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4.41 AVERAGE
4.41 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
tense
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
You are the Shepherd King—the author of everything I have ever known. You wrote Blunder’s history, Aemmory Percyval Taxus. Now rewrite it.
I LOOOOVEEEDDD IT! Such an upgrade to the first book! The multiple POVs really helped, apparently I didn't dislike the first book, I just disliked Elspeth lol.
I read this on a summer vacation on the beach, yet every time I started reading it I got immersed in the gothic foggy woods vibes immediately. The author does a wonderful job with the setting. I loooveeedd the Nightmare, he was my favorite character by far in both of the books, and I was so happy that he was incorporated into the story in the second book as much as he was.
The only reason this is a 4.75 and not a 5 star for me is my personal preference for the amount of romance scenes (my preference is none).
I had a "predictable plot twists" complaint for the first book, maybe it is the lack of Elspeth commentary in the second book but there were less of these.
adventurous
dark
emotional
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
In the First book Elspeth was the main character and a good one at that, but in this book she is completely ignored and becomes useless to the story. She is only used to show the Shepherd king's tragic backstory and those memories are not even that relevant to the story
And what the hell was going on with Elm and Ione, they were so unnecessary to the main plot and it felt like they were just wasting time, like you could skip entire chapters of them and you will not miss anything about the main plot. And everytime something intresting happened with plot and we would skip to these two doing some useless shit for no reason and it became irritating very quickly
Also in this book the author decided that now Ravyn and Elm were the main characters and Elspeth is going to be a useless damsel in distress that needs to saved by the hero
This book failed to do justice to either of the main couples because it tried to cram them into one book without actually giving them any depth or growth, if we had more prespectives chapters from Elspeth instead of Elm and focused more on the character that are doing things to advance the actual plot this book would have been so much better
And what the hell was going on with Elm and Ione, they were so unnecessary to the main plot and it felt like they were just wasting time, like you could skip entire chapters of them and you will not miss anything about the main plot. And everytime something intresting happened with plot and we would skip to these two doing some useless shit for no reason and it became irritating very quickly
Also in this book the author decided that now Ravyn and Elm were the main characters and Elspeth is going to be a useless damsel in distress that needs to saved by the hero
This book failed to do justice to either of the main couples because it tried to cram them into one book without actually giving them any depth or growth, if we had more prespectives chapters from Elspeth instead of Elm and focused more on the character that are doing things to advance the actual plot this book would have been so much better
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
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:
No
dark
emotional
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:
Yes
This was a good book. This book dives deeper into the world and magic that book one introduced us too and ties up all the loose ends both in the past and present. Very satisfying
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
PS: The nightmare was the best part for me. This book concluded a well-rounded duo logy in my opinion, but for some reason, something about this book didn’t fully hit the spot for me. A lot of the shock factor was tied to the romantic subplots; the main one wasn’t one I cared much for, perhaps reducing impact. The Side-characters, however, I adored in this novel. The gothic vibes remained, but I missed the Blunder setting as we explored the woods. This book also became a bit too vague at times for my liking. That being said, the growth, the scenes, the scale, the magic...beautiful. The conclusion was apt, and the writing complemented it beautifully. I loved reading this, tier S experience.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
tense
fast-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
Personally, I think the first part is more interesting, but this second one is much easier to read, which is why I rate it even a bit better, and that's why I rate it by a full number. The poems are no longer complicated. The reader is oriented in all the cards and their colors, what they give and what they take. They are oriented in families, characters, degeneration, magic. So they can fully enjoy, let's say, the romantic line between Elmo and Ione - which develops beautifully gradually with enough tension and is at the same time hampered by the current situation. Ravyn, Night Fury and Jespyr set out for the Two Alder card - here the path didn't seem so surprising, complicated or action-packed to me. But it does remind me of the second romantic line from the first part (although we logically won't see Elspeth and Ravyn). As a duology, it's interesting, original, well-written and tasteful.
I'm just a little sorry that I didn't enjoy Ravyn and Elspeth more. But the past has been revealed again.
I'm just a little sorry that I didn't enjoy Ravyn and Elspeth more. But the past has been revealed again.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes