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manaledi's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
This book suffered from classic middle of a trilogy syndrome in setting up the drama to come. I didn't remember much of book one, so some of the context and stress points were missing. As usual, I'm unconvinced by the burgeoning love triangle, but I understand it as a plot point.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Murder, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Death of parent, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and War
sydapel's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
Look, I really like the premise of this series and think its very compelling overall. But nothing really all that important happens in this book - it's used entirely as a set up for the third book and after the slow plot in the first installment, my patience has worn out. I guess it remains to be seen if I'm wrong, but I was very frustrating by how there's entirely no action taken here, the characters are at basically the same place as before with minimal character development, if any at all.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Torture and Murder
kassidyreads's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Violence
Minor: Confinement, Death of parent, and War
tsked_off's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury
soniajoy98's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Cursing, Murder, Torture, Blood, Grief, and Violence
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: War and Confinement
fremzz's review against another edition
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
I went into the book very unsure because I knew there would be a love triangle probably and I had liked Kamran so much in the first book I didn’t even want to read about another love interest. But I have no idea how Tahereh did it because now I can’t stop thinking about Cyrus. I’m conflicted because we now barely anything about him and his motivations for his actions but he intrigues me so much and the tension between him and Alizeh was 🫢🫢. Now Im just confused because I still like Kamran but now I’m super interested in Cyrus too and I have no idea what Tahereh is going to do! I’m afraid she’s going to make me hate Kamran in the third book and I don’t want her too because I LOVED him in the first book. And still really do in this one. But Cyrus’s character was SO GOOD.
I wish I could separate the two books in my head so I could be invested in Alizeh and Kamran in the first book and Alizeh and Cyrus in this one BUT I CAN’T.
I think Kamran is going to get another love interest in the third one and Alizeh and Cyrus are going to end up toguether because there is no way those two aren’t head over heels for each other (I believed the same about Kamran and Alizeh in the first book 😭😭). Truly I just want them all to have a happy ending.
I do understand that if you like plot heavy books you probably won’t like this one because it is true that very little happened in it. But idc because I was so invested in everything else too much.
First fully 5 ⭐️ of the year I think.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture
Moderate: Grief and Kidnapping
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