But I am still very hopeful about the next book in this series. Wundersmith was a five star read for me,so it is quite dissapointing to give Hollowpox a mere three and a half stars. Several chapters just felt like unnessesary filler-fluff.The last chapter was so well written,but in my opinion, it took us way too long to get there. The very lenghty length of it all did not help ,either. And even Gemma Wheelans brillant narration of this audiobook could not make up for how off the pacing was, or how not interested I was in hearing about the splatting of giant bugs,and removing monsters from the sewage. The construction of the main plot was perhaps even weaker than that of Rowells The Chamber of secrets. But the overarching themes and the direction this story took didn't ressonate with me. My feelings and thoughts regarding this book strongly resemble my love/hate- relationship with season 4 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer There is a Wonderful MC, a great cast of characters,lots of fantastic dialouge and sarcasm, a much appreciated f/f romance rep, some really lovely magic, a couple of teary eyed moments,even parts written so well they gave me chills, and several amazingly enjoyable individual episodes (chapters) along the way. In this third book, readers get to watch Morrigan try to grow into her power, even though her own school and classmates fear it. A lengthy tale with pieces of gold here and there Jessica Townsend effortlessly manages to keep revealing things about Morrigan’s world that are new and novel, but also seem fitting.
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