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blewballoon's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
I didn't like this quite as much as the first book. Fair warning, the first 50% of the book is almost entirely smut (pretty good smut, I admit) and romantic drama. The plot picks up very abruptly about halfway through and then it's chaos and other kinds of drama, rushing towards some plot twists and a big cliffhanger. I would say this definitely suffered from middle book syndrome, but I did like the new settings and characters we got to meet, and getting to know some characters from the first book a little better. I really didn't care for the filler plotline about Raina magically losing her feelings for Alexus and then her pretty quickly getting them back, and I'm even less looking forward to her being in a reverse situation now. I like seeing relationships progress, I don't like watching them go in circles, even if the circles are magically induced. I also didn't care for the "Oh no, Finn is mortally wounded! Oh no, it's okay, Raina saved him! Oh no, actually he's been murdered!" I did suspect he wouldn't make it though after his post-healing character development.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Blood, and Violence
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