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4.53 AVERAGE
4.53 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
funny
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
sad
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
Oh damnnnn
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The inclusion of Chastain and Celene as narrators piqued deeply my curiosity, and I enjoyed them. I wish that the teasing between Chastain and Gabriel had gotten somewhere, but oh well. I either grew used to the cursing or there's less of it in this book, because it felt less tiresome to read. I really enjoyed it and I'm eagerly awaiting for the next one! I want to know what happens!! Give me more of the story!
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
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
Masterpiece. My mind is still reeling from that last 10% but will add a proper review when I’ve had a chance to collate my thoughts.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
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
I have been stressed and sobbing while reading for the past hour. The last 10% was 6/5 stars. In this one we get an additional POV or story teller, and I found it a bit hard to adjust to initially.
adventurous
dark
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Dior and her relentless contratianism really did their best to grind my gears in the first half of this. I can't believe Gabriel kept expecting her to listen, but I believed even less that he eventually struck her for it, or how little time he spent dwelling on the fact that, despite all he suffered at the hands of his stepfather, he still followed in his footsteps with his own charge. I was glad to eventually get a plausible explanation for that.
And speaking of, I didn't enjoy switching storytellers. Though getting the occasional break from Gabriel's vulgarities wasn't entirely unwelcome. Pity it got replaced by annoying ye olde vampire speak though, which is equally offputting to me. When their narratives merged, it almost felt like watching a tv show with how fast the scenes switched.
Celeste is also very unsettling and took a while to get interesting on account of how tight-lipped she was about literally everything. Like, I can't believe we spent nearly the entire runtime of two books not even learning what super special powers, passed down from his super secret father, our super special protagonist can wield. Celeste's inconsistent speech patterns annoyed me too, though I guess that can be blamed on her cannibalism-induced DID. Glad Jean-François called her out on some of it.
My heart hurts for Baptiste and Aaron. I was really hoping they'd get to just... live their happy little lives in their safe little keep forever. Kristoff hates me though, so they had to suffer first, and in the worst way. And he sure made that entire battle colourful, too.
A lot of the twists were sadly very obvious and predictable - I don't believe a single thing caught me by surprise besides Isla, and Dario at the very end. Truly wasn't expecting that. But other than that, I still had a good time reading this and I'm pissed off I have to wait for the finale.
And speaking of, I didn't enjoy switching storytellers. Though getting the occasional break from Gabriel's vulgarities wasn't entirely unwelcome. Pity it got replaced by annoying ye olde vampire speak though, which is equally offputting to me. When their narratives merged, it almost felt like watching a tv show with how fast the scenes switched.
Celeste is also very unsettling and took a while to get interesting on account of how tight-lipped she was about literally everything. Like, I can't believe we spent nearly the entire runtime of two books not even learning what super special powers, passed down from his super secret father, our super special protagonist can wield. Celeste's inconsistent speech patterns annoyed me too, though I guess that can be blamed on her cannibalism-induced DID. Glad Jean-François called her out on some of it.
My heart hurts for Baptiste and Aaron. I was really hoping they'd get to just... live their happy little lives in their safe little keep forever. Kristoff hates me though, so they had to suffer first, and in the worst way. And he sure made that entire battle colourful, too.
A lot of the twists were sadly very obvious and predictable - I don't believe a single thing caught me by surprise besides Isla, and Dario at the very end. Truly wasn't expecting that. But other than that, I still had a good time reading this and I'm pissed off I have to wait for the finale.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
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
mysterious
sad
fast-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