Reviews with content warning for Death of parent - Reckless (svensk utgåva)

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Reckless (svensk utgåva) by Lauren Roberts

134 reviews

bmceleney's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious tense 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

Don’t think the storyline/plot was as strong in this book but the character arc and development definitely was. The characters are just so well written and loveable in their own way. I just wish there had been some references to powerful.

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byhilderbrand's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-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

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coffiend's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Of all the stories that could have been told after the way book 1 ended, this has got to be one of the most boring.

It made the world feel smaller, like the only consequence of a long-built rebellion trying to make a stand against a tyrant king is that now one girl is going to be in some nebulous form of trouble. Maybe she'll be sentenced to death, maybe she'll fall in love. Read along as she crosses some indeterminate length of desert to find out! (Spoiler: it's love)

There's very little (if any) character growth and nothing really changes in the grand scheme of things until the end, and even that felt underwhelming.

It feels like the next book could start with a 1-page conversation between Kitt, Kai, and Pae, and everything will be cleared up.

This book made me retroactively like Powerless... less.

Also, making out in a sewage drain will never be hot.

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emilywemily6's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous hopeful tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This book was a bit of a let down because there is zero plot!!! There were so many more directions I expected this to go and it went in none of them. This book is a ton of back and forth between Paedyn and Kai and it got really old. I also wish we got more of Kai’s perspective because you could tell he had some character growth based on his actions, but we didn’t get to hear any internal thoughts about that change. The tension between the characters was really good at the beginning and just kind of fell apart throughout the book without reason. I guess I saw the ending coming because we got zero hints at anything else during the story, but it still made zero sense to me and kind of made me annoyed. It feels like you could have skipped this book except for a couple of chapters and then start reading the third. I love these characters and the world but this book didn’t add a lot to either of these.

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hjb_128's review against another edition

2.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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esterslibrary's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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imke_d's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I feel like this book was mostly just filler to build up for the third and final book in the series. There was a lot of action and fighting, but none of it super impactful. We spend the whole book on something that probably could've been resolved way faster, but I love Kai and Paedyn so I didn't mind reading about their journey together. It was a tad bit unrealistic at times, but aren't most fantasy books like that sometimes? I was shocked by the ending and will definitely continue this series once the third book comes out. I'm really curious about what will happen to them all and how the series will end.

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