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juliapatt2007's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
I think I liked this book more than the first one because I like Scarlet and Wolf as leading characters. Kai and Cinder had character development in their book but as the first in any series much of the book was devoted to world building. I liked this couple better and was interested to see what Meyer would do with the story of little red riding hood. While the story is not one that is often chosen for retellings I enjoyed it. While I will say the storyline of wolves and Alphas, Betas and Omegas really isn’t for me. While it doesn’t come up often it comes up enough that it wasn’t my favorite part of the book. Kai and Cinder have some mentions in this book with Cinder receiving more development as she meets Throne (another character) and they break out of prison together. Iko as always is comic relief and I enjoyed her character even more in this book.
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexual content
There were a few sexual jokes in the beginning of the book but nothing graphic. There is a couple shared kisses between Wolf and Scar and there is an implied sex scene but nothing is discussed in detail. I believe younger audiences wouldn’t even recognize the scene for what it was. The only language I came across was one mention of bastard.noellegrace8's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
What a great second book! We're given new characters that are just as vibrant as book one, and the plot really picks up. The beginning can be a little frustrating/disorienting as you get used to who is who, but it is quickly intriguing. It's obvious that the plot was clearly laid out from the inception of these books because of its intricacies. Some people may be frustrated with the lack of Kai in this one, and it is more gory than book one. Sometimes the new characters can be a bit toxic, but it also makes them interesting.
I do not factor audiobook narrators' performances into in my overall star rating of a book, but I would give Rebecca Soler a 4.5/5. She did better with this one than the last, with a bit more variance in her emotion, although it still drones or falls flat in parts. Her accents were quite good, actually allowing me to know who was talking when. However, I started to wonder why Scarlet has a French accent (typically, though sometimes Soler forgets to use it) but Kai, for instance, has an American one even though he lives in New Beijing.
I do not factor audiobook narrators' performances into in my overall star rating of a book, but I would give Rebecca Soler a 4.5/5. She did better with this one than the last, with a bit more variance in her emotion, although it still drones or falls flat in parts. Her accents were quite good, actually allowing me to know who was talking when. However, I started to wonder why Scarlet has a French accent (typically, though sometimes Soler forgets to use it) but Kai, for instance, has an American one even though he lives in New Beijing.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
Moderate: Abandonment, Ableism, Classism, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Colonisation, Medical trauma, War, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Grief
Minor: Toxic relationship, Child death, Misogyny, Stalking, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Torture, Alcoholism, Addiction, Medical content, Rape, Alcohol, Confinement, Vomit, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Suicide, Genocide, Mental illness, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, and Child abuse
The items I included in "Graphic" are mostly due to violence throughout the book related to themes and characters. This second book contained much more of that than the first. Items in "moderate" are either thematic in occurrence or are detailed enough to warrant more than a brief warning. I did want to explicitly inform the potential reader about my sexual violence/rape warning: it is only threateded/mentioned once in nongraphic terms. It never actually happens/happened.
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