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Originally Posted by AnemicOak
How did you like this trilogy over all? I've been holding off on it until all three books were out so haven't read it yet. Some of her more recent trilogies have been just "okay" for me, but not great.
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The plot felt recycled from her earlier trilogies, but then again there's only so many variations on a quest to defeat evil you can make.
The first one started slow, but I ended up getting sucked into the story and really enjoyed the romance and setting (Corfu). Like many first in trilogy books, the romance suffers from lack of page time as that's spent introducing the many characters, But the h/h of that book ended up being my favorites which is rather unusual for her trilogies. Usually I like the second or third book best.
The second book, I can see why the heroine could get on people's nerves, but I thought she was funny, kind, and earnest. The way she spoke was mostly used for humor, but came across as artificial at times (mixing up her vocabulary and such).
The third book featured my least favorite characters. Plus it suffered from having to wrap up the various storylines. There were parts I enjoyed, but mostly it was a straight point A to point B plot without surprises. It also suffers the most from earlier trilogies fatigue as it's set in Ireland and she's written better stories set there.
For all three books, too much page time was spent describing food and there were entirely too many cutesy pop culture references.
Having said all that, I do think the trilogy is worth reading. It's just not up to the same level of the stuff she wrote earlier in her career. So more in the "okay" range as you said.