Review: Stunning Conclusion!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 7, 2012
OHMAGAWWSH. Okay, so I've already written a review for the entire 'Bloodstone Saga,' but I can't help myself and Amazon won't let me edit my review. Sooo... here goes.I really really REALLY loved this series. I loved it something fierce. Because unlike many books, The Bloodstone Saga has me going back again and again just to read it over and over.Alright. Since this is the page is for My Tattered Bonds reviews, I'll focus on that a little more. The basic plot of the last installment of the series is basically Harmonia has found Zeus' sword. She has a daughter. She saved Cadmus. The only thing left to do is find and free the Olympians from their prison and bring them back to the Spiritlands. Then she goes back to collect Raquel (her daughter), only to find that a misconception has caused Raquel to cease to exist (at least not outside of the underworld). Another heartbreak alongside and on top of her recent one. How much sorrow and disappointment can a person (or goddess) take? But Harmonia is strong. And this story is about her journey to the Underworld, with two goals now in her mind. But obviously, the Underworld is - the Underworld. And that never sounds good, does it?This is my favourite book in the series. This will sound silly, but I actually don't look at Harmonia's past selves as the same person. Charmian and Hasani are one couple, Macy and Gavin, another, and the same applies to Heleyne and Lucan. They all seem just a smidge different to me. So naturally, I like Harmonia and Cadmus the most, because that's who they started out as, and that's who they end as. Also, they just seem so much more real to me. My Tattered Bonds is the only book in the series that really actually focuses on this particular couple, which is one of the key reasons I like it the most.I like this series a lot, though, because it doesn't seem cheesy or fake. The love you see between Cadmus and Harmonia is completely real. It's pure and beautiful. I could never get tired of their exchanged words of love and sweetness. Which brings me to another point; their pet names aren't common and fake like 'hot' or 'baby,' they call each other more sincere words like 'beauty' or 'my sweet.' It's a really endearing part of the story.The plot of this story was perfectly paced as well. I never got bored, I never was tired of Harmonia's troubles. One of them, Hades, was a little annoying, though. I don't want to spoil the series, so I'll just put it briefly: doesn't a guy know when to give up? UGH! He causes a major heartbreak between Harmonia and Cadmus, and brings up things that really Really stirs trouble. The fact that he is so ignorant and his lack of empathy really makes me want to pummel him with my fists.And the ending: Ooooh, Harmonia deserved that ending. Through all their toils and trouble, Cadmus and Harmonia certainly deserved their ending. The conclusion tied the series together perfectly and left many people satisfied. Me? Though it was an ideal ending where everything works out to the best of everyone's interests, I will never be satisfied. Not even if Mrs. Cole (the fabulous author)give me a thousand more stories on Harmonia. But yes, this is a perfectly good and beautiful and - who am I kidding - one of my favourite books of all time.