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3.95 AVERAGE
3.95 AVERAGE
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
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Solid installment. Protagonist remains barley likeable at times, fairly predictable in her emotionality which is a minor complaint. Good pacing and story progression with some decent surprises along the way.
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
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
Not a whole lot happening in this book plot-wise but what can I say, I’m absolutely unhinged for Lukas Grey.
I feel like this fell short for me compared to the first 2. I think I've been really attached to the Lupines and all the other characters and missing so many of them made it hard to get through at times but as always the character development and intricacy of the world hit home!
Al principio no me lograba atrapar este tercer libro pero después no pude soltarlo. Lista para leer el 4.
I must have read a different book than the 1 star reviews. Everyone has their own opinion and I respect that but myself, I loved this book. I loved the first two as well but the change in pacing escalation of stakes made this book SO much more interesting to me. I love an enemies to lovers plot line so I was completely into her and Lukas getting together. I love training plots and growing into your power. I thought she grew into her confidence and power well and I am psyched for the rest of the series. I don’t like love triangles but I tolerated this one. Yvan being alive is an annoying plot point for the next book (I’m glad that he’s alive but it’s just going to reinvigorate the love triangle). Regardless of that I love this book and series!
adventurous
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This just scraped a 3.0 for me because I enjoyed the first one and was still invested. In the first instalment, the tropey, overdramatic writing style fit the subject: a bunch of adolescents going to university for the first time, albeit with many supernatural elements mixed in. But taking this exact same approach into a high stakes war situation? It unfortunately falls flat on its face. The writing feels overindulgent and insanely overblown (this instalment could have been edited down to 60% the length and lost very little in substance) and the characters acting like dramatic teenagers just becomes really annoying. Elloren's "character arc" is drawn out unnecessarily and unnaturally and she's not even likeable for most of the book.
That being said, there was a good chunk in the middle that I still found enjoyable, mostly because the plot was moving too fast for all the characters' dramatic monologues to get in the way. I do wish this had been pitched as a trilogy because with a decent amount of trimming down, there's plenty there to make for an entertaining and well paced read.
Edit: I've had to downrate this because the longer I think about it, the more annoyed I get. What on earth was that weird magical compulsion storyline for? The whole theme of the story has been how indoctrination works, but now we're going to pretend that it doesn't work on this particular race? And please, can we stop with the "everyone is young and super hot and is madly attracted to one specific other person at first sight", it just reads like an extremely straight Instagram ad. Given the only character that was coded disabled has now been magically "fixed" and given a glow up, it's also getting really offensive. You can do tropey and silly without being offensive.
That being said, there was a good chunk in the middle that I still found enjoyable, mostly because the plot was moving too fast for all the characters' dramatic monologues to get in the way. I do wish this had been pitched as a trilogy because with a decent amount of trimming down, there's plenty there to make for an entertaining and well paced read.
Edit: I've had to downrate this because the longer I think about it, the more annoyed I get. What on earth was that weird magical compulsion storyline for? The whole theme of the story has been how indoctrination works, but now we're going to pretend that it doesn't work on this particular race? And please, can we stop with the "everyone is young and super hot and is madly attracted to one specific other person at first sight", it just reads like an extremely straight Instagram ad. Given the only character that was coded disabled has now been magically "fixed" and given a glow up, it's also getting really offensive. You can do tropey and silly without being offensive.