1. Let's get this out of the way at the top so that I don't ask all the questions about it. Dean Priest: worst or worst ever? How much did you want to punch him in the face for lying to Emily about her book being terrible and how much did you want to punch him again when he took advantage of her injury to get her to marry him?UGH. Dean lying to her and then almost completely ruining her life (thank God her spirit was strong enough for her to want to laugh again and write again and realize that she hadn't lost everything) in this book makes me absolutely unable to like him at all in the last two books. He just never redeems himself, does he? He starts out creepy (although admittedly saving her life) and then gets creepier before almost killing all that he loved in Emily. If he hadn't told her about lying once she broke the engagement I think I would have reached through time and fiction to rip his face off
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6. Emily calling to Teddy on the Flavian: creepy, romantic, or creepily romantic? Very romantic! It disturbs me less than Emily knowing about Isle's mom or the little lost boy in the house. I can more easily believe such a connection between two people who love each other so much, especially in the face of death? Plus, it breaks off the engagement to Dean, so, bonus.
7. How badly did you want to shake both Emily and Teddy over the course of the book? They both knew and yet they never managed to overcome their selves to get it together? Does it make you sad to think about how much time they wasted? They are seriously ridiculous. They never talk to each other! Emily is way too proud (and Teddy's a little bit dumb). That time where she doesn't answer his call always rips out my heart when I read it. I don't know, maybe I'm not proud enough, because I just don't understand her instinct to hide her feelings and lie to protect her pride. It could have fixed so many things, ughh
8. Were you reasonably satisfied with how the romantic
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I will say though that it looked kind of fun to furnish their home and plan their travels around the world and everything. Too bad it had to be with him aka the scum of the earth!
Basically, this. That house sounded awesome. Although, Dean giving it to Emily and Teddy? Weird. Like, it was always Emily's house, I get that, but I don't know how she could have lived there with Teddy. It sort of felt like Dean sticking his nose where it didn't belong one last time.
Plus, it breaks off the engagement to Dean, so, bonus.
Preach.
That time where she doesn't answer his call always rips out my heart when I read it.
ME TOO. WHYYYYYYYY?!?!?!?!?
I honestly think the lovin' at the end is too shortThis is true. Mostly I just forgive it because I'm so relieved they're finally together without anyone else getting in the way, plus, I can kind of see it? Teddy finally realizing that enough is enough and that if he doesn't say something he'll regret it for the rest of his life even more than he regrets everything that's happened. But there should
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maybe I'm not proud enough, because I just don't understand her instinct to hide her feelings and lie to protect her pride. It could have fixed so many things, ughh
Ahhh, see I understand it all too well! I was that girl who was afraid to ever let the guy know she liked him. No wonder those crushes never worked out. :P
And it doesn't make much sense - suddenly Teddy decides to go home and to call to her, for no reason at all?
Yeah, I really wondered about that this time through. I guess things had to break at some point? But I do wish we'd heard a little more about what lead him to finally do something.
SO MUCH. But I honestly think the lovin' at the end is too short - there's only, like, 2 or 3 pages of them finally together? And it doesn't make much sense - suddenly Teddy decides to go home and to call to her, for no reason at all? It's a little bit out of nowhere, like LMM realized that whoops, she had to put them together but didn't exactly know how to make it happen.
That is true. I don't mind the out-of-the-blueness. Teddy kind of explains *that*. He says he was fed up with women after Ilse. I could sort of see him just waking up one day going, 'wait, I love Emily. Okay, the heck with everything else.' But the book could use another chapter of them having a conversation. That would have been handy.
Now I want to read A Tangled Web! I'm not sure I ever did. It's on my to-read shelf! But I might take a little break of all things Montgomery after this summer ;)
I really like A Tangled Web. But I can see wanting to take a Montgomery break. It has been a rather LMM heavy summer for a lot of us. Not that that's a bad thing.
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Very romantic! It disturbs me less than Emily knowing about Isle's mom or the little lost boy in the house. I can more easily believe such a connection between two people who love each other so much, especially in the face of death? Plus, it breaks off the engagement to Dean, so, bonus.
7. How badly did you want to shake both Emily and Teddy over the course of the book? They both knew and yet they never managed to overcome their selves to get it together? Does it make you sad to think about how much time they wasted?
They are seriously ridiculous. They never talk to each other! Emily is way too proud (and Teddy's a little bit dumb). That time where she doesn't answer his call always rips out my heart when I read it. I don't know, maybe I'm not proud enough, because I just don't understand her instinct to hide her feelings and lie to protect her pride. It could have fixed so many things, ughh
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Basically, this. That house sounded awesome. Although, Dean giving it to Emily and Teddy? Weird. Like, it was always Emily's house, I get that, but I don't know how she could have lived there with Teddy. It sort of felt like Dean sticking his nose where it didn't belong one last time.
Plus, it breaks off the engagement to Dean, so, bonus.
Preach.
That time where she doesn't answer his call always rips out my heart when I read it.
ME TOO. WHYYYYYYYY?!?!?!?!?
I honestly think the lovin' at the end is too shortThis is true. Mostly I just forgive it because I'm so relieved they're finally together without anyone else getting in the way, plus, I can kind of see it? Teddy finally realizing that enough is enough and that if he doesn't say something he'll regret it for the rest of his life even more than he regrets everything that's happened. But there should ( ... )
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Ahhh, see I understand it all too well! I was that girl who was afraid to ever let the guy know she liked him. No wonder those crushes never worked out. :P
And it doesn't make much sense - suddenly Teddy decides to go home and to call to her, for no reason at all?
Yeah, I really wondered about that this time through. I guess things had to break at some point? But I do wish we'd heard a little more about what lead him to finally do something.
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That is true. I don't mind the out-of-the-blueness. Teddy kind of explains *that*. He says he was fed up with women after Ilse. I could sort of see him just waking up one day going, 'wait, I love Emily. Okay, the heck with everything else.' But the book could use another chapter of them having a conversation. That would have been handy.
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This is pretty much my exact opinion. In my head it's A Tangled Web.
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