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3.79 AVERAGE
3.79 AVERAGE
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
This book picks up right where the last one ends and we jump right ahead to continue Rooke and Soren's story.
Again, this book is full of magic and a little bit more history and this time, the author does take us a little bit beyond the castle, dungeon and Rooke's home forest that we stayed in from the first book.
Soren is immediately loads better this time around since he has finally gotten the stick up his ass from the first book out of him and is now more open to meeting Rooke and their shared fate half-way. He's a lot less emotional and distrustful this time around. He is actually actively thinking and considering Rooke's position, actions and the things that had happened to her (fighting in a century worth of war). Because the story puts us in Soren's childhood home (castle, really) that his evil Uncle is using as his home, we get to meet the entire high fae society/kingdom and we, as the readers, get the opportunity to understand why Soren was so distrustful and angry and so against his fates-blessed witch mate. Everyone was awful there. It definitely explained his previous behaviour, it did not excuse them. While some might get put off at the complete 180 that Soren had for Rooke, it made sense to me. Rooke's fate, agenda, motivation and intentions were revealed in the last fight from book 1. That plus the rest of the actions and choices she made for his people were what he really needed to see who Rooke is to me. (The fact that she was crazy stupid powerful AND impressive probably helped too). He's considerate, bordering kind (and of course possessive and territorial as fuck) the rest of the book which made him so much more likeable this time around.
I think book 2 was written for Rooke's character development. Yes, I still love her here, and she's still badass. But while book 1 focused more on Soren's ability and need to accept his fate to Rooke, she had already made the first steps into acceptance of her fate and was more inclined to just get on with the doing (and meeting everyone else of course). With The Throne of Honor and Blood, Rooke is finally able to do, to participate in the revival of the kingdom and whatnot for the Unseelie faes. She's not just trying to behave anymore and more of her personality is shown through her conversations with Soren (+ party). Rooke's challenges in this book is more of when she is thrusted upon a more open and considerate Prince, as well as the entire "undead" Unseelie Kingdom with all its societal hoops and trials. She getting scope of damage and work she needs to do (or rather undo). Even more so, Rooke still has her secrets. We learn that her fate doesn't just end at her and Soren's marriage and Kharl's demise. She is to die too (spoiler). With all these new fate information thrown out, we get trickles of Rooke's role in the Seelie, century-worth war and the readers and Soren (+ party) finally get some of the picture as to who Rooke is and what she did and all that badass, important jazz. I also enjoyed meeting her friends from the Northern Kingdom. Basically, I love anything Rooke related. <3 So, there's a lot more hanging on to her than anything this time around.
The main problem I had with this book was the amount of typos and small grammatical errors that was happening all around. Perhaps it may be because of the copy I had but because the author tends to write heavy (but enjoyable) paragraphs, I couldn't help but not notice it. It was giving it needed another review/edit. Aside from that, I immensely enjoyed this read. There's a little bit (there was one or two spice) spicey scenes here too fucking finally so that didn't hurt at all.
Again, would recommend to anyone who enjoys magic, witches and romance (this book actually has it).
Again, this book is full of magic and a little bit more history and this time, the author does take us a little bit beyond the castle, dungeon and Rooke's home forest that we stayed in from the first book.
Soren is immediately loads better this time around since he has finally gotten the stick up his ass from the first book out of him and is now more open to meeting Rooke and their shared fate half-way. He's a lot less emotional and distrustful this time around. He is actually actively thinking and considering Rooke's position, actions and the things that had happened to her (fighting in a century worth of war). Because the story puts us in Soren's childhood home (castle, really) that his evil Uncle is using as his home, we get to meet the entire high fae society/kingdom and we, as the readers, get the opportunity to understand why Soren was so distrustful and angry and so against his fates-blessed witch mate. Everyone was awful there. It definitely explained his previous behaviour, it did not excuse them. While some might get put off at the complete 180 that Soren had for Rooke, it made sense to me. Rooke's fate, agenda, motivation and intentions were revealed in the last fight from book 1. That plus the rest of the actions and choices she made for his people were what he really needed to see who Rooke is to me. (The fact that she was crazy stupid powerful AND impressive probably helped too). He's considerate, bordering kind (and of course possessive and territorial as fuck) the rest of the book which made him so much more likeable this time around.
I think book 2 was written for Rooke's character development. Yes, I still love her here, and she's still badass. But while book 1 focused more on Soren's ability and need to accept his fate to Rooke, she had already made the first steps into acceptance of her fate and was more inclined to just get on with the doing (and meeting everyone else of course). With The Throne of Honor and Blood, Rooke is finally able to do, to participate in the revival of the kingdom and whatnot for the Unseelie faes. She's not just trying to behave anymore and more of her personality is shown through her conversations with Soren (+ party). Rooke's challenges in this book is more of when she is thrusted upon a more open and considerate Prince, as well as the entire "undead" Unseelie Kingdom with all its societal hoops and trials. She getting scope of damage and work she needs to do (or rather undo). Even more so, Rooke still has her secrets. We learn that her fate doesn't just end at her and Soren's marriage and Kharl's demise. She is to die too (spoiler). With all these new fate information thrown out, we get trickles of Rooke's role in the Seelie, century-worth war and the readers and Soren (+ party) finally get some of the picture as to who Rooke is and what she did and all that badass, important jazz. I also enjoyed meeting her friends from the Northern Kingdom. Basically, I love anything Rooke related. <3 So, there's a lot more hanging on to her than anything this time around.
The main problem I had with this book was the amount of typos and small grammatical errors that was happening all around. Perhaps it may be because of the copy I had but because the author tends to write heavy (but enjoyable) paragraphs, I couldn't help but not notice it. It was giving it needed another review/edit. Aside from that, I immensely enjoyed this read. There's a little bit (there was one or two spice) spicey scenes here too fucking finally so that didn't hurt at all.
Again, would recommend to anyone who enjoys magic, witches and romance (this book actually has it).
While I give this book credit as being much more of an enemy to lovers series, I do think this story lacked some action on that front. I struggle if we would want to see him "begging" or if that would have also gotten annoying. Either way I wish there was a bit more of Soren showing versus being a possessive jerk and eventually winning her over by comforting her.
I had a hard time with a rating because there was a bit of repetitiveness in the language(let's limit the use of "Fates-blessed mate" to once a paragraph), the editing was sub par and pacing that took me out of the book quite a bit. It gets a four star because Rooke is all of the best badass parts of Aelin (my favorite heroine) but with a level of compassion and selflessness that is unmatched. Normally when you find tough heroines they also come with an attitude, but Rooke is the opposite.
The constant unveilings got to be a little much at times to the point where I was getting confused. I still don't understand who the High Commander is -- or if I should know? I have to admit, I was not surprised at the cliffhanger as I had already figured something similar was in Rooke's future (though I have some theories on it as well). I know some people wanted more of a showstopper for the end, but I don't mind these non-suspenseful cliffhangers.
I had a hard time with a rating because there was a bit of repetitiveness in the language(let's limit the use of "Fates-blessed mate" to once a paragraph), the editing was sub par and pacing that took me out of the book quite a bit. It gets a four star because Rooke is all of the best badass parts of Aelin (my favorite heroine) but with a level of compassion and selflessness that is unmatched. Normally when you find tough heroines they also come with an attitude, but Rooke is the opposite.
The constant unveilings got to be a little much at times to the point where I was getting confused. I still don't understand who the High Commander is -- or if I should know? I have to admit, I was not surprised at the cliffhanger as I had already figured something similar was in Rooke's future (though I have some theories on it as well). I know some people wanted more of a showstopper for the end, but I don't mind these non-suspenseful cliffhangers.
There is a lot of info in this book but so much character development. I am so happy to see the progress between Rooke and Soren. It was a slower read but I really enjoyed jt.
I’m a fan of the storyline and enjoyed the twist at the end of this one, but the editing issues really made it hard to read without rereading multiple times in some areas which took me out of the flow. I hope there’s a book three but I won’t hold my breath. I will say, these characters will stick with me and I read enough that not many books do that for me.
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
It was ok I the book for along time before I finished the book
adventurous
challenging
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
This book is amazing. I love the plot, characters, magic system, slow burn, everything! EXCEPT the editing.... this needs another round or two of editing for simple things, but they add up to a slightly annoying reading experience. Especially towards the end, you can feel the story tumbling out of J Bree's fingers too quickly, as new terms and concepts could have been explained more. There are quite a few grammar/spelling/sentence structure issues that made me read slower than I wanted to devour this story. Overall, the ending gutted me and is insane! Can't wait for the next book!
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
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:
No
adventurous
challenging
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Boy howdy was this long. With professional editing and 3/4 the length this would be a phenomenal series.
There is enough familar fae lore to be comfortable with unique and complex witch lore woven in to make it feel fresh and intriguing. The story is vast and complex, which is engaging, but the complexities get confusing at times with the lack of editing.
I bring this up as a compliment. I read a lot of Indy authors and hold a lot of grace knowing they lack the resources that traditional publishing affords. They are also commonly smaller stories. This story is epic, big and complex with the potential to hold it's own next to any traditionally published rimantacy.
Will edit after coffee.
There is enough familar fae lore to be comfortable with unique and complex witch lore woven in to make it feel fresh and intriguing. The story is vast and complex, which is engaging, but the complexities get confusing at times with the lack of editing.
I bring this up as a compliment. I read a lot of Indy authors and hold a lot of grace knowing they lack the resources that traditional publishing affords. They are also commonly smaller stories. This story is epic, big and complex with the potential to hold it's own next to any traditionally published rimantacy.
Will edit after coffee.