Valeria's Reviews > Foretold

2 stars, unfortunately, which is disappointing since I actually liked the other books. They weren’t perfect or amazingly gripping but they were . . . entertaining. I enjoyed reading them. This one, though, not so much.

First of all, while I appreciate that a Scottish character was put in, I want to make something clear. We don’t talk like that !!! Sure, we may occasionaly toss around words like "aye" or "ya ken" but NOT IN EVERY FRIKIN' SENTENCE. The way Stewart speaks is stereotypical and untrue. Sometimes it got downright annoying. What on earth was Jana Oliver thinking when she wrote this ? Has she ever been to Scotland ? Well clearly not because if she had spent a single day here, she'd know that for the most part Scottish people speak exactly like English people but with a northern accent. So stop, just stop, your attempt at being Scottish is pathetic. Grrr.



Anyway, mini rant over, back to the book.

It was boring. I was bored. That whole Sartael vs Lucifer thing didn't make sense. Who cares which Fallen rules hell ? It would still be hell either way. So that whole battle was pointless and unnecessary. The "battle" in question lasted about 5 pages and nothing really happened. It just seemed like an excuse for Beck to play hero and for Riley to get rescued once again. Why did she even have all those demon fighting lessons with Ori if she was going to rely on Beck to save her butt anyway ? Meh, don't care actually.

What was especially annoying was the way all the secondary characters got pushed aside and forgotten despite making character progress in the previous books. Peter, Simi, Mort, Fireman Jack, Stewart and Ayden are what I like to call cardboard cut-outs. They have no personalities, no traits or interesting qualities. They only appear when they're useful to Riley but otherwise have no purpose in the book. They are essentially a big waste of space when they're not aiding Riley's goals. That's cheating Ms Oliver, all the characters should have a life outside Riley Blackthorne.

I should've felt happy when Beck and Riley finally got together since I've kept my fingers crossed for them from the the very start yet . . . why did I feel so uncomfortable when they became a couple. I guess when they started discussing baby names my alarm bells started ringing. Riley is only 17! It's wayyyyyy to early to be thinking such thoughts. Also when Beck decided to propose on Riley's 18th birthday I got a sick feeling in my stomach. Maybe it's just me but I feel unsure about marrying when you're so young, when you've only just started to live, when you don't yet know what you want from life . . .

Anyway, Foretold was a dissapointing conclusion to the series for me. I won't be rereading and I don't think I'll be recommending it to most people. It's like Marmite, you either love it or hate, and I think I hate it.