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3.96 AVERAGE
3.96 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
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
Again, another deeply consumable book. I'm procrastinating during final exams, and this is exactly what I think buzzing in my brain needs to quiet down so I can sleep. Having read The Innkeeper Chronicles, it's great to see more about how the characters introduced as adults in that series came to know each other as kids.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Slavery, Trafficking
Minor: Cannibalism
I have mixed feelings about this book. I really liked William in On the Edge, but he got on my nerves in this book. Also, if you speak to people from Louisiana regularly, do not listen to the audiobook version. The accents of the reader made me cringe.
Things I liked:
Seeing Rose, Declan, George, and Jack
All the scenes with the eel
Kaldar
Cerise’s grandmother
Things I didn’t like:
How William seemed so much dumber and less human than in book #1
Cerise’s constant whining and insecurity
World building was a bit difficult to follow with all of the different government organizations and family and clan names
Things I liked:
Seeing Rose, Declan, George, and Jack
All the scenes with the eel
Kaldar
Cerise’s grandmother
Things I didn’t like:
How William seemed so much dumber and less human than in book #1
Cerise’s constant whining and insecurity
World building was a bit difficult to follow with all of the different government organizations and family and clan names
I very much enjoyed that read. The uniqueness of the plot, the incredible world building, and rhe great cast of characters balanced out the very few urban fantasy cliches.
Great heroine, clever plot, and an intriguing read!
Great heroine, clever plot, and an intriguing read!
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
So different from the Kate Daniel's series but so good. I love the setting in the swamp. Really creepy and so many possibilities.
Starts out pretty slow, but then the two storylines converge and things really speed up! I love William the Wolf! Sequel! Sequel!
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
Ilona Andrews can do no wrong! It didn't take long for me to dig Into the book, once you get past the intro and all, and get to the actual plot, and you meet the characters and how they interact with one another, you will simply fall in love with both the characters and Ilona Andrews' writing. The romance is well paced and comes at the right time, the action and plot is simply *chefs kiss* it didn't take me long to finish it at all. I didn't realise at first that this was the second book but that didn't really matter as they seem to be stand alones set in the same place. Definitely give it a go, and if you haven't checked out the Kate Daniels series which was also written by Ilona Andrews, please do! You may end up binge reading though.
Enticing, exciting, action-filled and a little hot ;)
Bayou Moon
4 Stars
The search is on for an artifact that may prove to be decisive in any war between the two rival factions of the Weird, Adrianglia and Louisiana. William Sandine is recruited by the Mirror (the Adrianglian secret service) to travel to the Mire (the part of the Edge located in the swamps of Louisiana) in order to locate the artifact and kill the leader of the Hand (the Mirror’s Louisianan counterpart). On the way, William joins forces with an Edger, Cerise Mars, whose family has also crossed paths with the deadly agents of the Hand, and the two must work together for the good of all three parallel worlds.
As usual, Andrews’ world building is excellent, the plot is action packed and the characters are engaging. Nevertheless, the romance is quite weak mainly due to the fact that Cerise and William have little to no chemistry.
Cerise wacky family is the highlight of the book. The Mars all live together in a dilapidated manor affectionately known as the Rathole. Each and every member has his or her own unique quirks whether it is Richard the staid and serious or Kaldar the charming thief, Aunt Petunia the mad scientist or Ignata the dedicated healer. Regardless, the love, loyalty and sacrifice that defines the family is tangible and it is impossible not to appreciate both their triumphs and their losses.
The plot is more convoluted than in the first book and it is sometimes difficult to keep track of the different threads, particularly in the beginning when the individual sub-plot are being established. Thankfully, it all comes together by the end and the climax and resolution make for exciting, if gory, reading.
In sum, Bayou Moon is an entertaining addition to the series and the authors are sticking with the Mar family for the next two books so I look forward to visiting with them again.
4 Stars
The search is on for an artifact that may prove to be decisive in any war between the two rival factions of the Weird, Adrianglia and Louisiana. William Sandine is recruited by the Mirror (the Adrianglian secret service) to travel to the Mire (the part of the Edge located in the swamps of Louisiana) in order to locate the artifact and kill the leader of the Hand (the Mirror’s Louisianan counterpart). On the way, William joins forces with an Edger, Cerise Mars, whose family has also crossed paths with the deadly agents of the Hand, and the two must work together for the good of all three parallel worlds.
As usual, Andrews’ world building is excellent, the plot is action packed and the characters are engaging. Nevertheless, the romance is quite weak mainly due to the fact that Cerise and William have little to no chemistry.
Cerise wacky family is the highlight of the book. The Mars all live together in a dilapidated manor affectionately known as the Rathole. Each and every member has his or her own unique quirks whether it is Richard the staid and serious or Kaldar the charming thief, Aunt Petunia the mad scientist or Ignata the dedicated healer. Regardless, the love, loyalty and sacrifice that defines the family is tangible and it is impossible not to appreciate both their triumphs and their losses.
The plot is more convoluted than in the first book and it is sometimes difficult to keep track of the different threads, particularly in the beginning when the individual sub-plot are being established. Thankfully, it all comes together by the end and the climax and resolution make for exciting, if gory, reading.
In sum, Bayou Moon is an entertaining addition to the series and the authors are sticking with the Mar family for the next two books so I look forward to visiting with them again.