing so far. SO I’m definitely trying it out. And if it’s good from start to finish, what else could I ask for? I couldn’t help looking at the spoiler though. I really can’t resist spoiler no matter how much I try, lol.
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Yes yes yes pleeeease do read it. THEY\’RE SO AMAZING. Omg, naughty you. 😉
I haven’t read the trilogy yet, because I have a thing about starting series that aren’t fully released… But now that they’re all out, I can officially start reading them and I hope I love this series as much as you did!!!
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Oh oh you are wise. I\’m always starting series and then wising I\’d waited. I\’ve been reading this one for 2+ years and it\’s been tooorture.
You make such beautiful quote graphics, my dear! Absolutely phenomenal 😀
And I have heard so much about the “complex” ending. I’m really curious now because on one side, there are very aggressive team JEB, on the other side are equally aggressive team MORPHEUS, and I just want to know WHAT HAPPENS IN THE END THAT EVERYBODY IS FLAILING ABOUT?!?! That’s pretty much my number one reason why I want to read this book now.
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OMG YAAAAY! They\’re nothing on yours though. xD Hehe
Omg, everyone and everything is aggressive in this series, right? Readers and books alike. XD YOU HAVE TO READ IT AND FIND OUT. DON\’T CLICK ON ANY SPOILERS. JUST REEEEAD IT.
So… I didn’t really read this review, because I own Splintered and Unhinged, and I do plan on reading them someday, hopefully soon. BUT. I skimmed. And I am so very happy that you loved it! Also, I enjoyed your pictures. But my goodness, that poor guy on the cover looks as though he needs medical attention. Has he been in a barroom brawl of some kind?
Also, I should NOT have looked at the cover of Sweetly while heading to bed. That thing is going to give me nightmares, Cait. That face is CREEPY.
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You neeeed to read them. HEAR ME SQEAK ABOUT THEM, SHANNON. PLEASE. THEY ARE SO BEAUTIFUL.
Oh, Jeb? Jeb is on the cover of Ensnared. He\’s been tortured probably at that point, just normal Wonderland stuff.
You are so so welcome. *croons soft creepy lullaby*
THOSE QUOTE GRAPHICS ARE AMAZING, CAIT. <3
Gah, I really need to read this one. Like, really. Before I crack and start looking at spoilers because I'm so impatient. 😉 (Though I don't really think I could ever do that, aha. xD) As for the best love triangle? I don't know. That's a hard one, really, and I'm not sure I have a favourite. I'm not a huge fan of them in general so they have to be quite special to grab my attention. 🙂
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fajdslkfad, thanks, Kara. XD I love quotes. I LOVE QUOTES A LOT. *calms self* Do nooooot read the spoilers. You will ruin it all. I am dramatic, but but but IT IS TRUE DON\’T READ SPOILERS.
I’ve read a lot of angry reviews about the way this wrapped up (and okay, I peeked so I sort of get it) and am glad to hear another opinion. The triangle in this wasn’t for me, and I stopped after book one, but I also look forward to reading future A. G. Howard books!
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I always avoid reviews for highly highly anticipated books I haven\’t read yet. I AM A WEAKLING. xD So I only know what a handful of people thought and it was mostly around 3-stars. *sighs* BUT AT LEAST I\’M HAPPY.
I KNOW THE ENDING (not too happy BUT I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHY YOU ARE!!) BUT THE WRITING IS GORGEOUS AND THE WORLD IS AMAZING I’M JUST FLAILING AT ALL THE DESCRIPTIONS
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I CANNOT BE HAPPIER. WELL. MAYBE IF THAT THING THAT HAPPENED WITH JEB BUT DIDN\’T REALLY HAPPEN? IF THAT HAD HAPPENED, I WOULD\’VE BEEN OKAY TOO. (Woah. Not confusing, not at all Cait.)
This review made hardly any sense to me since I haven’t read any of these books, OR Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (oops), but nevertheless I GOT SO EXCITED. Now I want to read the series! I still haven’t read the other books you made me want to read, though (Throne of Glass and Cinder), so perhaps I should get on that first… Still, EXCITEMENT ALL ROUND.
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OKAY WELL THIS MAKES ME HAPPY ANYWAY. I really really hope you check it out, but then, eeeeep, Throne of Glass is MY LIFE. *flails forever* And I\’m about to review Fairest which is in the Cinder series and so, um, I\’m all ecstatic over that series again. XD I JUST HAVE A LOT OF BOOKLY PASSION.
I refuse to answer that love triangle question! 😛 You know how I feel about them (well if you don’t you do now) but I do believe there is a way they can be well written so that I am not tearing my hair out as I read the book. Off the top of my head, Exquisite Captive was one where it worked! I didn’t love it but I think the author wrote it in a very interesting way.
Anyway, I am really glad you enjoyed the finale to one of your favorite series, Cait! I know you’ve been looking forward to it but I am glad you were happy with the way it ended!
Lovely review, hon!! 😀
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HA. I DO KNOW. And I know doubly so now. *nods* YOU LOVE THEM, AMIRITE?!!! *flails and wails*
I joke. I joke. 😉
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Ohhh, THANK YOU.
OMG I need this right now! I’m so jealous you got a review copy. I’m in love with both Morpheus and Jeb I can’t pick between them because I love them for different reasons. Is it a little sad to admit the only reason I have brought this book yet is because I don’t want it to end and I’m obsessed? Thanks for the amazing and still spoiler free review!
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I am a very lucky duckling, that is for sure. XD AND NO! It\’s not bad to admit that! I actually put off reading my favourite of favouritest books a LOT because I get so darn nervous.
Great to know that the trilogy is going to end on a high, I was terribly worried it would disappoint so phew….. thank god it didn’t! I haven’t got my copy of Ensnared yet but it will be mine……. and soon!
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YAAAAY! I\’m literally the only person I know who\’s given it 5-stars, but I don\’t care. x) I shall flail in my fandom alone if need be.
I NEED TO READ THIS TRILOGY! OH, GOSH, WHY IS IT NOT IN ENGLISH BOOKSHOPS AND WHY DO I HAVE NO MONEY??
Also, you are totally a genius at bookquote graphics. I have no graphics/arty skills at all. I mean, have you SEEN my banner??
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I\’ve NEVER seen it in any bookstore in Australia either!! TOTALLY BAD. haaah, well I basically use canva.com and use all their templates so I am 100% unoriginal. *gulps*
ONE WORD: MORPHEUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That is all I shall say. Yet.
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LEMME JOIN YOU:
MORPHEUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*close her eyes* I’m still on the first book only because apparently the world is such a sad place and I can’t say to my professor “I’m sorry, but the book you gave me is boring, can I choose one myself?” because they won’t let me. I don’t understand why. I loved Splintered so much that I HAD to buy it after reading the ebook because I wanted to have it. And I bought Unhinged directly as a book because I just know that I want it too. But I still have to read it.
I am very happy that you liked the third because I hope it means I won’t be left crying for disappointment at the end. I’ll cry because it ended, probably.
It’s so frustrating: I can’t wait to see how it ends, but I don’t want it to end. Life is so difficult. *sulks*
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WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE WORLD??? That\’s what I want to know. And I often buy books I really really want and then don\’t read them straight away…for no logical reason. -_- I bought The Scorpio Races in december for a reread and now it\’s feb and I haven\’t even TOUCHED it. WAH. But I digress! x) I really hope you do finish this trilogy. And that your professor sees the light one day and lets you pick the books. hehe.
Oh man I was not a HUGE fan of book 1 but I’ve been seeing so many awesome reviews of the rest of the series that it’s making me want to keep reading it. It sounds like she really made a great thrill ride and the character building/growth sounds epic!! Great review, Cait!
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OH this author has character development DOWN. It\’s absolutely epic. XD
Aw! Now I must read Unhinged. Perhaps the library has it. Eh, probably not. But maybe I’ll reserve some birthday money for it. The covers are so amazing too!
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UNHINGED IS INCREDIBLE. Maybe it\’s my favourite?! I don\’t even know. I can\’t pick. xD they are all so beautiful right?!
FOR SOME REASON WORDPRESS HATES MY COMMENTS.
I don’t know what’s going on. If my other comment posts, sorry for duplicates. 🙁
Anyway, I am RIGHT NOW listening to Splintered on my phone. Because of you. So.
It’s going slowly, because school is kind of sapping all my free time (I haven’t blogged in WEEKS GAH), but I am enjoying it quite. I’m also not supposed to know Morpheus’ name yet. Oh well.
Currently, I am a Jeb shipper, but all I’ve seen of Morpheus is ethereal CREEP and so I don’t think I should be allowed to judge just yet. We shall see.
Again, this post was buried in my email, but I think this is the last one to get lost (until the next barage of end of year/new year blog posts) because things in the blogosphere seem to have calmed down. First of all, besides the Hunger Games love triangle, this is the only other triangle I have ever felt was beneficial to the story. I loved loved loved Jeb and Morphs relationship in Ensnared. I also thought the ending was perfection. I also ate up all the real world/Wonderland history she constructed. It was brilliant. Yes, it is an end to an era. My bloggung actually started because of Splintered, so I will most definitely be missing looking forward to another book. *sigh*
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YAY! I am so pleased that you 1. Loved the book and 2. Put spoiler tags in so I could find how it ended. Hmmmmmmmmm I don’t know about the love triangle conclusion, it seems too easy and a bit too weird haha. But I didn’t read the last two books, so I might have felt differently if I continued the story. I am so pleased you loved it though, I know how much you love this series so I am pleased the conclusion was so good.
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I have refrained from commenting on this post until I have actually finished Ensnared. I just finished the book and I am READY TO FLAIL WITH YOU! (Even though this is months after the post was published, I think that Ensnared was so good that you can still flail about it with me. Right?)
I will admit that I was Team Jeb for the first book. We knew him a lot better in Splintered than we knew Morpheus (at that point he was basically the creepy, if attractive, moth guy). Then, we got into Unhinged and I really got to know Morpheus and I will admit that I fell in love. He is like the embodiment of Wonderland. And in his own twisted, unique way, he really loves Alyssa. I fully support your fangirling over him. From then on, I was rooting for the Morpheus side of the triangle, but I really could not forget Jeb. I just wanted everyone to have a happy ending, and guess what, THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED FOR ONCE! I was so happy with the ending and I really did not think that it was cheating at all. I mean, having the guts to wrap everything up like that and stay true to your characters is truly admirable and I was always thank A. G. Howard for that.
Like you said, Ensnared was perfection and I could not have asked for anything better.
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I CAN ALWAYS FLAIL ABOUT ENSNTARED. <3 *hugs book forever* And I'm so so sooo glad you liked it because I see so many people not liking it very much and it breaks my delicate heart. WODNERLAND IS MY FAVOURITE OF EVER! And I'm glad you like both Morpehus and Jeb. XD I hated JEb right up until Ensnared, and now I quite like him, which makes the ending 1000% satisfactory. And it was kind of happy?!? Which is awesome! I feel like 90% of what I read has AWFUL endings, so this was delicious and creepy and great. 😀