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chaptersofamylea's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
“Legend likes to be the villain.”
“How could I forget? That was always my favorite part.”
5 ⭐️
I forgot how much I adored this book. I think I really loved my reread of Caraval for the magic and the nostalgia, but I loved Legendary for its plot. And I’d forgotten so much! What a treat it was to reread, and meeting Jacks again for the first time was a delight.
TWs: parental abandonment, ref to child abuse, blood and injury
“How could I forget? That was always my favorite part.”
5 ⭐️
I forgot how much I adored this book. I think I really loved my reread of Caraval for the magic and the nostalgia, but I loved Legendary for its plot. And I’d forgotten so much! What a treat it was to reread, and meeting Jacks again for the first time was a delight.
TWs: parental abandonment, ref to child abuse, blood and injury
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Blood
Moderate: Abandonment and Child abuse
jessicaludden's review
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
“Every good story needs a villain. But the best villains are the ones you secretly like.”
I am so surprised that I didn’t like this. It was going fine for most of the book, but the ending pushed it over the edge for me. I liked Tella enough to keep reading but I didn’t really care that much about her. I didn’t really like reading in her POV cause it was just an endless internal dialogue of her reiterating the stakes and the choices she had to make over and over as if I don’t already know what the stakes are. Her romance with Dante was slightly boring to me probably because I feel like he just kept popping up randomly to say a few things to her and leave. Dante being Legend just felt really forced and not surprising at all considering how many times Tella mentioned the possibility. The drama between Scarlett and Julian was annoying especially at the end. I literally just want them to be happy and together. The main thing I liked about this was Jacks of course but even the way things ended with his character in this book didn’t feel right to me (yes I know I’ll probably get more answers in Finale or OUABH). Tella being his one true love makes absolutely no sense to me, like I’m not sure if we’re trying for a love triangle here but I don’t want it. Overall, I was enjoying getting to explore a new part of this world and meet new characters (more like A new character) but the ending just left me disappointed.
Content Warnings
Minor: Death of parent, Child abuse, Abandonment, Blood, and Death
aas's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, and Abandonment
kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
I didn’t like the sequel to Caraval as much as I enjoyed the first novel. The plot seemed somewhat disjointed, kind of like there were too many things going on and there wasn’t enough explanation of any of them. I love the characters still and the bad boy is even easy to love, which isn’t always easy to do. I am looking forward to getting some closure with the last novel of this series.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Blood, Child abuse, and Violence
caitlin033's review against another edition
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment
Minor: Child abuse
justreaditem's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I definately preferred this book over it's predecessore. I loved that you got to see a second game but with completely different stakes...he NEVER does two games so close together...so why now?
Tella's voice is vastly different to Scarlett's. Tella's is one girl who knows who she is and what she wants. She kisses boys with no remorse, wears the changing dresses and just does what she wants. She also loves her sister unapologetically, they love each other and it's so beautiful to read.
Through out the book you could feel Tella being torn between playing the game and caring. Obviously, she built a wall around her heart after her mother abandoned them and their father being...their father...but you can see she cares ferociously. She cares about her sister (above all else), her mother (despite her leaving), Dante and Julian and Jacks.
The journey of finding her long lost mother reveals so many things about her life, gives her more questions about herself and her sister, about her entire life. The abuse that both of them have endured throughout their lives brought them so close to each other, it was really heartwarming to read
I think Scarlett is full on shadey for being in love with Julian but finds her old fianceé? Why would you do that?
The whole book was full of mindgames, puzzles and I spent so much of it going WHO IS LEGEND?!
The answer was not what I expected.
Tella's voice is vastly different to Scarlett's. Tella's is one girl who knows who she is and what she wants. She kisses boys with no remorse, wears the changing dresses and just does what she wants. She also loves her sister unapologetically, they love each other and it's so beautiful to read.
Through out the book you could feel Tella being torn between playing the game and caring. Obviously, she built a wall around her heart after her mother abandoned them and their father being...their father...but you can see she cares ferociously. She cares about her sister (above all else), her mother (despite her leaving), Dante and Julian and Jacks.
The journey of finding her long lost mother reveals so many things about her life, gives her more questions about herself and her sister, about her entire life. The abuse that both of them have endured throughout their lives brought them so close to each other, it was really heartwarming to read
The whole book was full of mindgames, puzzles and I spent so much of it going WHO IS LEGEND?!
The answer was not what I expected.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Death and Death of parent
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