4.28 AVERAGE

adventurous 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: No

itsam3m's review

4.5
dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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: No
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micawave's review

3.5
adventurous mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

bloomingmightybooks's review

5.0
adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

alexisacat's review

5.0
adventurous emotional hopeful 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: Yes

Not as good as the first one, but solid.

The ending was not properly led up to. I don’t think we got enough exploration of who The First is. He was defeated so quickly after we finally meet him that it felt anticlimactic. I wish we would have also gotten more of an exploration of Anna’s powers. I’d that had been more clearly threaded through what are essentially tableaus of their life, it would have felt like the story was leading up to something.

I’m conflicted about the ending. On one hand, I think it would have been fitting for them to have finally been able to live a mortal life; however, I would not have been thrilled with this ending given Khirans health. I do like that the ending gives them a second shot at immortality as clearly Khiran was not well, but when so much of the books have reflected on the limitations and heartache that come with that it feels…like a cop out maybe? I feel like it undermines their story in a way.

Regardless, I would still recommend this duology!

marac3's review

4.0
adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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
emotional hopeful reflective 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: No
challenging sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

the ending is marvellous and breathtaking