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romitoak's review
adventurous
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
jessicasorenson's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
tessas_books's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
juliefishnom's review against another edition
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
3.5
illborrowthisone's review against another edition
5.0
Needing new characters to swoon over? You've got several options here. All the stars!!! I am so happy to be back in this world. I love the magic and the characters. An all around exciting journey. I cannot wait for what's next!!!!
thebookishmusician's review against another edition
3.0
This book was good for a lot of reasons. I have SO been looking forward to its release after loving book 1, and was glad to be back in the world with Serena & co. There’s some great progress and/or resolutions for several characters that seemed very fitting. The world expands to introduce new characters outside of those in the pack, and there’s some scenes that will really rip your heart out.
However, it felt waaaay too long in the middle. The journey they go on was so long and I was ready to get back to the action. Yes, a lot of important things happen that were crucial to the plot, but I had a hard time plugging in to the story and characters. The group splits up on separate quests for a while and I was just so desperate for them to get back together.
Now, the ending saved the book. I can’t say more because (spoilers), but I will absolutely be continuing the series when book 3 comes out. I need to see what happens with Serena and a certain character!!!
However, it felt waaaay too long in the middle. The journey they go on was so long and I was ready to get back to the action. Yes, a lot of important things happen that were crucial to the plot, but I had a hard time plugging in to the story and characters. The group splits up on separate quests for a while and I was just so desperate for them to get back together.
Now, the ending saved the book. I can’t say more because (spoilers), but I will absolutely be continuing the series when book 3 comes out. I need to see what happens with Serena and a certain character!!!
lohopkins's review
adventurous
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
fablesandflours's review against another edition
3.0
I'm torn.
I really like Serena's story, and there are lots of great parts, but there were just as many "wait...what?" and "uhh, how convenient." moments.
I love Liora and Cai. Their banter is one of my favorite things in this book. But it didn't save me from feeling like it was a little too long, and the fact that I feel like there are quite a few things that feel like they were ripped from SJM's books.
More than one quote had me stopping and saying "uhh really?" Because it was pulled from a SJM story. Not to mention, and let's be real here. Her mate is a huge thunder and lightning wielding, winged, super old warrior? COUGH HUNTATHALAR COUGH.
And then at the end her aunts help her with more power just like Sandrine did at the end of the first book. It just felt a little like there could have been more there.
It pulled me away from the story and to be honest, I was kind of powering through the second half because I just wanted to know what happened. With the pacing, I see here that we will have a few more books, which I'm cool with, but agh. I needed a little more oomph that I just feel like wasn't quite there.
All that said, Danu is the best and is my new favorite character.
Three stars, I liked it... it wasn't bad by any means, but it wasn't a home run for me.
I really like Serena's story, and there are lots of great parts, but there were just as many "wait...what?" and "uhh, how convenient." moments.
I love Liora and Cai. Their banter is one of my favorite things in this book. But it didn't save me from feeling like it was a little too long, and the fact that I feel like there are quite a few things that feel like they were ripped from SJM's books.
More than one quote had me stopping and saying "uhh really?" Because it was pulled from a SJM story. Not to mention, and let's be real here. Her mate is a huge thunder and lightning wielding, winged, super old warrior? COUGH HUNTATHALAR COUGH.
And then at the end her aunts help her with more power just like Sandrine did at the end of the first book. It just felt a little like there could have been more there.
It pulled me away from the story and to be honest, I was kind of powering through the second half because I just wanted to know what happened. With the pacing, I see here that we will have a few more books, which I'm cool with, but agh. I needed a little more oomph that I just feel like wasn't quite there.
All that said, Danu is the best and is my new favorite character.
Three stars, I liked it... it wasn't bad by any means, but it wasn't a home run for me.
kkarthur's review against another edition
3.0
I think the author has a good overall story to share, but this book would have benefitted from a good editor. My main issues were as follows: (1) it was longer than I think it needed to be (2) aspects of the plot/magic system seemed unbelievable - specifically everything came too easy to Ena and her journey was not necessarily believable. There were some aspects that were just downright cheesy. It also felt in poor taste to use a very famous line from Throne of Glass: "to whatever end." This book already seems to have too many ToG similarities.