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4.0 AVERAGE
4.0 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
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
i want to write a really detailed in depth review about everything i read and the depth of the world and the characters because that’s what this masterpiece deserves, but i just finished this and i can’t form coherent thoughts. WOW is all I have to say. I can’t wait for book three!
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
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
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
Somehow even better than the last one!! The ending left me so numb
adventurous
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Thank you to HCCFrenzy who sent me an ebook ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own. This review will contain spoilers for the first two books.
I cannot express how excited I was when I got approved for an ARC of this book. I’m an avid fan of Aveyard’s books, ever since the first Red Queen novel. The first book in this series, Realm Breaker, was very good but didn’t quite hit the mark for me. The pace was off slightly and the information dumps ended up being a clunky, taking you out of the story. Despite this, I did really enjoy it, and Blade Breaker was one of my most anticipated books of the year! It was fantastic. The book picks up right where the first one ends, our ragtag band of heroes dealing with the aftermath of closing the first Spindle. From there the book follows them as they race against Taristan, Erida and What Waits in an effort to close the Spindles they open before too much damage is done. Rihda , Dom’s cousin, makes a bid for allies with the Vedara of the North and the Jydi raiders. Also. DRAGONS. I am so happy Aveyard is including dragons and I hope we see more of them in the next book. This book really found its footing right away and then took off from there. Something I really enjoyed was the slight Tolkien influences you can see in Aveyard’s world building. The Vedara are very similar in certain ways to the Noldorian elves of Tolkien and I loved it. The clunky info dumping of the first book was not a problem here, world building information was seamlessly woven in. Allward is a fascinating world and it was great to see more of it. The ending, in true Victoria Aveyard fashion was a massive cliffhanger that now has me anxiously awaiting the next instalment. Another thing I loved was the casual LGBTQIA+ inclusion in this book. There is a nonbinary member of royalty and Sigil is a confirmed Bicon. I’m fairly sure Dom is queer too, as when Sorasa says there’s many lords and ladies that both want to sleep with him, he only says he would never sleep with a mortal being. All of this is treated as absolutely normal, there is no homophobia or transphobia in this world. I love a good queer-normative fantasy. My only concern is that it seems like Sorasa and Dom are going to be a couple and frankly I’ve been rooting for Sorasa and Sigil to be our bi for bi sapphic power couple. This was a great solid sequel that does not suffer from bad sequel syndrome. 5/5 stars.
I cannot express how excited I was when I got approved for an ARC of this book. I’m an avid fan of Aveyard’s books, ever since the first Red Queen novel. The first book in this series, Realm Breaker, was very good but didn’t quite hit the mark for me. The pace was off slightly and the information dumps ended up being a clunky, taking you out of the story. Despite this, I did really enjoy it, and Blade Breaker was one of my most anticipated books of the year! It was fantastic. The book picks up right where the first one ends, our ragtag band of heroes dealing with the aftermath of closing the first Spindle. From there the book follows them as they race against Taristan, Erida and What Waits in an effort to close the Spindles they open before too much damage is done. Rihda , Dom’s cousin, makes a bid for allies with the Vedara of the North and the Jydi raiders. Also. DRAGONS. I am so happy Aveyard is including dragons and I hope we see more of them in the next book. This book really found its footing right away and then took off from there. Something I really enjoyed was the slight Tolkien influences you can see in Aveyard’s world building. The Vedara are very similar in certain ways to the Noldorian elves of Tolkien and I loved it. The clunky info dumping of the first book was not a problem here, world building information was seamlessly woven in. Allward is a fascinating world and it was great to see more of it. The ending, in true Victoria Aveyard fashion was a massive cliffhanger that now has me anxiously awaiting the next instalment. Another thing I loved was the casual LGBTQIA+ inclusion in this book. There is a nonbinary member of royalty and Sigil is a confirmed Bicon. I’m fairly sure Dom is queer too, as when Sorasa says there’s many lords and ladies that both want to sleep with him, he only says he would never sleep with a mortal being. All of this is treated as absolutely normal, there is no homophobia or transphobia in this world. I love a good queer-normative fantasy. My only concern is that it seems like Sorasa and Dom are going to be a couple and frankly I’ve been rooting for Sorasa and Sigil to be our bi for bi sapphic power couple. This was a great solid sequel that does not suffer from bad sequel syndrome. 5/5 stars.