Reviews with content warning for War - The Traitor Queen

On reste sur un 4.5 pour ce second tome. Je continue à dire que j'aime énormément l'écriture de Danielle L. Jensen. C'est l'une des rares fois où je lis, une romance, ainsi qu'une intrigue purement politique sans une once de magie ou de fantastique, ce qui est un point très positif.
Ce tome-ci est plus rapide dans ses événements, nous sommes directement dans la guerre, pas de retour en arrière possible pour notre petite reine traîtresse.
Ce qui m'a plus, c'était clairement le voyage, la découverte de nouveaux paysages, de nouveaux endroits. J'aurai aimé en savoir plus sur les soeurs de Lara, surtout sur la suite de leurs vies.
Encore une fois, je ne me suis pas assez faite surprendre, et c'est pour ça que je n'ai pas mis 5 étoiles. Et aussi par les 2 derniers chapitre. J'aurai aimé un "jugement" plus incroyable que ça. Ça m'a semblé sorti de nul part, on a pas eu vent de ce phénomène auparavant... Donc bon.

Hâte de voir ce que Kerris et Zarrah vont faire, vont être dans ce prochain tome, débutant une nouvelle duologie..

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juliettewood's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful 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

4.0

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themoodreader's review against another edition

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adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

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marshii1390's review against another edition

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Predictable and I dislike that the two mcs are gonna end up together despite the fact that she’s literally a traitor who got his nation invaded. No stakes

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sleepysapph_'s review against another edition

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adventurous emotional 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

4.0

I have mixed feeelinggsss, but overall I really enjoyed this and it honestly helped bring back the joy of reading for me.

So, the things I liked:

- I absolutely loved getting to see the interactions between Lara and her sisters. It gave Lara more depth while also adding to the story without muddying it. Honestly would’ve been happy to see even more of them throughout the book 😩

- The actionnnnn. Getting to see Lara fully unleash herself and fight was *chefs kiss*

- Getting to see different parts of the world and the way they functioned. I feel like it really widened the universe and kept it from being this small condensed thing. It really showed the gravity of the decisions being made and what the consequences looked like.

Now for the things I wasn’t particularly fond of, and to be fair this will have spoilers so like.. proceed with caution:

- Although I understood why Aren was rightfully pissed off, it did start to annoy me and I genuinely rolled my eyes a few times. But all men are dumb so I can’t be surprised that fictional ones are too.

- The ending. So much was happening and I kept being like “there’s not enough pages left for this”. And maybe it’s just my personal preferences BUT:

1) I wanted to see Lara’s father suffer WAY more than he did. It felt too easy, was over in the blink of an eye.

2) I desperately wanted more time with Aren and Lara actually HAPPY, like hello????

3) I’m supposed to believe all these people spitting at her, wanting her dead, screaming profanities at her etc. all decided to chill because.. the sharks didn’t eat her… okay ya sure totally!!!

I’m interested in reading book 3, but from my current understanding it doesn’t follow Lara and Aren, and if that’s truly the case.. I’m not sure I care enough to read about anyone else.. IM SORRY OKAY 😭😭

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readingisfun14's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I don’t remember when she learned how to swim - that’s the only reason I gave a 4.5 cause that was such a big plot hole. Otherwise great second book! So tense! Will definitely keep reading the series. I feel like this is actually a true enemies to lovers

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dani_reis's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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