4.03 AVERAGE


Not as good as the first two but still excellent. Reminds me a bit of throne of glass.
adventurous emotional mysterious 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: Complicated
adventurous dark emotional inspiring tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

*rubbing eyes*
...
Ok, first of all all I have to say is that I didn't see this ending come. I mean "WOW". Honestly what was that?! There were so much things I didn't expect to come. Just

I cry
challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It took some time to get into but the pace picked up about halfway and was full speed the rest of the way. The first couple plot twists were predictable and I honestly didn't think there would be any more but then some more twists come out of nowhere.
I like seeing Poppy develop in this book, but she honestly seems overpowering at this point and it's less enjoyable to read. I'm reading the story more for Casteel and the future of the kingdoms than for Poppy. I'm not invested in her, but rather the past she represents.

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous dark 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

Definitely picking up the pace

This book was much better than the other two, although with one issue (for me). It started off pretty good, but seriously, the amount of sex scenes was obnoxious. I get it, no one's ever made so and so feel this way, etc etc, but get on with the story already. And the whole "I love you, you're worthy" bit could've been dialed down to maybe 2-3 times. The last 100 pages or so were the most interesting and made me want to get the next book, only to find out it doesn't come out until next year. Oh well. I enjoyed reading Poppy's badassery develop and look forward to reading the ending (hopefully it doesn't get dragged on to more books).