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3.96 AVERAGE
3.96 AVERAGE
I’m loving this series! I really liked the characters. Renee Raudman reads beautifully.
Difficult to get into at the beginning (I am the type of person who gets attached to the first set of characters and it's hard for me to move on), but I warmed up to it after a while. It is extraordinarily longer than the first one, but it was just as good and I sort of liked the pace and story more. I liked William, who is clearly lost, and I felt Cerise was a good pairing for him. I especially liked the end when they end up seeing Rose and Declan again. It was a nice moment when Rose easily and quickly knows the type of person Cerise is too. Overall, good book. Look forward to reading the next one and seeing what the brothers are up to also.
[4 Stars] This was much more fun compared to the first in the series. I love the Mar family and the weird Mire and everything else.
Epic family feud, honest strong characters, a supporting cast of interesting characters, and resolution to the broken friendship from the first book made this book amazing. I loved the power struggle between the two kingdoms as well showing us more the the Weird world. This book was amazing.
adventurous
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
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
‘Bayou Moon’ takes us on another wild and fierce adventure through the Edge, the magical border realm between the Broken (earth as we know it, ruled by technology and machines) and the Weird (a land of royalty and magic). The Edge is a strange place, the multiple environments might not seem so different from the Broken world, but what comes out of these environments is like nothing that has ever existed before. Mud eels that have legs and chase unwanted guests from their waters, blood red moss that grows over the dead, and a swamp land called the Mire where exiled families from the Weird have been locked in an endless feud for power.
Cerise Mar is put in a dangerous position, her parents are missing, the Sheerile family, who the Mars have been feuding with for years, have taken over one of her properties and are the only people who know where her parents might be, and she is now the head of her family, forced to make right or wrong decisions to save their home in the Mire. Unfortunately, Cerise’s problems are not just related to old feuds. The Hand, a secret society that magically alters human beings to give them more power, is interested in her family; and Cerise must do everything in her power to make sure they’re not destroyed by the Hand.
William Sandine is grieving. Denied a happily ever after when Rose picked Declan over him and took her brothers with her into the Weird, William believes he’ll never be allowed a normal life and family. That is until he is contacted by the Mirror, a spy agency from his old home in the Weird, who need William’s help to track down and destroy an old enemy, Spider, the leader of the Hand.
I love how the different worlds and lives collide because of the Hand. You think they’re just an evil society invented to cause trouble, but really they caused William and Cerise to come out of their shells and to fall for each other. In a way, the Hand is sort of an evil match-making society. But apart from that strange skill, I wouldn’t want to come across the Hand. They’re a bit creepy with all their altered human parts (red skin, bulging tentacles attached to shoulders, gills!).
It is good to see William again. He seemed to just disappear at the end of ‘On the Edge’ and his story was never resolved. I like that we get to see more of his past, the way he’s been caught up with Spider and the Hand for so many years, finally getting a chance to end his issues with them.
Cerise and William are hilarious. They have these quick and witty conversations and made me laugh on more than one occasion. I liked that they weren't trying to fall for each other at the start. Cerise was wary of 'Lord Bill' because of his supposed Blueblood status, while William was put off by Cerise's hobo-like appearance; but they move past first impressions eventually. I loved seeing them work together and learn about each other, it was fun and made me smile.
I loved Kaldar (and I'm so happy he's the star of the next book, Fate's Egde). He's funny and insane, and has this strange power involving betting and luck that I can't wait to see explored in more detail.
5/5 Stars
Cerise Mar is put in a dangerous position, her parents are missing, the Sheerile family, who the Mars have been feuding with for years, have taken over one of her properties and are the only people who know where her parents might be, and she is now the head of her family, forced to make right or wrong decisions to save their home in the Mire. Unfortunately, Cerise’s problems are not just related to old feuds. The Hand, a secret society that magically alters human beings to give them more power, is interested in her family; and Cerise must do everything in her power to make sure they’re not destroyed by the Hand.
William Sandine is grieving. Denied a happily ever after when Rose picked Declan over him and took her brothers with her into the Weird, William believes he’ll never be allowed a normal life and family. That is until he is contacted by the Mirror, a spy agency from his old home in the Weird, who need William’s help to track down and destroy an old enemy, Spider, the leader of the Hand.
I love how the different worlds and lives collide because of the Hand. You think they’re just an evil society invented to cause trouble, but really they caused William and Cerise to come out of their shells and to fall for each other. In a way, the Hand is sort of an evil match-making society. But apart from that strange skill, I wouldn’t want to come across the Hand. They’re a bit creepy with all their altered human parts (red skin, bulging tentacles attached to shoulders, gills!).
It is good to see William again. He seemed to just disappear at the end of ‘On the Edge’ and his story was never resolved. I like that we get to see more of his past, the way he’s been caught up with Spider and the Hand for so many years, finally getting a chance to end his issues with them.
Cerise and William are hilarious. They have these quick and witty conversations and made me laugh on more than one occasion. I liked that they weren't trying to fall for each other at the start. Cerise was wary of 'Lord Bill' because of his supposed Blueblood status, while William was put off by Cerise's hobo-like appearance; but they move past first impressions eventually. I loved seeing them work together and learn about each other, it was fun and made me smile.
I loved Kaldar (and I'm so happy he's the star of the next book, Fate's Egde). He's funny and insane, and has this strange power involving betting and luck that I can't wait to see explored in more detail.
5/5 Stars
The pacing of this book was really messed up! Why did the authors took that long before getting to Sicktree and then hurry that much towards the end, when saving Gustave?!