3.93 AVERAGE

moonflower97's review

3.0
dark emotional funny 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: Complicated

The first half of this book was pretty slow/predictable. I did enjoy the mystery aspect throughout the book and that kept me hanging in there. There was a few minor โ€œactionโ€ scenes, but they felt pretty dull and were clearly just used as time passing situations. The last quarter of the book threw in a couple of plot twists, some actual action, and left on a heckuva cliff. 
adventurous tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Great sequel. Action packed. Dragons! Ends with a shocking cliffhanger!
medium-paced
adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

please note that the trigger warnings and topes/themes may contain spoilers
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
HEA: yes
spice: a couple mildly open-door spicy scenes
TWs: kidnapping, torture, death, murder
standalone: book 2 in The Elf Queen series
final thoughts: this book was a lot more mystery/thriller/adventure than book 1 and I was loving it! Lots of new situations, creatures, and several twists. The world building continues in this book as we get to see a lot more traveling and we get to see the relationship develop between the MCs- reader beware: massive cliffhanger!! Luckily book 3 is out so we donโ€™t have to wait to see how the story continues to unfold!

read this book if you love

๐Ÿ๏ธ forced proximity
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿคโ€๐Ÿง‘ great side characters
๐Ÿค miscommunication
๐Ÿคซ hidden secrets
โ“ mystery
๐Ÿ”ฎ supernatural creatures- fae, dragons, sirens
๐Ÿช„ magic
๐Ÿ’– paranormal romance
๐ŸŒ world building
๐ŸŒ€ plot twists
๐Ÿ˜ฌ angst 

I DNFโ€™ed that at 25% because even though we are at a supposedly high stakes right away in the beginning, I could care for any of the characters.

At the end I was reading words but they were not making a story in my mind