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4.18 AVERAGE
4.18 AVERAGE
Book two in the series was a little less shocking but still absorbing and a great read. Elisa has so much growth in this book and she’s becoming what the kind of leader she never imagined she’d be. The godstone element seemed a little less prominent than book one and I’m looking forward to finding out the true destiny of Elisa being a bearer.
The storyline of Elisa and Hector had me all kinds of longing and I’m in that same position now. However, I both hated and loved where it ended because I’m in a queue for the next audio when ideally I’d love to just continue on.
I enjoyed the writing again and the characters were both complex and had twists in their characterisation which keeps things interesting. Roll on the culmination.
The storyline of Elisa and Hector had me all kinds of longing and I’m in that same position now. However, I both hated and loved where it ended because I’m in a queue for the next audio when ideally I’d love to just continue on.
I enjoyed the writing again and the characters were both complex and had twists in their characterisation which keeps things interesting. Roll on the culmination.
Why Rae Carson? Why are your books devastating in SUCH a great way? Why do I finish them and then not want to read another book until the sequel comes out? Why are you so perfect?
All who have read the first in this series can agree with me when I say that these books are perfect. I legitimately think that they cannot be made better in any way. Also, if you thought the first book was unbeatable….oh boy.
The story picks up right where it left off. Elisa is trying to run this country she just inherited. After several attempts on her life, she decides to go in search of the source of all the world’s magic, so she can control her powers for once.
Elisa is the poster-child for proper character development. What a difference in her from the shy, overweight, and over-looked girl we met in the beginning of the series! She has matured through the events of the first book and now she is trying to understand how to be the person she has always wanted to be. Many times when she takes control of a situation, you just want to say, “Look at you go girl! Show them how smart you are!”
However, many people are still trying to manipulate and use her: basically everyone with power around her. With the beautiful exception of Hector. OH HECTOR, my friend! You went from being a faithful side character to becoming a full-blown, beautiful, complex, and HOT love-interest. When I first heard that Hector was the new love interest, I was like, “Isn’t he the silent bearded guard who barely had a part in the first one?” Oh my friend, you will fall in love with Hector even faster than Elisa.
More nice thoughts: Setting was just as vivid and immersing as last time, I want to go there. New side character of Storm = completely awesome. I love characters that don’t ever lie.
Mara…I love you. Thank you for making heavy moments light-hearted.
But hey, Rae Carson, stop killing me. You’re a bit of a jerk after that move you pulled in the first one, and now the ending to this one. I mean, it’s a wonderful set-up for the next story, but it made me slam the book down. A few times.
Now I will sit patiently, bookless, as I await late 2013.
(just kidding, I’ll totally be reading other books until then.)
Content Warning: Kissing and talk of sex
All who have read the first in this series can agree with me when I say that these books are perfect. I legitimately think that they cannot be made better in any way. Also, if you thought the first book was unbeatable….oh boy.
The story picks up right where it left off. Elisa is trying to run this country she just inherited. After several attempts on her life, she decides to go in search of the source of all the world’s magic, so she can control her powers for once.
Elisa is the poster-child for proper character development. What a difference in her from the shy, overweight, and over-looked girl we met in the beginning of the series! She has matured through the events of the first book and now she is trying to understand how to be the person she has always wanted to be. Many times when she takes control of a situation, you just want to say, “Look at you go girl! Show them how smart you are!”
However, many people are still trying to manipulate and use her: basically everyone with power around her. With the beautiful exception of Hector. OH HECTOR, my friend! You went from being a faithful side character to becoming a full-blown, beautiful, complex, and HOT love-interest. When I first heard that Hector was the new love interest, I was like, “Isn’t he the silent bearded guard who barely had a part in the first one?” Oh my friend, you will fall in love with Hector even faster than Elisa.
More nice thoughts: Setting was just as vivid and immersing as last time, I want to go there. New side character of Storm = completely awesome. I love characters that don’t ever lie.
Mara…I love you. Thank you for making heavy moments light-hearted.
But hey, Rae Carson, stop killing me. You’re a bit of a jerk after that move you pulled in the first one, and now the ending to this one. I mean, it’s a wonderful set-up for the next story, but it made me slam the book down. A few times.
Now I will sit patiently, bookless, as I await late 2013.
(just kidding, I’ll totally be reading other books until then.)
Content Warning: Kissing and talk of sex
Just like the first book, I LOVED this!
Im loving Eliza more and more and i cant even express how much i love her and Hector, ive been wanting them to be together since the beginning of book 1 !!
Again i love how Eliza uses her brain and how good of a ruler she is.
I adore the group of friends, they are so badass and close!
All in all this was an amazing action packed book and i would recommend it a thousand times over !
Im loving Eliza more and more and i cant even express how much i love her and Hector, ive been wanting them to be together since the beginning of book 1 !!
Again i love how Eliza uses her brain and how good of a ruler she is.
I adore the group of friends, they are so badass and close!
All in all this was an amazing action packed book and i would recommend it a thousand times over !
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
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:
No
Not nearly as good as the first but still enjoyable enough. Everything is just piecing together too easily for me, with weird timing and revelations that should have happened long before they did. There were a lot more moments in this second novel that pulled me right out of the story with snorting disbelief. There are strange plot wobbles, things that should have been realized much sooner and weren't, or little incongruencies. And of course there's Elisa herself. Part of me remembers what it was like to be 17 with mercurial moods and fluctuations in common sense and the other part of me just wants to wring the (it feels a little wrong to call her this because she's so weak most of the time but...) heroine's neck in frustration. I will still read the third book when it comes out in August, so long as I remember the series by then. I'm interested enough to want to do so, but it was lackluster enough that forgetting is a serious possibility.
It's great and you should read it. There's so much to this story, and all of it is great!
This was essentially the same book as the first. The themes are all very similar - war with Invierne, adventure to another area of the country, falling in love with a guy where it might not work out. UGH. The beginning was interesting, but repetitive. I really enjoyed the adventure part to Selvarica. However, that was quickly followed by The. Worst. F*cking. Ending. EVER. I am dropping 2 stars JUST for the last few chapters. Don't even bother cracking this open until the final book comes out or you will be sorry.
adventurous
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
I LOVED this book so much more than the first a whole lot more!! I am still reeling from all the feels this book gave me, I have a new otp. I can not wait to pick up the third book and see what happens!