3.25 AVERAGE


What a disappointment. Queen of Myths and Shadows turned out to be a typical filler book to make more money or make a duology into a trilogy or series. I almost DNF’ed this book several times; not much happens towards a plot, it’s dual POV with Adrian getting 3!?! out of the 27 chapters (why bother with dual POV at all?), AND to add insult to injury, overall this book was suffering from major 2nd book syndrome. Mostly it was just smut with a teensy bit of plot at the end, which is sad because I did enjoy the first book. Unfortunately, I don’t think I’ll be picking up the next book in this series.
The author had no idea where to go with this story before getting into it, and it shows. I may even go so far and downgrade from a 2 to a 1 star, that’s how bad it was, but I’ll give it some time to marinate to be sure.
adventurous emotional medium-paced

The second book in this series I did not love as much as the first one. The reason being, I felt like there were times when there were holes in the story that left me confused, with more questions. One thing that I really loved about this book was the fact we got deeper in the backstory of Isolde and who she really is, and why girl who was the main villain after them. The cliffhanger made me want to read the third book now, but I have to wait until that one comes out. It made me second guess Adrian and everything about him because who is right??
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beckerella's review

4.0
adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

I actually loved this book, I think all the fighting was necessary and contributed to how we see Adrian and Isolde
challenging dark slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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chaoticsea83's review

4.25
adventurous dark emotional tense 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: No

Very spicy! Can’t wait for the next installment!!
dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous dark tense fast-paced