Fragile eternity

Fragile eternity

Melissa Marr2009
Aislinn and Seth struggle with the unforeseen consequences of Aislinn's transformation from mortal girl to faery queen as the world teeters on the brink of cataclysmic violence.
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Monicap@insult_the_glory
4 stars
Apr 29, 2024

**CONTAINS SPOILERS** Okay, so same as with Wicked Lovely and Ink Exchange, the date you see is not the date I first finished reading this book. As Wicked Lovely’s focus was on Aislinn and the Summer and Winter courts, and Ink Exchange’s focus was on Leslie and the Dark court, Fragile Eternity’s focus is on Seth on the High Court. Seth is not only full of sexy, but he is like the mortal of all faerydom or something. He’s been dating (banging) Aislinn, Queen of the Summer court, friends with Donia, the Winter Queen, and like a brother to Niall, the Dark King. And this all happened while he was a mortal. If that’s not an awe-inspiring feat, than I don’t know what is. In Fragile Eternity, Seth is having a lot of doubts, mainly stemming from his relationship with Aislinn versus Keenan’s relationship with Aislinn, and the knowledge that as a mortal, he would inevitably die and Aislinn and Keenan would inevitably… well, you know. The obvious solution to this problem? Become a Faery, of course. Despite being warned that being a faery was a bad deal—by a couple of different people, mainly Niall—Seth went ahead to the High Court and asked to Sorcha make him be a Faery. Which she did, and in doing so, somehow (rather creepily) making him her son. Now, once I had a conversation with a friend in which we determined that all good characters in YA books (and probably all books, but we focused on YA) is having a something wrong with their parents. Melissa Marr has the something-wrong-with-the-parents-of-characters down. Look at Aislinn. Mom’s dead, no idea who dad is (thank god we know it’s not Keenan. That would be so creepy). Look at Keenan. Dad got killed by his Mom, and his Mom basically cursed him. Look at Leslie. Mom left, dad’s a drunk. Look at Seth. Both his parents are gone, not dead, but apparently they just took off to go some grand adventure soon as he was old enough to look after himself. The parental symbolism in this book is not lost on me, not should it be on anyone. There’s also a lot of discord we see brewing in this book. This book is basically setting up every relationship between the faery rulers up for a fail. Keenan and Donia, Keenan and Aislinn… those are basically the only faery ruler relationships that mattered. Okay, this book is basically setting up everybody to be pissed at Keenan. Those who aren’t already pissed at Keenan, that is. If I were Keenan, I’d about found a good place to hide. Under a rock, preferably. Or in a hole. Cuz things will not go well for him in future books, if this one is any indication. Seth is full of sexy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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