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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
This series has just taken the biggest drop after the first book and that makes this so much more frustrating. I don’t love reincarnation and that kind of plotline for romance and I don’t care about the romance or the characters or the plot. It’s kind of slow. I feel like things aren’t properly explained and overall I’m just am having a hard time getting into it.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
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
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
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
I enjoyed it as I did with the first two, but really felt like this one had a lot of plot holes and events that didn’t seem in line with previous ones.
adventurous
challenging
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
emotional
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
challenging
funny
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:
Yes
Not the best book in the series thus far, but not bad either.
We jumped straight into action where we left off in Book 2. As those loose ends were tied up, and the story moved on, I was starting to lose interest around 80% of the way through. I could not see how Gaither could stretch out the story for two more books.
The finale made up for it though. All of Cas's plans went wrong and there was no hidden trump card that Aelin Galathynius would have pulled out. What happened next was almost as emotionally charged as Maas's infamous "last 100 pages." Perhaps I've gone numb from Maas that I did not feel as emotionally damaged. Cas still had work to do, and it was clear her story was far from over. On to the next book, we go...
Once again, I could relate more to Cas than other fantasy heroes. She had no secret trump card up her sleeve. She worried about failing. As someone who also suffers from anxiety, it is nice to see that heroes can have anxiety too, and they struggled to work through it as they went on their heroic tasks. It made Cas more real and believable. She was no perfect heroine with solutions to all her problems. Her found family and the love of her life were what kept her grounded as she fought through impossible odds.
Not a lot of smut here. I counted three scenes (?) and they almost felt like an afterthought. But that is okay as we like to see Cas and Elander express their love for each other in other ways too lol.
Spice scale (as defined by Mysterious Galaxy):
We jumped straight into action where we left off in Book 2. As those loose ends were tied up, and the story moved on, I was starting to lose interest around 80% of the way through. I could not see how Gaither could stretch out the story for two more books.
The finale made up for it though. All of Cas's plans went wrong and there was no hidden trump card that Aelin Galathynius would have pulled out. What happened next was almost as emotionally charged as Maas's infamous "last 100 pages." Perhaps I've gone numb from Maas that I did not feel as emotionally damaged. Cas still had work to do, and it was clear her story was far from over. On to the next book, we go...
Once again, I could relate more to Cas than other fantasy heroes. She had no secret trump card up her sleeve. She worried about failing. As someone who also suffers from anxiety, it is nice to see that heroes can have anxiety too, and they struggled to work through it as they went on their heroic tasks. It made Cas more real and believable. She was no perfect heroine with solutions to all her problems. Her found family and the love of her life were what kept her grounded as she fought through impossible odds.
Not a lot of smut here. I counted three scenes (?) and they almost felt like an afterthought. But that is okay as we like to see Cas and Elander express their love for each other in other ways too lol.
Spice scale (as defined by Mysterious Galaxy):
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
tense
slow-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
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-paced