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Book Review
Jul. 18th, 2015 09:19 pmSinner
by Maggie Stiefvater
This is the fourth book in The Wolves of Mercy Falls series. It differs quite a bit from the other three. First of all, it is set in LA rather than Minnesota, and it follows two of the secondary characters from the first three books: Cole, a former rock star and addict, and Isabel, a former queen bee who maintains a prickly and cold exterior as a way to protect herself from the sorrows and risks of emotional attachment. Second, werewolves are extremely peripheral in Sinner. Cole is still a werewolf, but he has achieved a kind of mastery over his shifts between forms such that he is in no danger from it, and thus his werewolf nature is not a major source of conflict or plot driver. Instead, this book is about Cole reviving his music career amidst various challenges and Isabel trying to create a life for herself, and the two of them trying to overcome their emotional issues enough to be together.
Sinner was my least favorite of the series. Cole and Isabel are interesting characters, but there just wasn't enough to this book. There wasn't enough going on besides the romance, certainly not enough to provide any real impetus or sense of urgency to anything. Isabel and Cole's relationship and its development was okay, but I often got impatient and frustrated with them. So much misunderstanding and so much putting up of walls and refusing to be even the least bit vulnerable - it got tiring.
by Maggie Stiefvater
This is the fourth book in The Wolves of Mercy Falls series. It differs quite a bit from the other three. First of all, it is set in LA rather than Minnesota, and it follows two of the secondary characters from the first three books: Cole, a former rock star and addict, and Isabel, a former queen bee who maintains a prickly and cold exterior as a way to protect herself from the sorrows and risks of emotional attachment. Second, werewolves are extremely peripheral in Sinner. Cole is still a werewolf, but he has achieved a kind of mastery over his shifts between forms such that he is in no danger from it, and thus his werewolf nature is not a major source of conflict or plot driver. Instead, this book is about Cole reviving his music career amidst various challenges and Isabel trying to create a life for herself, and the two of them trying to overcome their emotional issues enough to be together.
Sinner was my least favorite of the series. Cole and Isabel are interesting characters, but there just wasn't enough to this book. There wasn't enough going on besides the romance, certainly not enough to provide any real impetus or sense of urgency to anything. Isabel and Cole's relationship and its development was okay, but I often got impatient and frustrated with them. So much misunderstanding and so much putting up of walls and refusing to be even the least bit vulnerable - it got tiring.
