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koistyfishy's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
3 Chewing Gum Stars⭐
Spicy Level: 🌶️🌶️/5
Please note, I cannot comment on aspects of this book without mentioning spoilers from River of Shadows and Queen of Crimson. If this bothers you...I would advise you to stop reading and go and enjoy those books first before continuing onward
I am a little two-minded about how to rate this book, but I honestly feel like I have more unanswered questions than what was answered. It didn't answer half the questions that were created due to the cliffhanger from book two and then compounded the confusion by adding a ton more plot holes and even more questions.
The one thing I loved about the book is how it almost gave a new era to the relationship between Hanna and Tuoni. It was almost like book 1, they found each other, book 2 is about how Hanna finds herself and then book 3 finally gives the couple a chance to grow together. It's normally said that your significant other brings about the best version of yourself, and this book played on that dynamic. We got to see the two do cutesy couple activities, regular everyday activities that you can often take for granted, but given they live in the Underworld wouldn't necessarily have the opportunity to do. I liked seeing how the two fell deeper and deeper in love. It was sweet.
This book introduces new POV's making a total of 4 (Hanna, Tuoni, Tuonen and Lovia). These additional POV's added quite a bit to the plot, which is the exact problem - THIS BOOK WAS SERIOUSLY LACKING IN PLOT. And most of the plot that does happen isn't a very new idea to the story and happens VERY QUICKLY in the start - also the majority happens in the small snippets of Lovia's and Tuonen's POV. I found myself begging to be back in their minds as that was the main story and wasn't just death trying to find a cup of coffee and not knowing what chewing gum is... I almost feel like if we didn't have their additional POV's added, we wouldn't have a story at all.
Another thing that confused me is the book feels like it just ends. There isn't a cliffhanger really - it just feels like the writing stops, or somehow three chapters got deleted when it was sent to the final edit and they just never made it into the book. Now I am not sure if this was meant to create more suspense and hype for the culmination of the story in book 4, but I didn't like it as I wanted more in the story and left me disappointed.
Overall this was a quick read but a little disappointing.
Trope Summary:
▶ Death Personification
▶ Grumpy X Sunshine
▶ Meddling Gods
▶ Hades X Persephone Vibes
Some of the questions I have after reading this:
1. Were Noona and Eero seriously just hanging out in that cave FOREVER? Like they did not know they were in the human world but HAPPENED to be in the cave? Everyone thought they were still in the dungeon.
2. Ummm why is Rasmas evil now? He was good and kidnapped and now he's WITH his mother?
3. Why is Hanna and her powers never mentioned again? Like HELLO?
4. How did she bring Tuoni back from the dead? This is like NEVER SPOKEN ABOUT and just accepted happened.
5. How did her Deadmaiden know she was in the cell? And she was a Spider lady?
6. Ummm why is Death so stupid when in the Human Realm? He is like a Neanderthal - which makes no sense since he is a smart man and watches TV...
Spicy Level: 🌶️🌶️/5
Please note, I cannot comment on aspects of this book without mentioning spoilers from River of Shadows and Queen of Crimson. If this bothers you...I would advise you to stop reading and go and enjoy those books first before continuing onward
I am a little two-minded about how to rate this book, but I honestly feel like I have more unanswered questions than what was answered. It didn't answer half the questions that were created due to the cliffhanger from book two and then compounded the confusion by adding a ton more plot holes and even more questions.
The one thing I loved about the book is how it almost gave a new era to the relationship between Hanna and Tuoni. It was almost like book 1, they found each other, book 2 is about how Hanna finds herself and then book 3 finally gives the couple a chance to grow together. It's normally said that your significant other brings about the best version of yourself, and this book played on that dynamic. We got to see the two do cutesy couple activities, regular everyday activities that you can often take for granted, but given they live in the Underworld wouldn't necessarily have the opportunity to do. I liked seeing how the two fell deeper and deeper in love. It was sweet.
This book introduces new POV's making a total of 4 (Hanna, Tuoni, Tuonen and Lovia). These additional POV's added quite a bit to the plot, which is the exact problem - THIS BOOK WAS SERIOUSLY LACKING IN PLOT. And most of the plot that does happen isn't a very new idea to the story and happens VERY QUICKLY in the start - also the majority happens in the small snippets of Lovia's and Tuonen's POV. I found myself begging to be back in their minds as that was the main story and wasn't just death trying to find a cup of coffee and not knowing what chewing gum is... I almost feel like if we didn't have their additional POV's added, we wouldn't have a story at all.
Another thing that confused me is the book feels like it just ends. There isn't a cliffhanger really - it just feels like the writing stops, or somehow three chapters got deleted when it was sent to the final edit and they just never made it into the book. Now I am not sure if this was meant to create more suspense and hype for the culmination of the story in book 4, but I didn't like it as I wanted more in the story and left me disappointed.
Overall this was a quick read but a little disappointing.
Trope Summary:
▶ Death Personification
▶ Grumpy X Sunshine
▶ Meddling Gods
▶ Hades X Persephone Vibes
Some of the questions I have after reading this:
2. Ummm why is Rasmas evil now? He was good and kidnapped and now he's WITH his mother?
3. Why is Hanna and her powers never mentioned again? Like HELLO?
4. How did she bring Tuoni back from the dead? This is like NEVER SPOKEN ABOUT and just accepted happened.
5. How did her Deadmaiden know she was in the cell? And she was a Spider lady?
6. Ummm why is Death so stupid when in the Human Realm? He is like a Neanderthal - which makes no sense since he is a smart man and watches TV...
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Kidnapping
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