It’s just so addicting, and it doesn’t even feel like it’s killing my brain! I found it impossible to stop reading (except when forced), and I can’t wait for the next book (impatient much? This one isn’t even out until April!). It isn’t that these specific qualities stand out, though literary merit isn’t why I love this book (it’s not bad, that’s just…not the reason this book rocks) I can’t even put my finger on it. Melissa Marr’s characters are her strength, though they’re really well-created.

I love the characters, the suspense, and the writing isn’t exactly something to scoff at, either. Melissa Marr’s world is seductive, shadowy, and all-encompassing honestly, until I finished this book, I couldn’t pull my mind out of it (and even when I was done, I found my mind wandering back to Seth and Aislinn while I was ringing up thousands of ugly half price Christmas ornaments at work). It’s addictive in the same way that books like Twilight are, but better because, well, it’s also actually good. This book (as well as Melissa Marr’s others) is, in a word, addictive. This is happening among lots of court intrigue and faery drama, of course, as everyone tries to either prevent or provoke a devastating war on Earth, to make a long story short (it’s a long book, but the basics of the plot can be summed up quite shortly). In this installment in the series, Seth and Aislinn are trying to figure out where they fit in the world, since the world as both of them have always known it has changed so drastically, and with each other. It’s a continuation of the same story, this time focused yet again on Ash and Seth. I guessed it would be, having loved Melissa Marr‘s first two books. Fragile Eternity is, as expected, awesome.

Fragile eternity series in order