Reviews - A Monsoon Rising

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A Monsoon Rising

Thea Guanzon

4.18 AVERAGE

jawnica's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous 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: Complicated

moodreadingmagic's review against another edition

I read The Hurricane Wars last year and had mixed feelings on it. Ultimately I wanted to give the series some more time and a chance to tighten up the world building/magic system. Though I do think that the magic system was constructed more clearly, I really struggled through this. I didn't love the pacing of the enemies to lovers arc in the first book, and continued to struggle to understand the compatibility between our main characters in the second installment. The storyline seemed to suffer from being stuck in a cycle of we are from opposing kingdoms and our marriage is a farce to stripping down and getting busy with little to no growth in the relationship between Talasyn and Alaric. I continuously had to remind myself that these characters were in fact adults and not young adults because their interactions seemed immature and lacking depth. I think I had too high of expectations from this series and it let me down.

kaylasbooks992's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional funny 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: Yes

This was better than the first! And the ending? Give me book 3 rn!! I liked the development of both characters. I do wish the story still had a little more depth. Alaric and Talasyn both have a lot they’ve gone through and I’m sure will go through. I’m really excited to see how this story ends! I hope Khaede plays a role in the next book!

amandastaz025's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

shershenk's review against another edition

2.75

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

More enjoyable than the first one (more yearning), but the plot is ambling and pointless. I really think that this could have been a duology at most. Never the less, can’t wait for these crazy kids to get their act together and actually overthrow colonialism (and be in love.)