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3.25 AVERAGE
3.25 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
this book really solidified that i just don't care about the world or characters of this series and nothing really happened until the last chapter in order to set up the next book.
isolde's character development in this book really feels like playing a game and picking all the dialogue options that make you sound like an shitty person. she lashes out for no reason and is so quick to jump on the vaguest of plans or ideas or just simply relies on adrian to fix all her problems. like girl please let someone explain what's going on before doing all that??? she also switched between cold and calculating and being feeling bad for standing by and doing nothing even when her own thoughts and actions lead to the thing she is feeling bad about? i'd get if she followed in adrian's footsteps but one minute she cares and the next she doesn't. also stop flip flopping between whether you like your husband or not - it was tedious to read in the first book and certainly not any more enjoyable in this one. there is no reason for me to be reading almost each chapter and for them to be arguing with each other - this relationship is toxic and also the amount of times isolde slaps or tries to slap adrian is shocking.
i get the attempt to expand on adrian's character but honestly i don't think there's enough set up/world-building/pages to get into it. he still feels a little one dimensional even with chapters in his pov. plus i'm sure it's meant to be endearing but he has got to stop reading isolde's mind. that feels like a huge invasion of her privacy. he is also always doing too much, and i can't believe he's successfully ruled a kingdom for 200 years with his behaviour. also why is he invading the rest of the kingdoms?? does anyone know??
my biggest gripe with the first and second book is that there are interesting concepts that are not fully expanded upon because of the constraints of how short the books are. two goddesses that represent life and death? that's cool. it's a shame that it's used as a flimsy reason for things being the way they are. witches being burned and one resurrecting to become the main character? that's a pretty cool twist but it's unfortunate that isolde is isolde and doesn't really seem to want to fully reclaim her previous life as herself, instead only using it at a means to become more powerful or tackle some impeding problem that needs her magic. it's just a shame that these ideas are never fully formed, and instead are applied willy-nilly to further the plot or give some background info to further confuse you. both the first and second book try to connect things that are not properly explained. it gives me whiplash when someone realises something pages and pages after a small plot point that feels very minor or disconnected from the larger plot.
isolde's character development in this book really feels like playing a game and picking all the dialogue options that make you sound like an shitty person. she lashes out for no reason and is so quick to jump on the vaguest of plans or ideas or just simply relies on adrian to fix all her problems. like girl please let someone explain what's going on before doing all that??? she also switched between cold and calculating and being feeling bad for standing by and doing nothing even when her own thoughts and actions lead to the thing she is feeling bad about? i'd get if she followed in adrian's footsteps but one minute she cares and the next she doesn't. also stop flip flopping between whether you like your husband or not - it was tedious to read in the first book and certainly not any more enjoyable in this one. there is no reason for me to be reading almost each chapter and for them to be arguing with each other - this relationship is toxic and also the amount of times isolde slaps or tries to slap adrian is shocking.
i get the attempt to expand on adrian's character but honestly i don't think there's enough set up/world-building/pages to get into it. he still feels a little one dimensional even with chapters in his pov. plus i'm sure it's meant to be endearing but he has got to stop reading isolde's mind. that feels like a huge invasion of her privacy. he is also always doing too much, and i can't believe he's successfully ruled a kingdom for 200 years with his behaviour. also why is he invading the rest of the kingdoms?? does anyone know??
my biggest gripe with the first and second book is that there are interesting concepts that are not fully expanded upon because of the constraints of how short the books are. two goddesses that represent life and death? that's cool. it's a shame that it's used as a flimsy reason for things being the way they are. witches being burned and one resurrecting to become the main character? that's a pretty cool twist but it's unfortunate that isolde is isolde and doesn't really seem to want to fully reclaim her previous life as herself, instead only using it at a means to become more powerful or tackle some impeding problem that needs her magic. it's just a shame that these ideas are never fully formed, and instead are applied willy-nilly to further the plot or give some background info to further confuse you. both the first and second book try to connect things that are not properly explained. it gives me whiplash when someone realises something pages and pages after a small plot point that feels very minor or disconnected from the larger plot.
slow-paced
Wtf was this? What was even the plot? So messy and the couple lost all chemistry. All they did was argue over ridiculous things and then make up in the bedroom. Yawn.
adventurous
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:
Yes
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
i enjoyed the first book, but this book was filled with a whole lot of nothing other than the fmc hating her husband for anything he does, and the only interesting plot point which happens LITERALLY in the last pages. idk the world building was great and i love the lore in this series, but i feel like the plot was thin in this book. i still want to read the third book, im hoping that getting through this book is the price i have to pay for the next one to be something great
Book two of the series does not disappoint. Scarlett St Clair did a fabulous job of crafting the world within the story. I appreciated the back story that is given to the characters in this novel. I cannot wait for book three!
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Queen of Myth and Monsters by Scarlett St. Clair
Heed the content warnings.
Is it possible that the second book in the series is better than the first? I don't know how Scarlett St. Clair did it, but this book is better than the first. Isolde comes into her own, into her power, into her rule and it is SPECTACULAR!
Heed the content warnings.
Is it possible that the second book in the series is better than the first? I don't know how Scarlett St. Clair did it, but this book is better than the first. Isolde comes into her own, into her power, into her rule and it is SPECTACULAR!
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
I was totally prepared to put this series down and not continue until the LITERAL last three pages of the book. The (real) plot twist of the book happens at the end. The late beginning and middle of the book had so many seemingly random things happening that I was resolved to DNF the series. And then, it sucked me right back into the story. So I will be reading the next book once it’s released.