12/14/2023 0 Comments The forbidden game julianshe flat out tells him that she finds that sad and creepy. When Julian tells Jenny he's been in love with her since she was five, and that he's been watching her all these years. ![]() Smith is lucid enough to recognise Julian's stalker tendencies Are Not Cool: This mightn't sound like a point of merit, but considering how some YA paranormals don't always promote healthy relationships (and I would say The Vampire Diaries doesn't), and don't seem to understand creepy stalker =/= epic love, this automatically makes The Forbidden Game a trilogy of win. So he finds ways to trick her, like giving her a beautiful silver rose that she can't resist touching (and whenever that rose touches, he can touch her.) Cheesy, but almost brutally effective in making the reader sigh.Ĥ) L.J. For example, being a demon, Julian can't lift a finger against Jenny unless she explicitly gives him permission. It's the little things that really make the love story in this book poignant, even despite the at times laughable premise. this really is what makes young teenaged hearts flutter. He spouts the most ridiculous dialogue (dude, you've lived for centuries. As I said for point one, this is an 'ensemble' book.ģ) The ridiculous 'love story': Julian's obsession with Jenny borders the ridiculous. The sense that the characters come from different walks of life, different backgrounds. Smith borowed from to create this world and her characters' nightmares is impressive in she managed to piece things all together. I'll get to the Tom part later, but the mythology that L.J. sometimes.) Zach, a Cyber Hunter (remember, this was the 90s!) and Tom. Summer, a horrifically messy room (genuinely scary, since it is really relateable. Dee has to face down aliens, Audrey, dark elves in the Black forest, Michael - turning into a tree. This is where the real action of the book kicks in. So, each of characters have to face down their nightmares. And some of these nightmares were pretty awesome.Ģ) Premise: The second book impressed me more in terms of premise, but the first book was awesome too. What especially worked in this book was how Jenny had to accompany all her friends to face down each of their nightmares. and Tom is Jenny's boyfriend, her childhood love that has stood through her thick and thin. Michael is hopelessly in love with Audrey and a bit like a human teddy bear. Better still, they don't just exist to kick ass for Jenny on command. Audrey is a well-travelled daughter of a diplomat, and Dee is a martial arts expert. Dee and Audrey aren't just Jenny's yes-men. Zach and Summer have the least page time, but even then, we get a good sense of them: Zach is a intense arty type, and Summer's a wispy, absent-minded friend. Jenny and her friends, Dee, Audrey, Michael, Tom and Zach and Summer, battle against the forces of evil - Julian. The second book is multiple POV), this really is an 'ensemble' book. There's several redeeming factors for this book that elevates it above most other YA paranormals, something that made it stand the test of time (this was first published in 1994!) Here's the list:ġ) Cast of fully realised, fleshed out characters: While Jenny is the protagonist, and the sole narrator (for this book. And in the end, Jenny chooses Tom.Īctually, things are a bit more complicated then that. "You're my first - and you'll be my only." (p125) "I have never been in love before," Julian said. "Don't you know?" His eyes moved to her lips. He looked at her, head tilted slightly, quizzically. "But we're so different," Jenny whispered. ![]() "Why are you doing this?" she said, her eyes filling again. (He waxes lyrical about her mouth as well!) The cherry on the cake: and your hair's like liquid amber." (p99) "Is that what you think? I'm a Shadow Man, Jenny." While Jenny was trying to figure this out, he went right on. "How would you know, you've never seen me happy." "Did you know your eyes are as dark as cypress trees? That means you're unhappy. In the face of sappy confessions such as: ![]() Even my blind adoration for this book couldn't quell the urge to stick my finger down my throat).īut what really makes the book for me, is the the fact that despite quailing before the Hotness-that-is-Julian. I admit, when I read it this time around, there were moments when I rolled my eyes (especially in those umpteenth times when Julian confesses his love for Jenny, and how he feel in love with her because of how *good* she is. (I'm reviewing from the 2010 Simon and Schuster omnibus - but I like this cover better)
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