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Review: Forever

Forever Forever by Chanda Hahn
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

"'I lost my heart a long time ago, to a prince in a story.'"

We made it. The last book in the Unenchanted series. It’s been a winding road, but we’re here. As you can tell from my rating, this was my least favorite. It got really slow at points, and I never had much drive to ever read it besides just wanting to finish it. Not to say there weren’t any intense parts!

There was banging in kitchens! ಠ ͜ ʖ ಠ
"Nix was so preoccupied with banging around in the kitchen…"

There were unsuccessful swimming attempts!
"'Tried to save the world. Drowned doing it.'"

"'This will be an interesting tale to tell my insurance company.'"

It sure will be Brody, it sure will be.

Honestly, what more could you possibly ask for!?

Oh wait.

This book was so frustrating because one of the best parts of the whole series was basically nonexistent. If you haven’t guessed, it’s Jared. More on this in the spoiler section. Instead of Jared… we got… Teague. *Shudders* I. Hate. Teague. I know that there’s lots of people who love him (for some reason) but I just think he’s the biggest creep ever since he got reunited with Jared. Here are some disgusting quotes so you see what I mean! :D
"[Teague] stood up and slowly walked around her. ‘… every… single… move.’ He leaned in on the last word and inhaled the scent of her hair."
Gross
"[Teague] chuckled at [Mina’s] fear and reached out for her face. She turned away, but he gently plucked a strand of hair off her cheek and tucked it behind her ear."
So fucking creepy.
"[Teague] turned to [Mina], his face lighting up in an evil grin. ‘I’ll spare your friends, but I’m not done with you.’ Within seconds, he was pressed up against her, his hand cupped around her face, his thumb just brushing the corner of her lip."


Ugh


While I was feeling Jared withdrawals I at least had my beloved Ever and Nix to entertain me. These two, man. Love them.
"'We need to get stuff for my Grimm. I’m not going to let her starve.’
‘I’m not going to starve,’ Mina argued, but Ever held up her hand.
‘Nope, starve. You’re worthless.'"

So mean, yet so succulent. Nix on the other hand was always such a sweetheart.
"'The Godmothers weren’t sure I’d survive the crossing either, but you were worth the risk. Turns out I’m fine because I’m fully human now. You didn’t abandon me, and I won’t abandon you.'"

After they think Nix died: "'Oh Nix, I’m so sorry for all the names I called you,” Ever confessed. “For putting salt in the Pixy Stix when you kept stealing them. For telling you cartoons were real.’
‘What do you mean—they’re not real?’ Nix shouted from the other side of the ship."


Mina was strangely smart as usual. I dunno, for some reason she doesn’t come off as being smart, so when she is it’s a surprise.
"'Emotions make you weak,’ [Teague] said, as if his own jelousy and rage weren’t emotions."

Burn
That wasn’t really an example of her being smart but it was a sick burn, so.


There was lots of Brody Ex-Machina.
"'I [Brody] was following you [Mina]. I followed you to the Country Club, and then I followed the bus.'"
Does this kid have zero responsibilities? No homework? No water polo practice? How does he always have so much time to follow Mina? Also, I never really addressed this, but unlike a lot of people I don’t hate Brody.

"…‘I drew the short straw for today.’ [Brody] sighed, trying to make it sound like a huge inconvenience.
‘I’m not a straw,’ Mina said.
‘No, but you are short.’"
Ba dum tss. Anyone who makes fun of Mina is good in my book.

Now it’s time forrrr: Spoilers!!!! In case that was not clear, if you haven’t read the book yet then don't click the very enticing (view spoiler) button.

(view spoiler)

So yeah.
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I think I would have enjoyed it more had I read it in longer sittings. After I finished it my Kobo told me that I averaged four minutes per reading session, at 2 pages per minute. Woooww. Not great. But like I said earlier, it just wasn’t capturing me.

Overall this was a very enjoyable series, and as you can very obviously see, it affected me in very many ways. I would recommend it to someone who is able to take it easy with their books. This is not a series to criticize and overanalyze the crap out of, and if you take it lightheartedly it's a very fun time.

Click these links to go read my other reviews for the Unenchanted Fairytale series!
Book 1: Unenchanted
Book 2: Fairest
Book 3: Fable
Book 4: Reign
Book 1.5: Jared’s Quest
Book 5: Forever <--You are here.

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