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emmagray13's review
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
fliesonmyfruit's review
3.0
Where to begin. I have a love hate relationship with these books. On one hand I really like Silverdust, he's an interesting and original character. I like Kimi and her mission to get back home.
I hate Steiner. I think he's an annoying, immature child. And his quest to "tell his tale" is laughable. Maybe I just don't like the writing style either.
I want to like these books so much, but I find myself disliking them a lot more because of Steiner. It also seems to suffer a bit from inconsistency. For example, in one Silverdust chapter, Envoy De Vries gets annoyed when Silverdust tells her about dragons. She claims dragons are stories. Yet when it's mentioned later, she seems to know about them and accepts it?
The ending was interesting. Not really what I was expecting but as a whole...meh
I hate Steiner. I think he's an annoying, immature child. And his quest to "tell his tale" is laughable. Maybe I just don't like the writing style either.
I want to like these books so much, but I find myself disliking them a lot more because of Steiner. It also seems to suffer a bit from inconsistency. For example, in one Silverdust chapter, Envoy De Vries gets annoyed when Silverdust tells her about dragons. She claims dragons are stories. Yet when it's mentioned later, she seems to know about them and accepts it?
The ending was interesting. Not really what I was expecting but as a whole...meh
kieran_c's review
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Significantly better than the first book in terms of pacing, but still left much to be desired. The multiple storylines helped a lot in keeping me hooked. The start however felt weird still. Either it was high stakes everyone could die action or absolute mind numbing dullness. Although, this problem dissipated as the book progressed, thankfully!
I am still not as attached to the main characters as I should be ~900 pages through a series, but the side characters continued to hold my interest as they developed.
One issue, there were FAR TOO MANY typos and errors in this book. There was a paragraph in which Kjellrunn and Kristofine had swapped places on the map!! And there were ‘two’s when there should have been ‘the’s and other things that really are disappointing to see in the second book a commercially published series!!
I am still not as attached to the main characters as I should be ~900 pages through a series, but the side characters continued to hold my interest as they developed.
One issue, there were FAR TOO MANY typos and errors in this book. There was a paragraph in which Kjellrunn and Kristofine had swapped places on the map!! And there were ‘two’s when there should have been ‘the’s and other things that really are disappointing to see in the second book a commercially published series!!
frogetteno1's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
hobbleit's review
4.0
Copy received from Netgalley, all opinions are my own
Stormtide picks up right from the end of Witchsign and the characters are quickly split into three groups: Steiner, his father and Kristofine, Kjellrun and lastly Kimi. Each thread of the story helps to expand the world created by Patrick and push the story on further.
Yes, there were times when Stormtide dragged a little and it did suffer a bit from middle book syndrome but on the whole it was very good. The last third of the book was excellent and I was so excited to read it that I didn’t want to put the book down. It has gods, it has dragons and it has an evil empire so what more could you want?
I still enjoy the characters even though they could be a bit whiny at times but, thankfully, they get over that by the end and come across as actual heroes and not petulant teenagers (Yes, Steiner, I’m looking at you). I get that Kjellrun is affected by what happened in book one and I sympathise with her about that but I was so relieved when she actually got over it and started acting like the adult she almost is.
Stormtide is a well written book and the pacing is mostly ok and despite there being a couple of instances where it dragged a little, it was exciting. I liked getting to know the characters better and I enjoyed Kimi having an expanded role in this story. Silverdust has his own chapters as well which were very interesting to read. We get to learn more of the Emperor, the past and the world is expanded greatly which all serve to make this a very interesting book.
I enjoyed Stormtide. It was a fun and quick read which builds on Witchsign. I like the characters, I like the world and I enjoy the story. Now I just have to wait for book three
Stormtide picks up right from the end of Witchsign and the characters are quickly split into three groups: Steiner, his father and Kristofine, Kjellrun and lastly Kimi. Each thread of the story helps to expand the world created by Patrick and push the story on further.
Yes, there were times when Stormtide dragged a little and it did suffer a bit from middle book syndrome but on the whole it was very good. The last third of the book was excellent and I was so excited to read it that I didn’t want to put the book down. It has gods, it has dragons and it has an evil empire so what more could you want?
I still enjoy the characters even though they could be a bit whiny at times but, thankfully, they get over that by the end and come across as actual heroes and not petulant teenagers (Yes, Steiner, I’m looking at you). I get that Kjellrun is affected by what happened in book one and I sympathise with her about that but I was so relieved when she actually got over it and started acting like the adult she almost is.
Stormtide is a well written book and the pacing is mostly ok and despite there being a couple of instances where it dragged a little, it was exciting. I liked getting to know the characters better and I enjoyed Kimi having an expanded role in this story. Silverdust has his own chapters as well which were very interesting to read. We get to learn more of the Emperor, the past and the world is expanded greatly which all serve to make this a very interesting book.
I enjoyed Stormtide. It was a fun and quick read which builds on Witchsign. I like the characters, I like the world and I enjoy the story. Now I just have to wait for book three
beesbooksyt's review
5.0
This was a fabulous second instalment to the ashen torment series. I absolutley love the carachter development we see in this book and the povs of each carachter group was done so well. The action scenes had me gripping the book with every page. I cant wiat to read Nightfall now and see how this story ends !!
kingslayerreid's review
adventurous
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
This was a fabulous second instalment to the ashen torment series. I absolutley love the carachter development we see in this book and the povs of each carachter group was done so well. The action scenes had me gripping the book with every page. I cant wiat to read Nightfall now and see how this story ends !!
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