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A review by brittaniethekid
Lor by Lily Mayne
4.0
This is a big deviation from the rest of the books in that it takes place before the "void" opened up (1980s in the human world), it takes place entirely in the "monster world", and it takes place from both the main human and monster POVs, alternating non-consecutively. I really like Lor and the characters around the hyll and Michael/Jugs is nice too.
The science surrounding the void was a little suspect. Why would it have just appeared as a small dot in the middle of a room and why did this one not grow like the void Wyn and his kind have used for, apparently, centuries. And why didn't anyone else know about these voids until they grew? The fact that not a single human or wild creature ever came through it despite it being ground level in a tree? When Jugs goes into it for the final time, leaving his car outside of the summer camp grounds, the police would have used at least one tracking dog and they'd have found it. Squirrels, deer, and birds would have accidentally gone through it. When they levelled the forest, they would have found it. When they poured concrete to build over the area they would have found it.
It's just is a big hole (heh) in the plot that stretched believability a little too thin.
On that note, lets not talk about this magical mist coffin that stopped Jugs body from ageing, growing, or deteriorating in literally any way for decades. Why are the Salyiks the ONLY monster species with actual magical abilities but no one explains it as magic/sorcery? They could be billionaires from the coffin technology alone. It reminded me a lot of the Eerie, Indiana "ForeverWare" episode which, sadly, Jugs would have missed.
I had a big problem with the human MC's character going by Jugs. It was like a joke throughout the book when people would be like "you're looking for your Jugs" or "you love Jugs". Him explaining to Lyri it's because of him having big ears that look like the handles of a jug is... weird. But he also mentions that because he has well developed pecs that the name was also used so it still has the breasts meaning. Either way, pick a better nickname, please, especially when Lor insists on only calling him that.
Besides those issues, it as a really enjoyable book and was a lot more emotional than previous books. It's on par with the heartbreak of Seraph but for different reasons. I'll be interested to see what Lyri got up to and to FINALLY get through Cat's story so we can stop hearing about it.
The science surrounding the void was a little suspect. Why would it have just appeared as a small dot in the middle of a room and why did this one not grow like the void Wyn and his kind have used for, apparently, centuries. And why didn't anyone else know about these voids until they grew? The fact that not a single human or wild creature ever came through it despite it being ground level in a tree? When Jugs goes into it for the final time, leaving his car outside of the summer camp grounds, the police would have used at least one tracking dog and they'd have found it. Squirrels, deer, and birds would have accidentally gone through it. When they levelled the forest, they would have found it. When they poured concrete to build over the area they would have found it.
It's just is a big hole (heh) in the plot that stretched believability a little too thin.
On that note, lets not talk about this magical mist coffin that stopped Jugs body from ageing, growing, or deteriorating in literally any way for decades. Why are the Salyiks the ONLY monster species with actual magical abilities but no one explains it as magic/sorcery? They could be billionaires from the coffin technology alone. It reminded me a lot of the Eerie, Indiana "ForeverWare" episode which, sadly, Jugs would have missed.
I had a big problem with the human MC's character going by Jugs. It was like a joke throughout the book when people would be like "you're looking for your Jugs" or "you love Jugs". Him explaining to Lyri it's because of him having big ears that look like the handles of a jug is... weird. But he also mentions that because he has well developed pecs that the name was also used so it still has the breasts meaning. Either way, pick a better nickname, please, especially when Lor insists on only calling him that.
Besides those issues, it as a really enjoyable book and was a lot more emotional than previous books. It's on par with the heartbreak of Seraph but for different reasons. I'll be interested to see what Lyri got up to and to FINALLY get through Cat's story so we can stop hearing about it.