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3.58 AVERAGE
3.58 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Spoilers ahead - and I feel like this needs to be at the top cause I HATE this trope, but this ends in a pregnancy trope.
I don't know what is up with books starting off great and then the ending falls flat. Since this is a standalone book, the ending was obviously rushed through with loose ends and plot holes.
I LOVED the FMC, she was funny, annoying, and petty, BUT she knew and was purposefully acting this way to get under the Frost King's skin. The annoyance and distrust between Wren and the Frost King was genuine and over time they managed to "tolerate" each other.
I loved the world and the whole concept of it, but we had too many questions (and had a lot of time to discuss on the road trip).
1. Did the Frost King have to do "Judgement Day" on his ex wife and kids? Did he decide where they go? Did their souls permanently die? Because if they died, they technically should be in his realm, the Deadlands.
2. How was The West Wind able to "control" and give intelligence to that Darkwalkers? I thought only the Frost King could somewhat control them?
3. Why was The Shade weakening? - At the end all of a sudden it didn't need human blood and was restored.....???
The author tried to tie everything in a "neat" bow by having the Frost King give up his powers, but it left me with more questions. Who takes over as head of the Deadlands? How is Wren and Boreas able to live in the Deadlands without his power?
Winter returned back to normal after he gave up his powers, my assumption was that the death of his ex wife and kid corrupted his soul and slowly was changing him into a Darkwalker, but was he really making everything cold to make everyone miserable? Wren said the world around them was thawing as they started to fall in love. But it still doesn't acknowledge why he was losing control over his domain.
I thoroughly enjoyed this up until the party Wren started planning....it made NO SENSE. The Frost King and his men were just in battle and they lost a bunch of men to the Darkwalkers and she's all like lets plan a party for a morale boost. Like why were we not focusing on getting her to fix the Shade to help the army? Her actions didn't make sense after this part.
Also NOT everything is ACOTAR, jfc. I don't know how many reviews I read that compare every romantasy to ACOTAR. There are always going to be some details, tropes, and personalities that are similar, but I am sure SJM books have similarities to other older fantasy books as well.
I don't know what is up with books starting off great and then the ending falls flat. Since this is a standalone book, the ending was obviously rushed through with loose ends and plot holes.
I LOVED the FMC, she was funny, annoying, and petty, BUT she knew and was purposefully acting this way to get under the Frost King's skin. The annoyance and distrust between Wren and the Frost King was genuine and over time they managed to "tolerate" each other.
I loved the world and the whole concept of it, but we had too many questions (and had a lot of time to discuss on the road trip).
1. Did the Frost King have to do "Judgement Day" on his ex wife and kids? Did he decide where they go? Did their souls permanently die? Because if they died, they technically should be in his realm, the Deadlands.
2. How was The West Wind able to "control" and give intelligence to that Darkwalkers? I thought only the Frost King could somewhat control them?
3. Why was The Shade weakening? - At the end all of a sudden it didn't need human blood and was restored.....???
The author tried to tie everything in a "neat" bow by having the Frost King give up his powers, but it left me with more questions. Who takes over as head of the Deadlands? How is Wren and Boreas able to live in the Deadlands without his power?
Winter returned back to normal after he gave up his powers, my assumption was that the death of his ex wife and kid corrupted his soul and slowly was changing him into a Darkwalker, but was he really making everything cold to make everyone miserable? Wren said the world around them was thawing as they started to fall in love. But it still doesn't acknowledge why he was losing control over his domain.
I thoroughly enjoyed this up until the party Wren started planning....it made NO SENSE. The Frost King and his men were just in battle and they lost a bunch of men to the Darkwalkers and she's all like lets plan a party for a morale boost. Like why were we not focusing on getting her to fix the Shade to help the army? Her actions didn't make sense after this part.
Also NOT everything is ACOTAR, jfc. I don't know how many reviews I read that compare every romantasy to ACOTAR. There are always going to be some details, tropes, and personalities that are similar, but I am sure SJM books have similarities to other older fantasy books as well.
adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
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
emotional
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A reductive, harmful view of justice and morality, muddled lore, and flat characters wrapped in passable prose. Resoundingly mid.
adventurous
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Reading this book was painful. The prose are so forced and just uninteresting. There’s very little description and I don’t care if any of these people have a good life.