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_myliteraryobsession's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
khaleesirose's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
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? It's complicated
4.5
bookish_mrs_w's review against another edition
4.0
This was such a great second installment! Where the first book lacked in action, this book had so much more action! And more dragons. Mira was more likeable this time around and I enjoyed watching her grow and embrace herself more. I really enjoyed the subtle nods to some of our own political climate & issues and the authors take on it. I have to say, I’m not 100% I always understand what is going on or why something happens in this series. I do find myself a bit confused and re-reading passages to see if I missed something. But alas, I think it’s just me.
amybraunauthor's review against another edition
5.0
I've been waiting to come back to this series for a long time, and it was quick to pull me back into its rich, deep, and magical world. I was reintroduced to delightful and unconventional characters, and their layered back stories.
The story was evenly paced with action, drama, and character development. I liked the addition of small chapters being told from Aaru's perspective. It was even more tragic than I'd expected! While I truly loved some of the other stories the characters told, Mira was once again the star. I truly love her as a character, because she's strong, but so vulnerable at the same time. I was very, very proud of her choices and determination, even when she made mistakes. Her powers are extraordinary and I can't wait to see her grow into an even stronger young woman.
The romance between Mira and Aaru is one of the most tender and sweet things I've ever read. I adore them and how they support each other and see their vulnerabilities as strengths. This is the kind of romance that needs to be protected at all costs!
And then there's the ending... WOW. Given the events and power that Mira used at the end, I wasn't sure what the final book could offer in terms of scope and challenges.
Let's just say the ending will test these close-knit group of heroes more than ever before. I'm genuinely concerned about who will be standing at the end, but I'm also genuinely thrilled about seeing it all come to a close!
The story was evenly paced with action, drama, and character development. I liked the addition of small chapters being told from Aaru's perspective. It was even more tragic than I'd expected! While I truly loved some of the other stories the characters told, Mira was once again the star. I truly love her as a character, because she's strong, but so vulnerable at the same time. I was very, very proud of her choices and determination, even when she made mistakes. Her powers are extraordinary and I can't wait to see her grow into an even stronger young woman.
The romance between Mira and Aaru is one of the most tender and sweet things I've ever read. I adore them and how they support each other and see their vulnerabilities as strengths. This is the kind of romance that needs to be protected at all costs!
And then there's the ending... WOW. Given the events and power that Mira used at the end, I wasn't sure what the final book could offer in terms of scope and challenges.
Let's just say the ending will test these close-knit group of heroes more than ever before. I'm genuinely concerned about who will be standing at the end, but I'm also genuinely thrilled about seeing it all come to a close!
books4susie's review against another edition
4.0
I think I waited a bit too long in picking up the second book in this trilogy. I had problems recalling a lot of the details from the first book. Unfortunately, I found the beginning of the book to be very slow. It literally takes Mira and her friends forever to escape and go somewhere else after leaving the pit. Once the action picks up, the story really moves forward. As shocking revelations are revealed, Mina must make a choice as to who she will become. The ending sets up the final book in this trilogy.
jengilbert's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
mermaidmommy19's review against another edition
4.75
Loved it. I can't wait for all to be revealed in the last book 😅
octobersfallen's review
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
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
5.0
pantsreads's review against another edition
3.0
3.5/5
A good addition to the trilogy, but I still want to know more about the world.
Check out my full review at Forever Young Adult.
A good addition to the trilogy, but I still want to know more about the world.
Check out my full review at Forever Young Adult.
whimsicallymeghan's review
3.0
After escaping the Pit, a place her parents sent her for defending dragons, Mira is on the run demanding answers. She wants to know where the dragons have been taken and the history behind the Mira Treaty, a Treaty that she’s been defending her whole life and the one she’s named after. In order to gain this information, she must go back home to the people who betrayed her. As she learns more, her connection to the dragons grows stronger and with that comes the fear that she might lose control. After the first novel being a bit of a dud to the trilogy, this one surprisingly didn’t fall victim to second book syndrome and had some substance to it. The reader was taken aback to find it was fast-paced and that things were happening. In the first novel, for a trilogy about dragons, it felt like the dragons were missing. In this one, we saw the dragons and they were a part of the plot. It felt like things kept happening so that really helped move the novel along. Now, the reader is curious how it’s all going to end, will they be able to save the dragons or not. What the reader didn’t exactly care for, or about, were the characters. We have quite a few of them and the reader just had a hard time connecting, or wanting to connect to them because they really had nothing memorable to them. They all felt a bit two dimensional, flat or clichéd. The way the main character’s parents basically hated her, just felt so over played and over done that it just read as boring. There was a romance plotline between two of the main characters and the reader felt nothing for it; if anything, they wanted to skip all of it and get back to the action and the dragons. The reader liked that those two characters knew each other for a long time and we got to see their relationship grow stronger over time, but the romance of it all didn’t do anything for this reader. In the end though, this was a better novel than the first, but we still want to see more dragon action; less people drama and more dragon drama.