The dreams start, and Bethi’s very normal life goes down the toilet. She soon realizes the dreams are actually memories from past lives…and not just hers. She sees the lives of other women like her.
The recalled memories follow the same terrifying pattern: Dog-men chase her, and she sees her eventual tormented death. Learning from the past, Bethi sets out to find a way to live this time around. … time around. The dreams hint at an answer.
She needs to be strong enough to find it or die…again.
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Oh bethi!!! She is my favorite girl!! so honest and straight to the point!! with her powers she lives today like is her last day and she takes advantage. Bethi is my 2nd favorite (gabby is my first only because i get attached to the first books of series i read). Bethi is really something. I wish the rest of the girls had more gust like Bethi and be honest with themselfs and with their wolfs. She was so much fun to read.I love her spirit even when she is sad and upset because lets face it sometimes in horrible situations you have to laugh! you can smile even when you sad. Thats what Bethi does and she does it good!!!
I honestly don’t really know what I feel about this book. For the most part I liked it, but at the same time it also found ways to slightly annoy me and test my patience over and over again. One thing is for sure though, Unwise definitely was better than the previous Misfortune and left an impression on me, whether good or bad.
I dare say that this book was the opposite of the previous book. Sure, both lead characters were running for their lives and under constant fear of getting caught. That’s where the similarities ended though and that’s really a good thing. Because where Misfortune was slow and stood still in one place, Unwise’s storyline was constantly on the move, filled with action, twists and drama. It simply had that deeper plot and characterization that I didn’t get from Misfortune and I am really glad that it took it to the next level. The constant duress, fear and running brought out Bethi’s and Luke’s personalities and not only helped form a relationship better, but also made the development thrilling with the mistrust, sparkling attraction, tenseness, arguments and of course the sweeter moments. Although I at some points would have liked the characters to react a bit deeper to what the other did, the relationship was pretty well executed and just what I enjoy in a good romance.
One thing tough that didn’t fully make sense to me was Luke’s stubborn morality to wait until she turned eighteen. Sure, it would have made sense if she was like fourteen or fifteen, but three months away from turning eighteen?That’s just ridiculous, especially considering how beneficial and necessary it was for Bethi. He never once explained why he wanted to wait which made it even more frustrating when he let her suffer from all the death dreams just for his own illogical morals. And speaking of the dreams, they were not only absolute nightmares for her, but for me as the reader too with the sheer volume and repetitiveness of them.
It was her gift/burden, I get it. But why did it have to be the readers as well? Don’t get me wrong, the dreams gave a lot of context clues and important information to the past and the plot, as well as the other characters. My problem however was how overdone it was with a dream in every chapter … no, actually around three dreams in every chapter. It was way way too much and took a lot of joy out of the story for me with dreams constantly interrupting the plot. Some dreams I was okay with, like maybe three or four showing her different deaths, maybe two with the Taupe lady and then the ones with the other girls. The rest could have been skipped or just mentioned in passing so that the story could have flowed naturally. As it was the dreams were like commercials on TV interrupting regular scheduled programming every five minutes. No one likes commercials.
Minus the dreams I am happy with the story. I mean, sometimes Bethi got on my nerves being a bit too rude and ungrateful, and it felt off that grown up leaders out of nowhere took orders from a teenage girl they just met, no questions asked. Even stranger and unrealistic was Luke and Bethi winning fights against an enemy outnumbering them and being genetically way superior to Bethi. And finally, Luke could have had some backstory to him. All in all however these were all minor issues for me and did not take that much away from the story excitement-wise. Overall, it worked out very well and I especially liked to see the previous main characters get involved in the plot. It built up to a very impactful and thrilling ending, making me anticipate the next book in the series with high expectations. This book lands on four stars.
Awesome series, addicting, just like potato chips, you can’t do just one!
[Un]Wise is awesome. Bethi & Luke are so perfect together. Bethi is a very important piece of this huge puzzle of The Judgment of the Six. She helps pull everything together. I love her wise-a$$ remarks & she is my favorite of the six ladies. She is the one that gets everyone organized for the next step in their journey.
Melissa Haag writes awesome addictive werewolf books! Can’t wait for the last book in “The Judgement of the Six” series to come out- to see what happens in the end. The book flows so well, have you on the edge of your seat, with a mixture of humor, suspense, drama, excitement, & of course, love. I couldn’t put this down. Highly reccomend this series! Also don’t miss the companion books, from the men’s point of view, I feel like you learn even more details/background from them, & it’s not just a retelling of the same story.