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4.11 AVERAGE
4.11 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
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
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
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:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
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
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
The second book did not disappoint! We continue with the relationship between Tessa and Theon. A reluctant found family has developed but Tessa is on a path of finding herself, her background, and what is her place in Devram.
We learn more about Axel and Luka here too. Theon is great but Luka has me in a chokehold. The ending left my jaw on the floor and this is one of my all time top series of all time. Can’t wait for the third!
We learn more about Axel and Luka here too. Theon is great but Luka has me in a chokehold. The ending left my jaw on the floor and this is one of my all time top series of all time. Can’t wait for the third!
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:
Yes
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
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
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Rating:
This book, and honestly this series, is hard to rate. The books are really long and not super plot heavy. More emotional. I continue to read though because they are written in such a way that they do truly make me feel. If not for the emotional impact, book 1 would have been a DNF and I would have never even bothered starting book 2. But because they are really long and not a lot happens, I can't give a high rating. 3.5
Update a few days later:
I keep coming back to these ratings. I've finished book 3 at this point and the discomfort has remained. But these books are so freaking powerful. And we were warned from the drop that this was a dark story with legitimately grey MCs.
Having had time with it, I can't leave this at my original 3.5 rating. Yes, the book is arguably too long for the amount of plot that happens. But I didnt get bored at any point. This book, and the other two currently released books, have had me in a chokehold the whole time. 4.5 stars for impact alone.
Thoughts:
We watched Tessa seem to gain the upper hand at the end of the last book. And that continued in this book. Most of the time I was irritated that we weren't getting much Tessa POV, but the ending explained that.I suspect we weren't getting her POV because we weren't supposed to know that she had figured out so much and had chosen her side.
While I didn't have the overwhelming uncomfortable feeling that book 1 gave me (basically I felt like Tessa was pages away from being raped the whole book) it still had some hard moments, particularly in relation to Kat and Axel.
I'd say I liked Luka more on this book and Theon maybe a bit less.Just because he continues to keep secrets even though at this point he should have learned his lesson.
Conclusion:
I will keep reading, but I do wish the books were a bit shorter. And I'm getting fed up with the characters never learning or growing. But maybe that's the point. They don't have much room to do that. They're all being forced in their own versions of a cabinet or wine cellar.
This book, and honestly this series, is hard to rate. The books are really long and not super plot heavy. More emotional. I continue to read though because they are written in such a way that they do truly make me feel. If not for the emotional impact, book 1 would have been a DNF and I would have never even bothered starting book 2. But because they are really long and not a lot happens, I can't give a high rating. 3.5
Update a few days later:
I keep coming back to these ratings. I've finished book 3 at this point and the discomfort has remained. But these books are so freaking powerful. And we were warned from the drop that this was a dark story with legitimately grey MCs.
Having had time with it, I can't leave this at my original 3.5 rating. Yes, the book is arguably too long for the amount of plot that happens. But I didnt get bored at any point. This book, and the other two currently released books, have had me in a chokehold the whole time. 4.5 stars for impact alone.
Thoughts:
We watched Tessa seem to gain the upper hand at the end of the last book. And that continued in this book. Most of the time I was irritated that we weren't getting much Tessa POV, but the ending explained that.
While I didn't have the overwhelming uncomfortable feeling that book 1 gave me (basically I felt like Tessa was pages away from being raped the whole book) it still had some hard moments, particularly in relation to Kat and Axel.
I'd say I liked Luka more on this book and Theon maybe a bit less.
Conclusion:
I will keep reading, but I do wish the books were a bit shorter. And I'm getting fed up with the characters never learning or growing. But maybe that's the point. They don't have much room to do that. They're all being forced in their own versions of a cabinet or wine cellar.
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated