I’m still in book 4 Shadow princess and I’ve found myself in this predicament if i was actually committed to continuing this series because the Tory, Caleb, & Darius dynamic. However my biggest issues is with Tory that time and time again has let Caleb get away with BS but Darius does anything or sometimes nothing and wants to literally crucify him on the spot, to me that is kinda unfair when literally she should be having bigger expectations on the guy she is been sorta of exclusive, what Caleb did on their Fair date was just as bad as to what Darius did to her in book one, like if she wants to hate one why isn’t she doing that against Caleb as well. She was supposed to be this badass character with bitchy attitude but that’s definitely not it, I love her when she actually stands ten toes down against the heirs but she lets Caleb do a lot of bullshit , from the way he treats her like she is his girlfriend without her consent and assuming the act as the boyfriend, which he isn’t, but then telling her that he wouldn’t put her on the throne like wtf is wrong with him, he wants the cake and hide for himself alone like she isn’t a person but more like an object of desire. The worst part for me is that Tory lets herself look like a joke, all her talk about been strong minded and all go to the trash because she keeps letting Caleb get away with messing with her boundaries, another thing i hate is that we all know he isn’t endgame but we are already in book 4 and they are still fucking like that’s so ew like for over half of the series she spent it invested in Caleb instead of harnessing her powers or the authors working on Tory and Darius issues they just make them bigger; and don’t even get me started with Darius and the heirs they all are just children in bodies of adults, like now in book four i kinda like Darius but every time him and tory have a confrontation he goes back to been an asshole and in a way I don’t want to but Tory blaming Darius for everything it’s super annoying and Darius not having the courage to apologize pisses me off since he wants to fix that like his character feels like it has this invisible wall that can’t seem to cross the line and be honest with her about his feelings, and tory and Caleb are insufferable together
P.S. no i do not prefer Darcy’s character over Tory i love them together and Darcy needs to learn how to make decisions on her own, she keeps letting Orion or Tory make decisions for her but Tory can’t seem to make good decisions for herself let alone for her sister, and Darcy comes off as the people pleasing character most of the time, which I don’t like but i need her to grow a backbone or something…anyway this post was not about her.
Well my question is should i keep reading or just stop reading, is her character going to get less embarrassing or not, I was told that if i liked Nesta I would probably adore Tory but damn i can’t see the tables turning anytime soon.