4.41 AVERAGE

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

sanowen02's review

3.75
adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

1st book was better but i loved elms and iones perspective the best and i still like the magic with the cards which is different!
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pjays's review

5.0

this is a million star book. i'm so glad the last one ended on a cliffhanger and made me pick up this one because this is possibly one of my all time favorite books now.

elm is a dream. literally obsessed w him and ione, and it was so nice to have them to root for in this book. i felt like in the first one rayvn and elspeth's connection went from 0 to 100 too quick to be plausible (entirely) but the slow burn for ione and elm was perfect. I also liked the balance given that we didn't get a ton of E&R in this book, bc of the circumstances, which i understand tbh.

i also really loved the way gillig handled the shepherd king and elspeth's relationship. it was really nice. i loved learning more about him, too.

i honestly can't praise this book enough, i absolutely ATE it up. writing is beautiful, characters are lovely, it made me cry multiple times. 10/10. can't wait to read her future work. ione and elm forever!!!!

katiecole82194's review

5.0
adventurous 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: Complicated
adventurous dark emotional funny fast-paced

now that is how you write a sequel 👏
the twists in this book had me gasping in public 
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herlasser's review

3.0

The book wasn’t as good as I expected.
The story was a bit boring at times. The characters were one-dimensional and either dull or annoying, except for Elm!!! I really loved him and his POV!!!

weaver_reader's review

4.5
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

foxymaid's review

3.75
adventurous emotional slow-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
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atlasvoorhees's review

5.0

*slow clap*

lea3180's review

5.0
adventurous dark emotional inspiring 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