Ironically all the books I’ve been reading this year have been holding massive nuggets of truth, lessons and reminders that are so needed. I’m not even talking about the more serious books I’ve read or the novels that address more serious subject matter (many of which I haven’t fully finished). I’m talking about the random fantasy novels, the contemporary fiction, the comic books I’ve been reading. Massive truth bombs that I’m like damn I needed that reminder thank you.
I shouldn’t be surprised that “Crystal Kingdom” by Amanda Hocking was no exception. Picking it up yesterday I of course didn’t bother to check and make sure it was the next book in the series and just dove straight in. Luckily for me Hocking adds little reminders throughout the book when a chain reaction occurs to remind you what happened before, making it completely easy to follow the story anyway. But, I feel like there’s a reason. Maybe the reason I didn’t check, the reason I needed to read the third book first is because the universe wanted to slap one more reminder on me before the year was out.
Follow your gut, hold the people you love close, be willing to forgive, and for the love of god check in on things whether you trust people or not. And now is the part where I need to add a disclaimer, if you have not read this book and want to...maybe you should not read this particular post until after you’ve read it. There will be spoilers because I have a lot of feelings and I need to express them…. This means you Mama, if you want to keep reading the post go for it but don’t get mad when you already know the ending.
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Now if you’re still here it means you actually want to hear my feelings and have either read the book or are disregarding the warning and accepting that it’s your own fault for spoiling the ending.
Let’s dive in, Bryn knew in her gut something wasn’t right. She tried to follow the appropriate channels and got burned badly. Yet she wasn’t willing to abandon the people she loved. They were still the most important thing to her, protecting them, protecting everyone in the town she grew up in was more important than her pride, then letting herself give up and run away completely. Even when she was in the Omete city she knew something was fishy. Life gives us gut instincts and I feel like we’ve trained ourselves out of listening to them. She couldn’t do anything about it then, but she filed it away, kept it in reserve for when it would serve her purpose.
Kennet tried to get his own brother ousted because he wanted power. I’m rolling my eyes over here so hard it's actually painful. I do not understand why people do this, royal or otherwise. Constantly fighting, constantly thinking they are more deserving etc etc. It’s probably one of my biggest pet peeves in life. I mean if you can’t even trust your own brother who should you trust. As shitty as it sounds Mikko should have kept an eye on his brother, trust him and love him sure, but keep a general eye on things as royals often try to stab each other in the back and it hurts no one to just know what’s going on in your own kingdom...I don’t want to blame him, but like really dude.
Though Mikko may have made a dumb move don’t even get me started on King Evert...you stripped little girls of everything and expected them to go into exile and never come back for you? Little girls idolize their fathers (in most cases, abusive fathers etc excluded). But if you listen to Mina’s sister, she idolized her Dad. That’s something people around him would have been able to see when she was 10 years old. Also who doesn’t vett their future queen. I mean 21st century dude, background check...ask around? Literally all you had to do was go to where her sister was ask a few questions and you’d be alive, so many people would still be alive. I’m just saying know your enemies and know what they’re up to.
This may sound like a cynical point of view...Okay it’s a very cynical point of view, I promise i’m not that cynical, but if I have learned anything this year one of the most important things I’ve learned is to really see who is in my corner and who is not. So a reminder of taking a bit of caution into the New Year is not a bad thing.
I am also formally admitting I have a thing for the bad boy. But in my defense it’s the bad boy that isn’t really all bad. He has a change of heart or has some good in him….Yes I’m referring to Konstantine, I am so pissed he is dead. I definitely cried. To everyone out there routing for Ridley I’m glad you go the ending you want. I know that in order for the series to end with all ends tied one of them had to die. They couldn’t both exist in Bryn’s world, both loving her without a giant love triangle because Bryn clearly has some unresolved, partially still unrecognized feelings for Konstantine. So yes I may have been wishing Ridley was dead. I never pick the guy who wins, what can I say, I root for the underdog.
I wanted Konstantine to get his happy ending. I wanted him to have love and happiness. Love that was returned, love that wasn’t manipulative or life ruining. I think in a way he got that. It seemed like Bryn was the person he wanted most to believe in him and in the end she did, she believed him, she forgave him. She avenged his misdeeds. So I like to think he died happy and at peace, exonerated from his mistakes.
“Crystal Kingdom” by Amanda Hocking
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Crystal_Kingdom/PQgRBwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
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