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rheilgendorf's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
kwagner's review against another edition
2.0
The sequel was hard to get into and then as I did I felt like some of the romance was forced or unnecessarily placed.
Red and Eammon felt codependent in a not cute way and childish. Solomir was evil , sure, but the lack of explanation for him in the end was really frustrating. It felt like poor growth on the rest of them for their lack of ability to understand or listen to someone. Red annoyed me and felt full of herself as if she knew so much of the world when she was trapped in a forest and married at the ripe age of what? 22? Please come back later.
The only part I reallllyy enjoyed was the old ones and when Nev literally slayed someone with her dismembered pinky finger.
I say all of this but I'll still read her next book coming our in April.
Red and Eammon felt codependent in a not cute way and childish. Solomir was evil , sure, but the lack of explanation for him in the end was really frustrating. It felt like poor growth on the rest of them for their lack of ability to understand or listen to someone. Red annoyed me and felt full of herself as if she knew so much of the world when she was trapped in a forest and married at the ripe age of what? 22? Please come back later.
The only part I reallllyy enjoyed was the old ones and when Nev literally slayed someone with her dismembered pinky finger.
I say all of this but I'll still read her next book coming our in April.
curio_constellation's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
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? Yes
4.75
happyness27's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
ebe_'s review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
3.5
okevamae's review against another edition
4.0
In this sequel to For the Wolf, the dual narratives of sisters Red and Neve continue, with a few additional Raffe POVs thrown in, but this story focuses more on Neve. Neve's story is very loosely inspired by Snow White, in a similar way to the first book and Red Riding Hood – there are a few symbolic and thematic similarities (royalty, a glass coffin, apples, mirrors) but that’s about it. It’s not a true retelling, and honestly, at this point I kind of prefer that. There’s only so many fairy tale retellings one can read and still find anything fresh or interesting about them.
I probably should have re-read For the Wolf to refresh my memory of it, but unfortunately I didn’t have time, so I just had to hope that the author did a good enough job of recalling past events and bringing the audience up to speed. And she was decent at it, reminding the reader of at least the rough sketch of what happened, if not the details of how or why. It’s enough to keep going with the story, but not quite enough to fully understand what’s happening. I had this problem in general throughout the book – either not fully understanding what was going on or knowing what was going on but not why. I had this problem with the previous book in the duology as well, but it seems like it was worse in this one because I couldn’t remember enough about the previous book to understand the context of actions in the second. I had the same issue with some of the secondary characters. The writing is gorgeous but something about it doesn’t quite connect cause and effect sufficiently enough for my brain to really grasp and retain.
Overall, it’s quite good, but probably better if you read them back to back.
Representation: characters of color
I received an advance copy of this ebook from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
I probably should have re-read For the Wolf to refresh my memory of it, but unfortunately I didn’t have time, so I just had to hope that the author did a good enough job of recalling past events and bringing the audience up to speed. And she was decent at it, reminding the reader of at least the rough sketch of what happened, if not the details of how or why. It’s enough to keep going with the story, but not quite enough to fully understand what’s happening. I had this problem in general throughout the book – either not fully understanding what was going on or knowing what was going on but not why. I had this problem with the previous book in the duology as well, but it seems like it was worse in this one because I couldn’t remember enough about the previous book to understand the context of actions in the second. I had the same issue with some of the secondary characters. The writing is gorgeous but something about it doesn’t quite connect cause and effect sufficiently enough for my brain to really grasp and retain.
Overall, it’s quite good, but probably better if you read them back to back.
Representation: characters of color
I received an advance copy of this ebook from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
nicolenordi's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
stephasaurous's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
angleon13's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
alexa336's review against another edition
4.0
Man, Never and Solmir are very complex and their story together was handled so well. Eammon and Red are still my favs and loved reading about them (again goodreads reviews are whack sometimes); raffe is such a lovely character as well. Overall I really really enjoyed this duology.