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522 reviews for:

Half the Battle

Elle Thorpe

4.19 AVERAGE


Thrilling cliffhanger

Wow! Book 2 was a ride! Things continue to heat up among the group. We get to know the funny side of Scythe (Who knew!?!). The ending had my heart racing. downloading book 3 right now!
dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Okay. I like this series. Several different perspectives, lots of drama and LOTS of spice. I dont know how, but I ended up falling in love with Scythe… there’s nothing like a hot psycho series contract killer to get the heat going. But I also LOVE War and Nash. The whole RH trope is
dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

🌶️ Rating: 4/5

I’m really enjoying this series. I like all these characters. This book did feel a little stalled out though. The plot didn’t progress a lot. Scythe has taken over for Vincent. War discovers Scythe/Vincent killed his father shortly after they explore their feelings for each other. We’re still unsure who the killer is. I’m excited for the next book though. I want to see these relationships all come together.

 So I enjoyed this way more than the first book and I do think that was probably because of Scythe I just adored him. His one-liners snarky comebacks and observations were all hilarious and he was definitely the main star of this series for me.

As for the rest of this, it was entertaining and I like Bliss a whole lot more especially as she's now lost the kicked puppy persona. I'm now intrigued to discover what happens next mostly because of that action-packed ending I'm also slightly scared at what this may mean for Scythe going forward.

Im going to be reading the conclusion as I'm invested in the outcome and though this hasn't been a full sweep in regards to ticking all of my boxes it's still a decent enough read.
 

Its a yes from me!

As is always the case with Elle Thorpe’s books, I inhaled this. There wasn’t much advancement of plot in this one but there was a lot of character/relationship development, although the RH aspect still isn’t fully in place. They’ve tiptoed around it but it’s not official.

Vincent’s double life, courtesy of his DID, is coming back to bite him in the ass big time. Big revelations were made and I’m curious to see how it’ll all pan out in the last book of this series!