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R A M B L E
Wow, what a book, I was sucked in almost instantly, The beginning for this was such a bigger bang than the first book, There were flat parts, but since it is only an incredibly short novel I was completely enthralled and involved with the world,
The Copper Gauntlet definitely displays a different kind of story to Harry Potter and Percy Jackson sorry for the comparison, it definitely strays completely away from the belief that this series is in any way similar to the others in any way.
I mean, none of the series have a main character who has a wolf, so I know which one I prefer,
This book had adventure, This book had friendship. This book smashed middle grade and young adult stereotypes, I highly recommend this if you're looking for a fast paced novel that features no romance and incredible friendships,
C H A R A C T E R S
C A L L U M
Callum Hunt remains our main character.
We see the whole story through his eyes and experience his reactions to what is happening, He is also pretty oblivious, which makes reading his perspective pretty frustrating at some times, Not only that but the fact he was so unwilling to communicate and share information with his friends, I wanted to shake him and scream he could trust them,
There are some incredible changes in his character, in my belief, the way he goes about magic and just how he holds himself is different from the first book.
He is no longer scared of judgement from his peers and is truly more open,
T A M A R A
Tamara is both my least favourite character and a girl I know I would be best friends with.
She is comic relief, she is fearless and she is not about to take a single characters shit, Being Muslim of Iranian descent Tamara has a lot of pressures on her, She has to deal with a lot of complications, especially since her family is in the Assembly kind of like court for Mages,
I just love her, She is not a perfect character, None of the characters in these novels are, She is flawed. She doesn't always do the right thing and she does screw up, But, man, is she well written and kickass,
A A R O N
Aaron doesn't do too much this book, After the events of the last book he kind of becomes closed down and a tad hopeless, in my opinion, He also doesn't do too much throughout this book, He appears, does some magic to save everyone, say something wise and then disappear into the background, I feel he's hiding secrets that I am very interested in learning,
J A S P E R
Jasper is rude and snarky, He hates showing emotions and is basically me in a fourteenyearold boy, I was astounded by the character development that was shown throughout the book for Jasper, It was pretty surprising considering how terrible he had been in the previous book,
I hope we see more of Jasper in the third book,
P L O T
The plot of this was intense, With Call's father on the run from the Mages who want to kill him our main character feels he needs to save him, Aaron, Havoc and Tamara join him followed by Callum's mortal enemy Jasper in order to stop events that are unfolding,
That didn't make sense, did it Just trust me on this, the plot is awesome, I was completely unable to put my phone down I'm reading the ebooks, I'm nervous to see how the next book unfolds since there will be a wait for the fourth and fifth books,
O V E R A L L
Overall, this book was amazing, It was better than the first, in my opinion, Cassandra Clare and Holly Black manage to create such a unique and original story, managing to push down stereotypes that find their way into most stories.
The characters are flawed and the action is mindblowing, Definitely a recommended series. FEBTHE COVER WAS REVEALED YESTERDAY AND IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL grabby hands, I MUST HAVE IT NOW,
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It was ok, I liked it, but it didn't surprised me in any way, There were no wow moments or something that kept me on the edge of my seat, I still liked it and I will continue with the series,
People say it gives some Harry Potter vibes and it does but I don't mind them, but all in all it's a great story as it is I still feel that sometimes it need some more action and moments that make your heart skip a beat, but I will see were the story leads and how things develop.
The series it's still at the beginning and the firstbooks aren't really long, but the story develops nicely and in an interesting direction,
I like the school and magic system in this book they seem fresh some how,
The characters are likable, especially Call even if you know in your head that he is making stupid decisions and saying idiotic stuff you just like him and feel what he feels.
It's weird. Chapterbychapter review on sitelinkmy blog, the Snark Theater,
Okay. This book just managed to disappoint me, which is pretty impressive considering thatI had zero expectations going in andit actually does improve on its predecessor on some levels.
Well, one level.
That being the The Copper Gauntlet's plot, We have a focused plot, which is actually driving the events happening in the book from almost the entirety of it! Sure, there is a moment in the middle where things kind of stagnate, but as a whole, the plot's mostly there.
Unfortunately, it's kind of a stupid plot, and it only works becauseCall is naive and trusting as fuck andconvenience, And then it only manages to span across an entire novel rather than a few chapter by sheer force of coincidence, Even then, the The Copper Gauntlet's pretty short, But still, more focus, that's good!
The problem iseverything else, The last book ended on the reveal that Call had the soul of the Enemy of Death, the big baddie who is totally not a Voldemort ripoff.
This book opens with Call angsting about it, And I say "open with", but really, Call's angst plagues the entire book, And honestly, it just doesn't work, I'm sorry, but we don't know enough about what souls are in the Magisterium world, and as such, I'm left with no reference but what I see.
And what I see is: Call isn't "secretly evil" something he actually calls himself at one point, It doesn't help that the resolution come out of nowhere and takes no effort on Call's end,
Worse, Call lies about it to everyone until the big climax, of course, yet gets furious when Tamara "lies" by refusing to keep another of his secrets.
Even though she'sright, since said secret is .
And Call almost maims Tamara for it, too! It's not all the protagonistcentered morality in this book, either, The book is rife with it, I just don't feel like listing more, They're theretrust me.
Then we have Jasper, whom the book is trying to push into the spotlight forsome reason, Some reason completely unrelated to him being our Draco Malfoy and the fact that Cassandra Clare once wrote a fic where he was the main character.
He's just annoying. The book tries to have him straddle the line so he doesn't lose his personality and still meshes with the group, but it just ends up with him being a massive douchebag who occasionally does a good thing.
I'm not convinced.
And then we reach my final biggest problem with this book, which comes mostly in the last chapter, but I don't care because I don't think it counts as a spoiler.
We have compulsory heterosexuality! Yaaaaay, Not.
Okay, so yes, Aaron/Call is my OTP, but this isn't what it's about, Well, it's only partially about that, See, in this book, Call and Celia develop a friendshipkind of, By that, I mean they hang out for two chapters in the entire book, and then half of the book happens, in which Call's away from school doing plot stuff.
And when he comes backshe kisses him, And sure, the book doesn't actually establish them as a couple, but it's kind of the implication there, And I hate it. Because Celia is barely a character at all, She's not even in a fullof the book, Her only character trait is "nice", And she and Call get zero development, they just hang out and she's nice to him,
Meanwhile, Aaron and Call's friendship is the most important in the entire book, and the one that gets the most development.
There's even conflict. Conflict! In a Clare book! That's how wellwritten this is! And yetthe romance is between Call and Celia, I hate this, becauseit assumes the romance has to be between a boy and a girl hence the compulsive heterosexuality,it assumes that a boy and a girl interacting for five minutes counts as romance,it assumes their relationship isn't worth developing as much as the one between the two main boys or even Call's friendship with Tamara, which takes a back seat but is still more important.
And considering who's writing thisCassandra Clare, who wrote TID and the second half of TMI as if they were romance novels rather than urban fantasyit feels kind of disgusting that, the moment the lead romance is told from the male PoV and about a female PoV, it suddenly fades to the background.
It's like the girl doesn't matter, the only relationships you're willing to develop are between a PoV and the boy,
Look, I have gay ships all over the god damned place, but I rarely expect them to become canon, It's sad, but true. But as I was reading this book, I actually had hope, Yes, really. Cassandra Clare made me hope that Aaron and Call could become a couple perhaps not in this book, but in the future, maybe, And why wouldn't I The way she writes
Malec is fucked up, but at least she has a main gay couple, So seeing thismakes me sick,
And sure, they're not officially a couple, but I'd be heavily though pleasantly surprised if Call started the next book going "look, sorry girl, but no".
There's still technically hope, but not much, And for that, I hate this book even more, Basically, authors
Oh, and don't think this stopped being a Harry Potter ripoff, We start off with a Chamber of Secretslike opening, a good chunk of the plot is heavily reminiscent of the prophecy part from Order of the Phoenix, and that kiss I just mentioned Pretty much copied from Harry's first kiss with Cho Chang.
Eeyup.,Sterne oder so!
Also ich weiß ehrlich nicht, wie ich das Buch bewerten soll, Es fällt mir einfach unglaublich schwer, weil ich die Geschichte eigentlich sehr gern gelesen habe, was einfach am Schreibstil der beiden Autorinnen liegt, Sie wissen halt, wie man die Leser fesselt und wie man Charaktere schafft, die greifbar sind und mit denen man mitfiebert, Außerdem Mordo aka Havoc ltLIEBE xD
Und den Konflikt, der durch den Twist am Ende des ersten Bandes entstanden ist, hat hier für interessanten Lesestoff gesogt.
Allerdings gibt es auch einfach SO SO vieles an diesem Buch, was mir nicht gefallen hat,
Vor allem die nicht vorhandene Handlung am Anfang der Geschichte, hat es mir sehr schwer gemacht, das Buch zu mögen, Die Geschichte heißt zwar "Magisterium", aber Callum und seine Freunde verbringen in diesem zweiten Teil fast gar keine Zeit in der Schule, Wir erfahren auch nicht mehr über den Unterricht oder die Tore oder generell das Schulsystem,
Was mich auch sehr gestört hat, das war die Unfähigkeit der Erwachsenen, . . Für Callum und seine Freunde war es einfach alles viel zu leicht, Sie konnten aus der Schule ausbrechen und fliehen, ohne sofort wieder eingefangen zu werden, Auch vor anderen erwachsenen "Feinden" fiel die Flucht nicht gerade schwer, . . Außerdem würde ich gerne Mal wissen, wie man denn auf diese Übersetzung von Ultima Forsan kommt, Das Internet weiß dazu leider gar nichts, aber meine Übersetzung davon wäre "Vielleicht das Ende", Was in meinen Augen einfach WEIT von der Übersetzung hier entfernt ist, Weit. weit. weit.
Und noch etwas, das allerdings weder positiv noch negativ ist, über das ich aber gerne sprechen würde: Jasper und Callum, THIS IS SO GOING TO HAPPEN, Vielleicht bin ich gaga im Kopf nach der Grayson und Liv Sache habe ich mein Vorhersagemojo verloren, aber, . . Da waren so viele Andeutungen drin, Hinzu kommt die ganze HarryxDraco Fanbase, Cassandra Clares Hang zu LGBT, . . Wenn das nicht passiert, dann weiß ich auch nicht ,Golden Stars
ladies amp gentlemen!
I introduce to you,
my firstof!
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the Copper Gauntlet!
amp th best of
I KNEW IT!
I WAS WAITING FOR IT!
YESSSSS!
What a journey! from the first to the last!
actionpacked, fun, fast pace amp a quick read! I finished it in one day!
it was even better than the first book! which is about a year ago I've read that, but didn't felt the mood to continue the series till now!
but now I officially have a bookish fetish for this series! I fangirling amp the series ascended to my topfavourites! alltime favourite! My new bbys!
OMG!
Why is Everything happening in the most DRAMATIC way!
my evil inner authorintraining answering in a mysterious whisper
because this is the most exciting, heartwrenching way to happen amp the best effect
omg! I LOVED IT!
this book was awesome!
I was laughing, fangirling amp internally screaming all over the book! this book deserved astars!
Aaron! you sweet boy!
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also sometimes funny!
I will add Aaron amp Call to my favourite characters.
I love them!
Call amp Jasper's fight reminded me of middlegradish Potter amp Malfoy were funny! that's why I laughed a lot!
I liked Alex too!
Awwww Havoc!
many lovable characters!
amp their friendship made me cry, omg! that love, that loyalty, that humanity! wonderful!
I felt some Harry Potter vibes too.
amp it was so delightful amp magical,
I try to enjoy amp remember every moment of reading this series, because First time is only once, so I write my feelings, my fangirling.
to remember it. I love rereading, but I want to remember myst time too, I remember myst time HP in a blur,
good amp funny start, a bit slow, but continued very excitingly!
awesome plot
realistic amp rational, characters amp their feelings
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