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dylan_tomorrow's review
4.0
A somewhat disappointing book. This couldn't possibly be as exciting and wondrous as the first book because it's basically all about the continuing apparent hypocrisy of the council of ten and Albert continuing to be a total asshole.
Add to that Tesni being unreasonable and Red being a total idiot and it's apparent how some parts of this book are nothing but frustrating.
All of this is what Mei goes through, of course, and conveys that all very well. It's just less fun, less interesting and does not show us as many new parts of the world as the first book.
Rather, we find out much more about the history of this society and the history of the Yus.
That it took me longer to get through this speaks for itself. Still looking forward to reading the third book, but less so now. It'll probably be more interesting though, as a lot of it has been set up on this book.
Add to that Tesni being unreasonable and Red being a total idiot and it's apparent how some parts of this book are nothing but frustrating.
All of this is what Mei goes through, of course, and conveys that all very well. It's just less fun, less interesting and does not show us as many new parts of the world as the first book.
Rather, we find out much more about the history of this society and the history of the Yus.
That it took me longer to get through this speaks for itself. Still looking forward to reading the third book, but less so now. It'll probably be more interesting though, as a lot of it has been set up on this book.
kristick's review
4.0
Good followup to [b:Between Mountain and Sea: Paradisi Chronicles|26094388|Between Mountain and Sea Paradisi Chronicles (Caelestis Series #1)|M. Louisa Locke|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1439490305l/26094388._SY75_.jpg|46036077], although the various twists weren't very surprising.
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