LOVE TRIANGLES, WHY ARE THEY A THING? | SORT OF BOOK REVIEW

Let me start this rant off by saying that I can not stand, let me repeat that, I can not stand love triangles. I think they are useless and take away from a storyline, not to mention just break my heart. I have to admit, I mostly hate love triangles, because it is hard to chose which ones should end up together when you have two or more lovable characters to chose from! I also think that it takes away from a really good plot line when you have to worry about who is going to end up with who. Plus I don't think that you can really be in love with two people at one time. THAT IS MY OPINION, maybe it has happened, but to me, being fiery, head over heels, I would die for you, in love with two people just doesn't work. (SPOILERS AHEAD)

That being said, I was about 250 pages deep in the book Talon by Julie Kagawa and I was living for it. I loved the concept, I mean dragons?! I have never came across a fantasy book about dragons and I absolutely loved it. So I am reading this book and I am getting so into it and I am rooting for Ember and Garrett and I can't wait till they break free from their organizations holds... and then comes Riley.

Now don't get me wrong I love the bad boy, but really!?!? Please no. At this point, Riley's POV has now been introduced and he is saying some junk about wanting Ember or whatever and my heart sank. I looked up some reviews to see if I could get the confirmation, that yes, this story indeed included a sort of love triangle. After I was informed of this news I immediately shut the book. And I will probably never reopen it. I hate leaving a book unfinished, but if that doesn't show how much I despise love triangles I don't know what will.

I have read almost all of Julie Kagawa's books (two of her series are on my Top 10 books list!) and I absolutely love her style of writing, her story lines, and most importantly her strong, independent, and fearless ladies as main characters. I adored Ember as a character and I really, really wanted to finish the series. But Julie, girl, why do you gotta do me dirty like that. I know that the love triangle would eventually get resolved, which should make me feel better and I should just force myself to finish reading because of that, but like I said, having to chose between two lovable characters really gives me anxiety and I don't want to get heartbroken if the one I love doesn't end up with Ember!

I don't think anyone can understand the pain this has caused me, but since it is now nearing midnight I think I am going to sleep this off and maybe spend tomorrow in a perpetual state of sorrow.



Until next time,


Britt