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3.61 AVERAGE
3.61 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
slow-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
This book started much slower than the first. It was hard for me to get into but the climax was just as intriguing as the first book and the dry wit I loved from Cecy and Kate in the first book was present here as well. I don't think I'll read any more Cecy and Kate books but I'm glad I read this one.
If you really, really loved Cecilia and Sorcery go ahead and read this. Otherwise, give it a pass.
Things that helped in the first book turn out to be problems in this one. When the girls are in different cities, the feeling that they are almost the same person connects the two halves of the story. When they are together, I kept stopping to remember who was married to whom. Oops. And so on.
Things that helped in the first book turn out to be problems in this one. When the girls are in different cities, the feeling that they are almost the same person connects the two halves of the story. When they are together, I kept stopping to remember who was married to whom. Oops. And so on.
A spectacular example of bad writing.
The plot is so far removed from our four heroes that they spend more time rehashing events and spouting their pet theories than they do on any kind of action. Everything happens off page (and this is not a dig at the epistolary format, I happen to love it) and what does happen isn't very interesting. Everyone speaks the same way, so I kept forgetting if I was reading Cecy's chapter or Kate's, and then gave up checking after a while because it didn't make any difference.
Everything felt forced. Like Lady Sylvia staying in Paris, which only happened because she would have solved the mystery in five minutes and our four idiot heroes had to bumble around long enough to make this a novel.
The plot is so far removed from our four heroes that they spend more time rehashing events and spouting their pet theories than they do on any kind of action. Everything happens off page (and this is not a dig at the epistolary format, I happen to love it) and what does happen isn't very interesting. Everyone speaks the same way, so I kept forgetting if I was reading Cecy's chapter or Kate's, and then gave up checking after a while because it didn't make any difference.
Everything felt forced. Like Lady Sylvia staying in Paris, which only happened because she would have solved the mystery in five minutes and our four idiot heroes had to bumble around long enough to make this a novel.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Fun brain candy. I figured out some of it before the end. I enjoy the voices of the 2 main characters written each by a different author.
That was fun! And ® reminded me that MAN travel on the continent has gotten easier.
I liked the first book. But it didn't really have to be a series. Why? Just...why?
It was really long and dragged on and on. The story was a little bit all over the place for me and the plot got lost a bit. Once it finally got to the end, it started to pick up. Overall, just underwhelming for me.
I am not sure if I will read the third one. But it's back to letters. And the male characters write letters too. I would LOVE to see their perspective. We'll see if I get to it.
It was really long and dragged on and on. The story was a little bit all over the place for me and the plot got lost a bit. Once it finally got to the end, it started to pick up. Overall, just underwhelming for me.
I am not sure if I will read the third one. But it's back to letters. And the male characters write letters too. I would LOVE to see their perspective. We'll see if I get to it.
Another fun read. Not, perhaps, as great as the first but still very nice.
Sadly this book is lacking the fun and lightheartedness of the first book. For the most part of the book nothing really happens and the two narrators lose themselves in descriptions, whining and not saying anything.
The end revived some of what I enjoyed about the first time we met these characters, but this just had me wishing they would get to the point and flirt more.
The end revived some of what I enjoyed about the first time we met these characters, but this just had me wishing they would get to the point and flirt more.
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes