Series Re-read #30 The Reunion

[buffyangellvr23]

Marco's mom is back. But she's not Visser One anymore. Marco's not even sure if she's still a controller. But he's determined to find out. No matter what it takes. No matter what might happen, Marco wants his mom back

Comments

[angary]

Huh, I didn't really remember this book's premise until I had started to re-read it. To me, the beginning still seems like a mildly cheap way for Marco to run into Edriss, buh, eh, out of all the others, Marco would be the one to skip for personal reasons.

Anyway, I love that this book shows how fleshed out Marco is, and that he's not the one-dimensional funny guy he appears to be. I could conceivably see where the issue with his mom/Edriss would get old, but I like that this has been brought up time and again, because it brings out a fascinating side in Marco, especially how he battles with his logic (constantly repeating the phrase "bright clear line") and emotions. jedifreac already brought up the parallel of Marco and Jake having to deal with their family members being caught up in the war, and I like that there are subtle differences shown between how they act and how they each try to save their respective families.

Also, I can't believe this, but I had completely forgotten about the last chapter, and the moment between Rachel and Marco in his room (I swear, one of these days I'm going to write a ship manifesto for them, because IMO this scene is perfect evidence for the pairing). I like that continuation of Rachel first being in a position to kill Marco's mom, then to suggest that Eva is safe (both in #15 and in this book), because she's normally shown as barely tolerating Marco or simply rude toward him, but it's nice to see that deep down, Rachel does care. And that, out of all the others, she gets through to Marco and helps him pick up the pieces when he's down.