Fragile Eternity by Melissa Marr (follows Wicked Lovely and Ink Exchange); young adult, fantasy; 389 pages (about 11 hours, listening)
While I've been enjoying Marr's books on audio, I thought this one dragged a little in the middle. I know many people complain that her books don't really end, but this is the first that I've really felt that way about. While Ink Exchange is mostly a standalone story, Fragile Eternity is a true sequel to Marr's first book, Wicked Lovely. The focus here is on Seth, a mortal who's in love with a Faery Queen. Seth goes on a quest to find a way for them to be together, and is assisted by the embodiment of war, who hopes his actions will result in conflict between the Faery courts. I felt like Marr spent too much time on Seth's story, and then ran out of time/pages to wrap up the larger issues she had introduced. Of course, it's entirely possible that she's setting things up for her next book, which just came out. We'll see.
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