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shandyt's review against another edition
4.0
3.5 stars.
Whereas Kihrin was the main character of Book 1, he takes a back seat in this volume to Janel, a character who was only briefly introduced in the first book. Janel is a strong character in her own right, competent and intelligent, but she's missing that spark of irreverence and snark and "why me?" that makes Kihrin so compelling. The structure of the story is definitely an improvement, though the middle third (which is really more like a "middle half") drags on for too long. The end sneaks up on you by comparison. After a lot of slow nothing, everything happens all at once; some of it is clever and well thought-out, some of it less so. There are a few satisfying plot twists, but others fall flat. The climax is a bit abrupt and implausible. Yet like the previous book, the ending is so shocking and cliffhanger-y that I must know more! Book 3 will definitely be on my to-read list.
Whereas Kihrin was the main character of Book 1, he takes a back seat in this volume to Janel, a character who was only briefly introduced in the first book. Janel is a strong character in her own right, competent and intelligent, but she's missing that spark of irreverence and snark and "why me?" that makes Kihrin so compelling. The structure of the story is definitely an improvement, though the middle third (which is really more like a "middle half") drags on for too long. The end sneaks up on you by comparison. After a lot of slow nothing, everything happens all at once; some of it is clever and well thought-out, some of it less so. There are a few satisfying plot twists, but others fall flat. The climax is a bit abrupt and implausible. Yet like the previous book, the ending is so shocking and cliffhanger-y that I must know more! Book 3 will definitely be on my to-read list.
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Oh, and Kihrin still didn't sleep with Teraeth. Come ON, kid, just DO IT.chantaal's review against another edition
I’m throwing in the towel at 378 pages. At no point have I ever found myself enjoying this, and I’m just gonna put it down. Sad that I can’t seem to love this as much as so many others do, but I can’t force myself through another page of this.
thesingingbook's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
cjgillen's review against another edition
i want to read this and continue this series but it's clearly not the right time for it
eliover's review against another edition
4.0
Yknow....After reading the 1st and 2nd books, and then reading the description of the other book, their descriptions don't feel right.
It felt like "Do you want to know what happened next, watch the next episode!"
I thought we've already established that Vol Koroth woke up but nahhh, only at the end of THIS book we find out that Relos Var was only one step into releasing him.
And the other book descriptions look like a marketing strategy (a bad one).
I don't think I have the time to waste on THREE more books.
It felt like "Do you want to know what happened next, watch the next episode!"
I thought we've already established that Vol Koroth woke up but nahhh, only at the end of THIS book we find out that Relos Var was only one step into releasing him.
And the other book descriptions look like a marketing strategy (a bad one).
I don't think I have the time to waste on THREE more books.
gilmargirl's review against another edition
Did not care about the new characters or the direction this was going.
tildy08's review against another edition
4.0
Much easier to follow than the first book, although that may be because I kind of gave up on trying
vulpeculex's review against another edition
3.0
took me a while to get into this one esp with the change of character focus but this was rly fun and the end has me super intrigued to see where the next book goes! i can’t say i 100% get everything that’s going on bc there is just so much to keep track of but i’m still enjoying my time reading these books