On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Michele Riccio <mishka_30@yahoo.com> wrote:
SPOILERS BELOW YOU ARE WARNED
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Not "surprised" - but not "oh yeah, saw it coming" either.
I feel like I should be surprised that Tinnie was dumped (softly, but still dumped). But, I never really liked Tinnie - I thought Garrett should have ended up with Maya. It was a little weird that no one in the household seemed to like Tinnie...but maybe that was why she and Garrett were not living there (I did find that surprising. Guy has a house, why not live in it?)
I was very surprised Tinnie was so unceremoniously dumped. Worse, she was dumped after she made a valiant effort at redefining herself to be a better person and a better girlfriend. I found Garrett's defection from her despicable--for reasons of sex, it would seem. He's never been quite that shallow before: Yes, he'll go with a girl for reasons of sex, but he's never before hurt anyone so callously for that reason. I really think we were owed a show-down scene; but that's promised for the future, I suppose. That's of a piece with so bloody much of the action being off-stage. I found that very unsatisfying. And who is that squid guy--an undead member of the sorcerer's family? Who? Why? Way too many loose ends in this book. I was thoroughly unsatisfied by it. One of the worst in the series. Steve/Stacey