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3.74 AVERAGE
3.74 AVERAGE
DNF at 35%. The first book was sophomoric but had good ideas. With this one, I can't say if the end is redeeming because I just give up. After living 100 years as an evil overload, the MC remains insecure, petty and prone to tantrums. No thank you.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
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:
Complicated
This book took me places I wasn't expecting to go, and balanced relationships between characters with wildly different viewpoints perfectly. Every twist had me gasping, and every shared smile made my heart rise. Beautiful duology, definitely excited to reread once it fades
My sixth sense for dyke drama was TINGLING and this book delivered. Love, obsession, manipulation, treachery; the Dark Court lives up to its name. Very well-written and a startlingly original conclusion to the very clear Sleeping Beauty storyline of the first.
adventurous
hopeful
tense
fast-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
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Misrule is an interesting sequel- and I imagine it will receive some very mixed responses.
Last year's Malice was a smash hit for me; dominating every other queer book in 2021 with its unique and original spin on Sleeping Beauty. One of the most exceptional elements of Malice is the richly developed world that exists for this retelling. Rather than focusing on strictly recontextualizing a world, Heather Walter makes it her own through the entirety of the series.
Misrule builds and expands on the world crafted in book 1 with more types of fae, more original characters, and more politics. This installment focuses on the second part of the Sleeping Beauty tale. Allyce and the fae have taken over. Aurora has been asleep for 100 years- her kingdom forgotten.
I think for me personally, I wasn't invested enough in these new characters, though to Heather Walter's credit, she introduces them very well. It was also sometimes a little frustrating to see Allyce painted as a villain when I really felt that she and the fae were in the right.
Ultimately, this is a fine sequel, but this is a series that I would have preferred to exist as a stand-alone. Some of the material feels boring and unnecessary and getting your readers to attach themselves to new characters in a books final act is a feat.
Last year's Malice was a smash hit for me; dominating every other queer book in 2021 with its unique and original spin on Sleeping Beauty. One of the most exceptional elements of Malice is the richly developed world that exists for this retelling. Rather than focusing on strictly recontextualizing a world, Heather Walter makes it her own through the entirety of the series.
Misrule builds and expands on the world crafted in book 1 with more types of fae, more original characters, and more politics. This installment focuses on the second part of the Sleeping Beauty tale. Allyce and the fae have taken over. Aurora has been asleep for 100 years- her kingdom forgotten.
I think for me personally, I wasn't invested enough in these new characters, though to Heather Walter's credit, she introduces them very well. It was also sometimes a little frustrating to see Allyce painted as a villain when I really felt that she and the fae were in the right.
Ultimately, this is a fine sequel, but this is a series that I would have preferred to exist as a stand-alone. Some of the material feels boring and unnecessary and getting your readers to attach themselves to new characters in a books final act is a feat.