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4.35 AVERAGE
4.35 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A step up from book one. The prose, plotting, and character work all improved.
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
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:
No
3.5⭐️
Great world-building, action, and world-spanning plot.
But the cheesy dialogue/internal monologue is ruining the characters for me, and that is souring my experience with the story overall. By the end of this one, I was desperate to be done and couldn’t get myself to care about the action anymore because I didn’t really care what happened to anybody. Despite a wild amount of characters involved in this story already in just two books, there’s not a single one I feel attached to in any way, save maybe the dragon, Valerys.
I think this is highly accessible fantasy for people not as comfortable in the genre, as it’s easy to read, mostly fast-paced, and has fun elements to it. But as someone who likes to highlight memorable lines and falls in love with deeply complex characters, I’m disappointed that these first two books have had neither for me.
I’m not the type of person to “go against the grain,” and I’d rather enjoy this with everyone else, but it’s just not working for me as I’d hoped and it’ll be a while before I read the next one.
Great world-building, action, and world-spanning plot.
But the cheesy dialogue/internal monologue is ruining the characters for me, and that is souring my experience with the story overall. By the end of this one, I was desperate to be done and couldn’t get myself to care about the action anymore because I didn’t really care what happened to anybody. Despite a wild amount of characters involved in this story already in just two books, there’s not a single one I feel attached to in any way, save maybe the dragon, Valerys.
I think this is highly accessible fantasy for people not as comfortable in the genre, as it’s easy to read, mostly fast-paced, and has fun elements to it. But as someone who likes to highlight memorable lines and falls in love with deeply complex characters, I’m disappointed that these first two books have had neither for me.
I’m not the type of person to “go against the grain,” and I’d rather enjoy this with everyone else, but it’s just not working for me as I’d hoped and it’ll be a while before I read the next one.
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Best part of the series so far, interesting story development before it all gets a bit battle heavy in book 3
adventurous
dark
emotional
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:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous