4.21 AVERAGE

adventurous dark emotional fast-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
adventurous

What to say - I love this series! and it is save to say, that if you liked book one, you will definitely like book two too.
I especially like to be able to explore more of the world, and not being bound to just the one city anymore in book two - and the new adventures that are awaiting! Lots of fun, action, friendship and adventure going on once again. Perfect entertainment if you ask me!
adventurous dark emotional funny tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

YAYYY NEXT LOCKE LAMORA BOOK!!! 

ok so starting with positives: i love how locke and jean’s relationship goes through complications in this book, especially now that they are
the only ones left.
i think that was really well done, and my favorite moment of this book was when they were in vel virazzo and locke was at rock bottom, and jean basically forced him out of his stupor. i also love the new characters we were introduced to. faves are zamira and ezri obviously. the pirate ship arc was also really really cool.
ezri and jean have eclipsed sablocke as the straight people of all time, will NEVER forgive scott lynch for what he did to ezri.
yeah the highlight of this book were the characters and their dynamics, and the way scott lynch wrapped up MOST of his loose ends. the action scenes were awesome too.

now, for the critiques. this book pales in comparison to the first. firstly, the gray king was a much more compelling villain than stragos, and camorr was a much cooler setting than tal verrar. stragos was cool tho, i will give him that. i like that he was different from the gray king. also, i feel like some of the conflicts were contrived.
what the fuck was merrain’s deal?? it was never really explained, unless i missed something. there was mention of a tattoo… bondsmage?? idk. speaking of, WHERE THE FUCK ARE THE BONDSMAGI???
also also, this is just a me thing, could not visualize most of this book bc idk anything about ships. 

oh and also, i wish this book had dealt even more with locke as an altruist.
ik they sacked salon corbeau, but I wish the dismantling of the amusement war had been the whole book.


still enjoyed it, still love this series immensely, am very excited for republic of thieves which im starting shortly. 
adventurous emotional funny tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
adventurous emotional funny fast-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
adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious reflective 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

I love this book just as much as I loved the first book in this series. If you like adventure/fantasy books about criminal masterminds, pirates and combat, this is the book for you.

Even though they are master deceivers, Locke and Jean are a great duo and will have you rooting for them the entire adventure.

This book is also hilarious; it made me laugh out loud many times. I was a little confused at where this story was headed since there are multiple plot lines going on, but it all came together. It also ended on a cliffhanger, which makes me excited to read the next book in the series!
adventurous emotional funny 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
adventurous emotional funny sad fast-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

Idk what people on reddit were talking about, this book was better than the first. It actually had women characters, so that was cool, and I laughed out loud more often. Similar levels of heart and emotion, definitely some tears. Maybe a bit less mysterious but I really enjoyed the piracy. 

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