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4.22 AVERAGE
4.22 AVERAGE
I like all the characters well enough and was frustrated each time the POV changed because I would so quickly get invested in what the current POV character was attempting and the suspension killed me, but also I got frustrated with how much time they spent talking about how Celestine is evil and coniving without really showing her before she finally arrived.
This book was alot better than the last one. I so love Evan and Destin. I still want more Jenna though. She has a MF dragon. I need more of her. And I hate that we only got a couple chapters with her in it. I am hoping that the next book has more of her and her dragon... that's honestly all I care about.
All right, I’m fully on board now! This was the best instalment of the Shattered Realms series so far and I find myself fully invested in the characters and the plot now. There were twists and revelations of the same caliber as the Seven Realms and I’m hyped to dive into the fourth book!
adventurous
challenging
dark
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:
No
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Third book in the series, and maaaybbe my favorite so far? Evan is great, I really liked him as a main character, and he and Destin’s relationship in the beginning is so sweet (not to mention that I was just very happy to see some lgbt rep). Their interactions were great and really funny at times - but that’s what is so sad about the rest of the book. We don’t really get to see it past the beginning, and a little over halfway through the book, Evan just has… literally no POV chapters? What happened to that?
He’s literally the namesake of the book?
Other than that, the story was good, I still like the character cast, and I’m interested in finding out everything about the magemarked in the final book! (At least this series has gotten better since Flamecaster…)
He’s literally the namesake of the book?
Other than that, the story was good, I still like the character cast, and I’m interested in finding out everything about the magemarked in the final book! (At least this series has gotten better since Flamecaster…)
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
While I’ve enjoyed this series so far, I feel like this one really highlights some of the major problems I have. One of those being the way that things are repeated throughout these books, areas of repetition or retelling that should be trimmed down. The first 100 pages are just the backstory of a character we meet in book 1. And I was going to love him, in my mind, cause he’s a pirate, but the first part really took the wind from my sails.
The characters felt even more disjointed, partially due to the setup and also because there was not any emphasis on the relationships, romantic or not, and their stories and the way they collide are all on setup mode for the last book. Major between book feelings.
I’ll likely get the last book from the library, but I’m not sure I care to finish this one anytime soon. It also feels like quite a bit to handle in a final book when some of this should have been wrapped up here.
I’m sad because I was set up for pirates, ships, and storm magic and I got not enough of any of those things to carry me through the parts that dragged. I thought this would be my favorite in the series so far but I was wrong.
The characters felt even more disjointed, partially due to the setup and also because there was not any emphasis on the relationships, romantic or not, and their stories and the way they collide are all on setup mode for the last book. Major between book feelings.
I’ll likely get the last book from the library, but I’m not sure I care to finish this one anytime soon. It also feels like quite a bit to handle in a final book when some of this should have been wrapped up here.
I’m sad because I was set up for pirates, ships, and storm magic and I got not enough of any of those things to carry me through the parts that dragged. I thought this would be my favorite in the series so far but I was wrong.
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Stormcaster
by Cinda Williams Chima
Shattered Realms #3
Fantasy YA Adventure
Scribd Audio
16+
Scribd Audio
In book 3 of the Shattered Realms series, (a spin-off of Seven Realms, which one should read first,) after a trip into the past, picks up a few weeks or so from where the 2nd book left off.
Once again there are multiple characters sharing their point of view, some intertwining, but they all push the story forward, but not as quickly as one would hope. Though, at first, I had a hard time getting into this story. I took about a quarter of the story before I started to 'care about' the characters. But I think it's because this story started in the past, before the first book of this series, so it was confusing.
And with the amount of characters, there are those who are 'important but are lesser characters who got lost in the crowd of the MCs' chapters. Reading the book, I'm sure, would've made it easier to know who was speaking, but through the audio, it took me a few seconds to figure out who the chapter was about. And, while I knew the MCs were teenagers, I had a hard time believing some of the storylines.
Yes, I get war ages people, but why did a character get all offended over twelve-year-olds fighting, when they themselves, along with friends, were fighting, in the army, killing people, at that age. And one character I had a really hard time accepting that they became the 'best' in only a couple of years. I have the feeling that all of these characters started off as adults, but because YA started to get popular, their ages were changed so to fit the genre.
To me, this book feels more like filler, because there's limited action, and more going here to there, meeting him and her, along with planning and plotting.
It's not bad, and it is leading up to the last book of the series. The narrator was really good and had quite a few voice changes for the many characters.
Because this book felt more like a filler, I'm giving it a high...
3 Stars
by Cinda Williams Chima
Shattered Realms #3
Fantasy YA Adventure
Scribd Audio
16+
Scribd Audio
In book 3 of the Shattered Realms series, (a spin-off of Seven Realms, which one should read first,) after a trip into the past, picks up a few weeks or so from where the 2nd book left off.
Once again there are multiple characters sharing their point of view, some intertwining, but they all push the story forward, but not as quickly as one would hope. Though, at first, I had a hard time getting into this story. I took about a quarter of the story before I started to 'care about' the characters. But I think it's because this story started in the past, before the first book of this series, so it was confusing.
And with the amount of characters, there are those who are 'important but are lesser characters who got lost in the crowd of the MCs' chapters. Reading the book, I'm sure, would've made it easier to know who was speaking, but through the audio, it took me a few seconds to figure out who the chapter was about. And, while I knew the MCs were teenagers, I had a hard time believing some of the storylines.
Yes, I get war ages people, but why did a character get all offended over twelve-year-olds fighting, when they themselves, along with friends, were fighting, in the army, killing people, at that age. And one character I had a really hard time accepting that they became the 'best' in only a couple of years. I have the feeling that all of these characters started off as adults, but because YA started to get popular, their ages were changed so to fit the genre.
To me, this book feels more like filler, because there's limited action, and more going here to there, meeting him and her, along with planning and plotting.
It's not bad, and it is leading up to the last book of the series. The narrator was really good and had quite a few voice changes for the many characters.
Because this book felt more like a filler, I'm giving it a high...
3 Stars
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A