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4.1 AVERAGE
4.1 AVERAGE
Yesssss. This is exactly that kind of stuff I love. Just a bunch of well developed characters bantering and solving puzzles and being flawed. Give me mooorrrrreeeee.
this book hit me like a freight train i am in disbelief
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
fast-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
funny I was just talking with a friend about how much I hate fake-out deaths earlier
also, Enrique deserves better than all of this. so does Laila.
also, Enrique deserves better than all of this. so does Laila.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for the free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. My opinion was not affected by the free copy.
Even though I wasn't in love with the first book, I still requested the sequel. I thought I might end up liking this just as I ended up liking Girls of Storm and Shadow. But where that one felt like it took out a lot of the things I didn't like in the first one, this book pretty much kept the same stuff that irritated me and even pulled back on stuff that I would've liked to see more of.
Did you guys know that Severin had seven fathers but only one brother? Because this book repeats that several different times. The love angst between Severin and Laila continued to be shoved in my face all the time, and adding to that was love angst between Hypnos and Enrique. Because that's sure what I wanted to see after the end of the first book. Then of course there was the stuff with Zofia and Enrique. I love being told how a couple feels about each other over and over without actually being shown any of it /sarcasm. What makes this more irritating is that the group laments over how they should've reached out more to Tristan or communicated with him, yet they still don't communicate with each other sometimes. Good grief.
Maybe because it's been a while since I read the last book, but I didn't really get Severin's motivations to being so cold and aloof to everyone. While I did love the opening scene with him, all his other chapters were just him being distant with everyone "to protect them" except I don't know from what. It might've said in the text and I missed it, who knows. We get introduced to this character named Eva who hates Laila-- and Laila hates her back-- for no reason that I could tell.... except they were both women who were interested in Severin. There's also a lot of weird emphasis on the state of Enrique's hair. I'm not sure why but it was repeated a lot. As is this one character's weird obsession with their own hair and other people's. There's a reason for it, I guess, but I was tired of reading about it after a while.
The heist parts were still enjoyable to read and there were some downright creepy moments that were really cool to visualize. It just got bogged down with repeating and relationship drama, just like the last book. The relationships didn't even feel like they built up at all. Severin and Laila were basically treading in the same water as the first novel, except with some added resentment from the oath Laila made Severin take in the first book. I don't usually like giving out spoilers but I'll go ahead and say that Hypnos and Enrique go nowhere. In fact, Hypnos's whole character was a little odd, and again I'm not sure if it's because it's been so long but I don't remember him being that way in the first novel.
So I'm most likely not going to conclude this trilogy. The constant repeating gets on my nerves, and I was about to scream from all the Severin and Laila angst. It's a shame because I do actually like these characters and the plot interests me. Maybe I'll read a Wikipedia summary.
Even though I wasn't in love with the first book, I still requested the sequel. I thought I might end up liking this just as I ended up liking Girls of Storm and Shadow. But where that one felt like it took out a lot of the things I didn't like in the first one, this book pretty much kept the same stuff that irritated me and even pulled back on stuff that I would've liked to see more of.
Did you guys know that Severin had seven fathers but only one brother? Because this book repeats that several different times. The love angst between Severin and Laila continued to be shoved in my face all the time, and adding to that was love angst between Hypnos and Enrique. Because that's sure what I wanted to see after the end of the first book. Then of course there was the stuff with Zofia and Enrique. I love being told how a couple feels about each other over and over without actually being shown any of it /sarcasm. What makes this more irritating is that the group laments over how they should've reached out more to Tristan or communicated with him, yet they still don't communicate with each other sometimes. Good grief.
Maybe because it's been a while since I read the last book, but I didn't really get Severin's motivations to being so cold and aloof to everyone. While I did love the opening scene with him, all his other chapters were just him being distant with everyone "to protect them" except I don't know from what. It might've said in the text and I missed it, who knows. We get introduced to this character named Eva who hates Laila-- and Laila hates her back-- for no reason that I could tell.... except they were both women who were interested in Severin. There's also a lot of weird emphasis on the state of Enrique's hair. I'm not sure why but it was repeated a lot. As is this one character's weird obsession with their own hair and other people's. There's a reason for it, I guess, but I was tired of reading about it after a while.
The heist parts were still enjoyable to read and there were some downright creepy moments that were really cool to visualize. It just got bogged down with repeating and relationship drama, just like the last book. The relationships didn't even feel like they built up at all. Severin and Laila were basically treading in the same water as the first novel, except with some added resentment from the oath Laila made Severin take in the first book. I don't usually like giving out spoilers but I'll go ahead and say that Hypnos and Enrique go nowhere. In fact, Hypnos's whole character was a little odd, and again I'm not sure if it's because it's been so long but I don't remember him being that way in the first novel.
So I'm most likely not going to conclude this trilogy. The constant repeating gets on my nerves, and I was about to scream from all the Severin and Laila angst. It's a shame because I do actually like these characters and the plot interests me. Maybe I'll read a Wikipedia summary.
that ending was foul, excited to read the third book. love love love the characters
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
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:
Yes
adventurous
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:
Complicated