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3.86 AVERAGE
3.86 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Taha, you can do no wrong.
“We feel our strongest, truest emotions only when there’s a risk that we may stop feeling entirely.”
This was a really good sequel! I won’t write too much to avoid spoilers.
Serpent Sea picked up where Spice Road left off and turned up the action. I found the plot really engaging throughout and I’m really curious about what will happen in the final book.
I have to mention that I think this book really benefitted from a second POV. I found Imani to be a bit insufferable in Spice Road but I do appreciate all ways she has changed throughout the story. Taha was always a mystery so it was good to be able to see into his mind a bit.
Overall, a really good sequel and I’m so excited for more!
Some quotes:
“I understand now that history is a collection of stories narrated by the people with the loudest voices, the mightiest quills, and the sharpest swords, inked in the blood of the vanquished.”
“It’s love, not loss, that endures forever.”
This was a really good sequel! I won’t write too much to avoid spoilers.
Serpent Sea picked up where Spice Road left off and turned up the action. I found the plot really engaging throughout and I’m really curious about what will happen in the final book.
I have to mention that I think this book really benefitted from a second POV. I found Imani to be a bit insufferable in Spice Road but I do appreciate all ways she has changed throughout the story. Taha was always a mystery so it was good to be able to see into his mind a bit.
Overall, a really good sequel and I’m so excited for more!
Some quotes:
“I understand now that history is a collection of stories narrated by the people with the loudest voices, the mightiest quills, and the sharpest swords, inked in the blood of the vanquished.”
“It’s love, not loss, that endures forever.”
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
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:
Yes
The first half felt VERY slow but the second half bumped this up from 3 to 4 stars! I liked getting into everyones brain's and seeing how they thought. Taha, my poor sweet summer child, you make me so sad. Imani felt a lot better this book, more centered and focused. Her dynamic with Qayn still gives me the ick, which idk if it did in the first book but.... i dont like them. Im worried Imani and Taha are going to be star crossed, but I like them A LOT better. Theyre just teenagers making mistakes!! Anyways, excited for book 3, whenever it comes out!
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
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:
Complicated
adventurous
slow-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
Unfortunately, this book was just alright and took me quite a bit of time to get through because I kept getting bored.
The story picks up immediately after Spice Road and we get a second POV from Taha. I liked the addition of his perspective but I just wished it didn’t jump back and forth between him and Imani so much because I felt it sometimes disrupted the flow of action. The pacing of the POVs was also very different, while Taha’s perspective was slow, I found Imani’s more exciting. Imani was much more likeable in this book and I really enjoyed getting more insight into Taha’s character. So much seemed to be happening while simultaneously not happening at all. The trials were introduced around halfway through yet they didn’t actually follow through with them until about 80% into the book. The trials themselves fell a little flat and really needed more tension for how they were built up.
Between Taha’s view on the Harrowlander’s reign of terror, Imani and Qayn’s quest for his magic, and the trials, the plot felt disjointed.
Qayn, of course, is my favourite character. We are given more of his backstory and he is by far the most interesting character. I’m conflicted about the love triangle that started brewing, I’m not sure how necessary it is for the story.
The ending was pretty good but I’m not sure if it’s enough for me to seek out the final book in this trilogy.
The story picks up immediately after Spice Road and we get a second POV from Taha. I liked the addition of his perspective but I just wished it didn’t jump back and forth between him and Imani so much because I felt it sometimes disrupted the flow of action. The pacing of the POVs was also very different, while Taha’s perspective was slow, I found Imani’s more exciting. Imani was much more likeable in this book and I really enjoyed getting more insight into Taha’s character. So much seemed to be happening while simultaneously not happening at all. The trials were introduced around halfway through yet they didn’t actually follow through with them until about 80% into the book. The trials themselves fell a little flat and really needed more tension for how they were built up.
Between Taha’s view on the Harrowlander’s reign of terror, Imani and Qayn’s quest for his magic, and the trials, the plot felt disjointed.
Qayn, of course, is my favourite character. We are given more of his backstory and he is by far the most interesting character. I’m conflicted about the love triangle that started brewing, I’m not sure how necessary it is for the story.
The ending was pretty good but I’m not sure if it’s enough for me to seek out the final book in this trilogy.