Revival of the Court (The Other Realm #7) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Jul 28, 2023 Katyana rated it liked it

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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Well, if I'm honest, there's a lot I didn't like about this.

Firstly, the dragons. I'm going to be frank: the dragons make me feel like I want to be Team Anti-Crea. Aside from Emory, they are all utterly horrible and need to be knocked out of power. The only other dragon we've met who seems to maybe not be an asshole is Tobias, sad guard of the hoard, but we interacted with him for all of 2 min so I'm going to go ahead and assume if we got more with him, we'd find out he's a complete bag of shit, Well, if I'm honest, there's a lot I didn't like about this.

Firstly, the dragons. I'm going to be frank: the dragons make me feel like I want to be Team Anti-Crea. Aside from Emory, they are all utterly horrible and need to be knocked out of power. The only other dragon we've met who seems to maybe not be an asshole is Tobias, sad guard of the hoard, but we interacted with him for all of 2 min so I'm going to go ahead and assume if we got more with him, we'd find out he's a complete bag of shit, just like every other dragon who isn't Emory.

And so I don't WANT Emory and Jinx to rule them. Fuck them. They deserve to sit in their castle drinking tea while it is blown up around them. (I can't even believe that scene ... self-absorbed, entitled assholes.) They - and their stupid, pretentious bullshit - deserve to be utterly ruined by the rest of Other society. So the inevitable end of this book was irritating to me. Fuck the dragons. They are so evil and self-absorbed they didn't even notice that one of them had become a literal demon. Probably didn't change his behavior much, to be honest - they're all murderous, elitist assholes, so I can't imagine a demon possession would cause noticeably different behavior.

Wipe them out, imo.

Speaking of people to wipe out: the Connection. It is time for that to end. They have proven to be so corrupt that they are cartoon villains. It is nonsensical to believe that anyone in Other society would put up with this - you're talking about super powerful magical beings. The Connection isn't filled with the most powerful, it is filled with corrupt, fragile magical humans who are so scared of the other magical beings that they are bullies trying to assert power. Time to end that whole thing.

Another thing: I could do without the FMC being captured and tortured TWICE. Once was bad enough, and frankly a bit out of character for this series which has generally been pretty happy, clean, light reading. Twice? With increasing brutality? Why? And furthermore, if you're going to do that, you have GOT to dial up the consequences. See my earlier point about the Connection. This was a sanctioned activity, these fuckers had badges. It isn't enough to just smash the Anti-Crea, you have to smash the Connection into fucking shards. They've overstepped to the point of being fucking evil stormtroopers. It's time to crush that organization and put something better in its place ... like a council of representatives from each species, or something, with EQUAL voting power and a law enforcement force with inter-species teams.

It feels like the world of this series is super full of problems, and the leads play whack-a-mole to handle the problem but never ever address the core issues.

Also, I don't know if there was a big gap in writing between the Glimmer arc and the Court arc, but Jinx and Emory changed dramatically between them and not in a good way. Emory suddenly had no moral compass - his people could do whatever they wanted because it's tradition, even if he doesn't like it. Look, fucker: are you the ruler or not? Yes? Then you're responsible for all the bullshit you allow. And then you have Jinx, who suddenly had no spine. In the Glimmer books she was didn't allow anyone to treat her badly, standing up to the Connection and getting shit done. Watching her just turn into this submissive vacuum who sucks up all the shit the dragons throw at her...it was gross. Even worse was characters lecturing her to be the bigger person and not antagonize them. What? What? She's being shit on by them constantly and you're going to give her stink-eye for not being polite? Fuck you too, then. This dynamic made me deeply dislike several characters that I know we're supposed to like (i.e., no, I wasn't that sad when Mike died - hooray for being free from his condescending chastising bullshit, and his glares).

I hope the series continues, because it is better than this. But only if Jinx goes back to the take-no-shit unflappable person I loved in the Glimmer arc.

Last note: stop giving her more powers. It's becoming silly now. She could probably take down the entire Connection all by herself given that she has like 10 abilities while everyone else just has one. It's getting a bit too Mary Sue for me, and I like a little Mary Sue (I like OP FMCs, sue me). ...more

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Jun 08, 2023 Steph rated it it was amazing

Shelves: author-웃, series-ended, series-final-book, series-completed, loaner-amz-kindle-unlimited, year-read-2023, favorites-2023

I'm sad to think this might be the end of this fun series. But, the author did mention, "If you want me to write more Jinx and Emory, then please review and let me know. This could be the end of their path, or just the beginning." So, here's my take -- please keep going with Jinx, Emory and gang. I'd definitely read more in the series and/or the spin-off The Other Wolf. If this was the end, it was a well-done ending for this couple who has proven they belong together - prophecy aside. They work ...more

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