In My Mailbox #28

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren. It gives bloggers the chance to appreciate the books they got last week and to meet new people.

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The books I bought this week:

Enthralled by Melissa Marr et al.

Awake at Dawn by C. C. Hunter

This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen

The Iron Knight by Julie Kagawa (my review)
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
Intertwined by Gena Showalter

Intertwined was available for 0,99€ for Kindle on Amazon Germany

The books I got for review this week:

Hallowed* by Cynthia Hand

Everneath* by Brodi Ashton

Under the Never Sky* by Veronica Rossi
Someone Else's Life** by Katie Dale

* thanks to HarperCollins and NetGalley
** thanks to Random House Children's Books and NetGalley

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The physical books I got this week all arrived this weekend. I'm sooo excited for them (bought them with some of my birthday money) and I didn't expect them to arrive all at once. Also, in the last few weeks I was actually trying not to request any books from NetGalley, but - wow! Can you believe that HarperCollins is letting us read these titles? They've been on my wishlist ever since I first saw them and I can't wait to start reading them. :)

What did you get in your mailbox?

Carina

This week's reviews:
Unlovable by Sherry Gammon
Melody's Song by Kendal Ashby
Destined by Jessie Harrell (you can win an e-book of Destined!) 

Review: Fragile Eternity by Melissa Marr

Fragile Eternity by Melissa Marr
Publisher: HarperTeen
Date of Publication: January 1st, 2009
Source: Bought
Pages: 389

Previous books in the series: 
Wicked Lovely - my review
Ink Exchange - my review

Goodreads Summary:
Aislinn never expected to rule in Faerie--but that was before Keenan stole her mortality to make her a monarch. Now she faces challenges and enticements beyond any she'd ever dreamed of.

Seth never expected he would want to settle down with anyone--but that was before Aislinn. She is everything he's ever dreamed of, and he wants to be with her forever. Forever takes on a new meaning, though, when your girlfriend is an immortal faery queen.

My Rating: 3.0 / 5

First thoughts:

While I had a hard time with the first half of the book, I really enjoyed the things that happened in the second half. Especially Seth's development during this novel was lovely to watch and I'm looking forward to see how his decisions will affect the rest of this world. 

More detailed:

Fragile Eternity is the third novel in Melissa Marr's faerie series and gave us a more detailed experience of this fairytale-like world. Unlike the second book, it concentrates on Aislinn and Seth's relationship again and showed us how Keenan and the faerie courts affect them.

I have to admit that I struggled with the beginning of this novel. While I grew more attached to this series after reading Ink Exchange, this reminded me of the problems I had while reading Wicked Lovely: I couldn't really connect to the characters and never felt like I had to continue reading.

But after some time I started to get into the story again and really enjoyed the rest. We finally get to find out more about the fourth court, the High Court, and its queen Sorcha. She plays a very important part in Seth's plan to save his relationship with Aislinn and was a very interesting character to meet. I really hope that we'll get to see more of her in the last two novels.

I'm still on the fence when it comes to Keenan and Seth. While I really started to like Seth a lot, I also enjoyed to see Aislinn and Keenan's relationship develop. At the same time I'd also love Keenan to be with Donia. So all in all, the love stories are very interesting to watch and I'm looking forward to find out who will end up together.

Like always, Melissa Marr's writing was very vivid and made it incredibly easy to imagine the world she created. I'm sure that the faeries in this story will become even more cruel in the final two novels and I'm excited to see whether the impending war will claim many victims. All in all, Fragile Eternity was an interesting sequel with a few flaws, but I'm still looking forward to continue this series.

Following books of the series:

4. Radiant Shadows

5. Darkest Mercy

Have you read this series? What did you think about it?

Carina

Teaser Tuesday #19: Fragile Eternity by Melissa Marr

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.

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My teaser:

Fragile Eternity by Melissa Marr - p. 71

But this time, the third time, he kissed her so gently that it was barely a brush of lips. It was a question as much as a kiss. It was affection, and somehow that made it worse.

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I truly need to finish this soon. It gets better with every chapter I'm reading, so I hope I will be in love with it in the end.

What's your teaser this Tuesday?

Carina