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nanblabber's review against another edition
5.0
It was a reread, and I enjoyed it just as much as the last time. Still chilling, still intense, still terrifyingly realistic, and whimsical at the same time. Still, a 5 star read.
haletostilinski1's review against another edition
4.0
4.25 stars!
Ugh, I love this series, I really do. I love Malcolm and Seong-Jae so much, who manage to show just how much they love each other in every book.
I rounded this down to 4 stars instead of giving this my usual 5 just because of that feeling of not getting enough of Malcolm and Seong-Jae. While they're still the main characters...it also feels less like they are, you know? And that's fine and I do enjoy the other characters, mostly, but it's becoming more and more an ensemble series and I just wish this is more of them in it. Not to say they didn't get any focus, and the scenes they did have were amazing as usual, but I just...want the POV chapters kept down to just like these two, Anjulie & Gabrielle and Sade (and maybe Min Zhe sometimes).
The POV chapters from Aanga, Adeline, plus Sila and TGRK are just a little too much. Maybe if Aanga and Adeline POV chapters had been introduced when we know them a little more? Because right now I don't really care about about them, sorry to say. I like Adeline well enough, but I don't love her (yet? We'll see) and I still don't feel much for Aanga although he kinda backed off in this...a little bit.
But other than not as much Malcolm and Seong-Jae as I like and a little too much focus on some characters that need a little more build up, in my opinion, I loved this and TGRK is creepy and disgusting and hard to stomach and it's keeping my on my toes as I read and I just can't wait for more.
Can't wait until December 10th! :D
Ugh, I love this series, I really do. I love Malcolm and Seong-Jae so much, who manage to show just how much they love each other in every book.
I rounded this down to 4 stars instead of giving this my usual 5 just because of that feeling of not getting enough of Malcolm and Seong-Jae. While they're still the main characters...it also feels less like they are, you know? And that's fine and I do enjoy the other characters, mostly, but it's becoming more and more an ensemble series and I just wish this is more of them in it. Not to say they didn't get any focus, and the scenes they did have were amazing as usual, but I just...want the POV chapters kept down to just like these two, Anjulie & Gabrielle and Sade (and maybe Min Zhe sometimes).
The POV chapters from Aanga, Adeline, plus Sila and TGRK are just a little too much. Maybe if Aanga and Adeline POV chapters had been introduced when we know them a little more? Because right now I don't really care about about them, sorry to say. I like Adeline well enough, but I don't love her (yet? We'll see) and I still don't feel much for Aanga although he kinda backed off in this...a little bit.
But other than not as much Malcolm and Seong-Jae as I like and a little too much focus on some characters that need a little more build up, in my opinion, I loved this and TGRK is creepy and disgusting and hard to stomach and it's keeping my on my toes as I read and I just can't wait for more.
Can't wait until December 10th! :D
amsu's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder and Violence
ollie_again's review against another edition
4.0
“Found you,” he says, and his voice is the same voice that haunts her nightmares, oddly reedy and full of strange, whimsical laughter and sweetness as it chases her down the halls singing ring around the rosey, pockets full of posies... “Found you again, Sindy.”
This season is going to be crazy. I just finished the second book and just wow. I'm surprised that I'm not queasy after all that gore. The Golden Ratio Killer... the one who puts ON a mask to be himself. And somehow that the mask is a mask of a bunny makes it even worse.
Seong-Jae seems to be a frickin Matryoshka doll, because when Malcolm thinks he figured him out, a new layer is there. I think we are at the core now, though I thought that the last book too. I think I'm a bit biased now because I fell in love with these characters, but the author just doesn't write two dimensional characters. Everybody feels real, period. Even the new characters started to grow on me. I'm quite interested what the author will do with Aanga and Adelaine.
The series changed in how the POVs are divided, now it's almost half and half, main duo and side characters. I don't really care about some of the POVs, Gabi's POV doesn't bring anything new to the table that feels relevant for me because I'm much more interested in the mess that is happening in L.A and that one messed up individual chained to the sofa.
I’m so invested in the story now and I’m scared that I have only three more books to read before I catch up. Waiting for the new release is going to be hell.
terriaminute's review against another edition
5.0
For me this episode was much better than the first one in Season Two - primarily because there was more interaction between Seong Jae and Malcolm, including one of the hottest sex scenes I've ever read, intensely specific to them and enlightening for readers. I don't know what to think of Sade's predicament. But I suspect that's okay this soon into the season.
gelreads's review against another edition
5.0
The episode begins with another horrific death by the hands of the Golden Ratio Killer. Cole McCade’s writing is amazing. It makes you feel like you are in the book and seeing everything that is happening right in front of you. I will be using horrific in this review a lot, but the images from the killing scenes are so horrifying.
The scene where Sila is breaking out from the handcuffs was so gruesome I had to take a break. I don’t know what Sila is planning, and I’m scared to know. There has to be a reason why Sila didn’t leave even though there was so many chances to leave.
The little moments between Seong-Jae and Mal make me so happy, and those moments are a nice break from the case of the Golden Ratio Killer. Seeing their progression from the first season and now is such a huge change. Seong-Jae is opening up to Mal and letting him into his life more than ever. It makes me emotional when Seong-Jae open ups and shares his feelings with Mal because he is usually closed off and has a guard up. It makes my heart happy that Seong-Jae feels so safe and trusting with Mal that he can share his sexual pain kinks with him. When he thinks that Mal won’t love him anymore if he knew, I was like Seong-Jae he’s so in love with you. They are so in love with each other. It’s so great to read about their journey in falling in love and being together in the face of all the traumatic events in their lives.
I enjoyed being in Sade and Huang’s POV even though it made me feel so many emotions. I love being a part of the journey. I just want Sade and Huang to be happy together.
Cole McCade doesn’t disappoint with this new episode. I’m not surprised. It’s barely the 2nd episode of the season, and it’s already so horrifying and dark. I already know it’s not going to stop here. I have never read someone like the Golden Ratio Killer before. All his thoughts and kills and everything about him are so horrifying and scare me. I can’t begin to comprehend how his mind works. As we learn more about him, the darker the story gets. I am ready for the 3rd episode. Thank you Cole McCade for such an amazing series and group of complex characters. I know I will never get tired of these characters and story. I will read anything Cole McCade writes. Please read this series, you won’t regret it! :)
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