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vishnork's review
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
lisawreading's review
5.0
Exciting and terrifying -- as always, Toby ends up in terrible danger, with her life on the line, covered in blood. Is this woman ever not covered in blood? This volume in the series moves the overall story in some interesting new directions. Can't wait to see what happens next!
kate_and_books's review
3.0
I have loved this series so much but there is always one book that won't hit the spot and won't work. A Red-Rose Chain is this book for me.
The blurb sounded good and well it was just so dull and I mean really dull. I expected more.
Gosh, this was just. I mean really boring. And that is saying something because this author can really write. Nothing happened.
This is what happens:
Toby is to be a diplomat to the Silences to stop a war.
Toby is not the best person to be diplomat.
We have another usurper to kick off the throne.
At least she doesn't bleed all over the place in this book.
The blurb sounded good and well it was just so dull and I mean really dull. I expected more.
Gosh, this was just. I mean really boring. And that is saying something because this author can really write. Nothing happened.
This is what happens:
Toby is to be a diplomat to the Silences to stop a war.
Toby is not the best person to be diplomat.
We have another usurper to kick off the throne.
At least she doesn't bleed all over the place in this book.
kitty_whimsical's review
5.0
Don't get me wrong, I love Toby & company. This series is one of my favorites to revisit. However, I'm more than tired of the following sequence: Toby passes out, wakes up hours/days later, is told what she missed by Tybalt, Quentin, May, etc. It seems to be happening in every single book at least once, and I'm a bit disappointed. It's a useful tool occasionally, but using it in nearly every book is lazy.
zapdara's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
mystimayhem's review
4.0
This one was brutal. Toby was a absolute bad ass so many times in this one. The ending was the best. I'm trying to keep this spoiler free, but if you know, you know the scene I'm thinking of. I love how much character development we got for Walther and Quentin. I still want more development of Toby and Tybalt's relationship tho. On to the next book!
beltaine76's review against another edition
3.0
You know, after nine books I think we've gotten the point that Toby doesn't like the sight of blood. The author didn't try to shove it into our face like she used to, but it does get annoying. I liked this book well enough, but I don't think it was the best out of the series. It was just too slow in some parts, and I felt my attention starting to wane. I think what helped with this book was that I liked seeing Walther. He's an interesting character to me, and seeing some interactions between him and other characters made me like him more. Oh, and I also liked how Toby has gotten it through her thick skull that even though she didn't want to be a hero (which she said a gajillion times in the earlier books), she is now and she's good at it because she has friends to help her. Yes! She's had friends trying to help her out all this time, but she was so stubborn in the first couple of books.