4.06 AVERAGE

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adventurous emotional medium-paced

Dragged myself through the second half of the book. Needlessly long. So many of the plot points were resolved so quickly, and add the needless miscommunication I just thought it was boring and cheap. Finished on a bit of a cliff hanger but don’t really care to read the next book. 
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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 dark slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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amxxee's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 26%

This book needs an editor. The story is great, cool world building, strong characters but I DNF because of the writing. It’s just unreadable in parts, long weird descriptions but then you get these passages of dialogue which are fantastic! I’m DNF’ing because I can’t continue for 1000 pages to find out what happens…
adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous emotional hopeful 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

I love this series but I will admit that the writing isn't the best - with a litany of clichés, an overwhelming number of characters, and a few questionable writing choices. However,  the world and the group of characters are extremely interesting and likeable. The connection between the FMC & MMC is addictive but I hope they expand more on some of the side characters and romances. 
I'm hoping book 3 is a little better.

shmadieeshady's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 64%

First book was pretty good. Lot going on and building up. This book just seems to be all over the place and didn’t keep my attention.