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adventurous
emotional
sad
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
4.0
4 ⭐ CW: violence, blood, PTSD, death
Faye and the City in the Sea by Nicole Bailey is book two in the Faye and the Ether series. This was a pretty good book two, if a little slow. We focus a lot on Faye's PTSD and not a lot on action until the end.
Faye is dealing with a lot of PTSD after the events of the previous book, making it difficult for her to watch anyone train or go on missions. She's also started pushing people away and keeping to herself. Because of her fear, Faye is unable to train her magic to gain control.
Faye is invited to stay in the Mercity with the Prince. It was really neat to keep exploring more creatures in the Ether. It's there, she meets Lana, an attendant she befriends and becomes close to. We get a couple of POV chapters from Heracles where we see his doubt about going against his daughter. We get to see more of Daron and Alec's relationship and how Alec's family feels about it.
Definitely a more character driven book this time around, but I'm not mad at it. I am mad about a certain death of a certain person though 👀.
Faye and the City in the Sea by Nicole Bailey is book two in the Faye and the Ether series. This was a pretty good book two, if a little slow. We focus a lot on Faye's PTSD and not a lot on action until the end.
Faye is dealing with a lot of PTSD after the events of the previous book, making it difficult for her to watch anyone train or go on missions. She's also started pushing people away and keeping to herself. Because of her fear, Faye is unable to train her magic to gain control.
Faye is invited to stay in the Mercity with the Prince. It was really neat to keep exploring more creatures in the Ether. It's there, she meets Lana, an attendant she befriends and becomes close to. We get a couple of POV chapters from Heracles where we see his doubt about going against his daughter. We get to see more of Daron and Alec's relationship and how Alec's family feels about it.
Definitely a more character driven book this time around, but I'm not mad at it. I am mad about a certain death of a certain person though 👀.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, Blood, Death, and Panic attacks/disorders
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