3.25 AVERAGE

dark emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

shaunafitzy's review

3.0
dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
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frecklebb15's review

4.5
adventurous 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
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

I'll be honest this definitely felt like it had less substance than the first book and had no idea what was going on with the plot. However for some reason I couldn't stop reading ? I don't know, I objectively know it's not great but here we are finished and most likely going to finish the series when the last book is released next year 

I just don’t like the characters very much. Both are very Daenerys season 8

I went from loving book one to DNFing book two because:

In the first book, I hated the reveal that Isolde is Yesenia reincarnated (for lack of a better word) and in this book, obviously it’s a regular part of Isolde’s character, but no I have to constantly be confronted with it while still hating it. 

I think it’s cool that many of the side characters are queer, but I never really felt connected to them, and that continued to be true in this installment. 

I loved Adrian and Isolde’s relationship in the previous book, but here Adrian kept scolding her. It was PMO and Isolde was just kind of… blah. She was almost comically girl-boss in the previous book, but now seems to have lost her bloodthirsty spark. Also, now  “Yesenia” is a factor in their relationship, and as previously stated, I hate that. 

But mostly, I’m just bored. Bored, bored, bored. I’m not even a tiny bit curious on how the series ends, so why continue? If this had been a duology, I think I would have pushed through, but knowing there’s a confirmed third book and most likely five in the series? No thank you. It’s not like St. Clair has a good track record with me. 

robijntje's review

5.0
adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
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

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slow-paced

This book felt very long. I was so excited to read this after reading the first book and was very disappointed. This book was very boring and felt very repetitive. 

brattykimv's review

4.0
adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced