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adventurous
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
This book didn't work for me. It was a bit of a let down, especially with how much I like book one and two in this series. It's just that this book is way too long. For most of this book almost nothing happened in it. Everything about this book just screamed FILLER. It was quite a bore to read.
On top of that I do still think Mare is insufferable, and she definitely didn't go through any growth throughout this book either. She was so incredibly stupid in this book as well. Maven's intentions were as transparent as one could be, and Mare was still constantly in her inner monologue saying she had no clue what he was doing. On top of that she just also made some really dumb decisions. We also got a new POV this book. Cameron might have been even be worse than Mare, in my opinion. Being contrarian for contrarian sake is one of my worst pet peeve's in characters, and she just embodies that. It was obvious she was supposed to be an "edgy" character, but instead she was just incredibly annoying. Wasn't there anyone else in the Scarlett Guard we could have followed to showcase this part of the story? I mean, literally any other character could have been better.
Anyway, I do think there's some interesting world politics, and expansion going on in this book. We learn quite a bit of the world's history, and other countries as well. I thought it was really interesting, and I wanted more of that than we got. Let's hope it will play a big part in the final book.
On top of that I do still think Mare is insufferable, and she definitely didn't go through any growth throughout this book either. She was so incredibly stupid in this book as well. Maven's intentions were as transparent as one could be, and Mare was still constantly in her inner monologue saying she had no clue what he was doing. On top of that she just also made some really dumb decisions. We also got a new POV this book. Cameron might have been even be worse than Mare, in my opinion. Being contrarian for contrarian sake is one of my worst pet peeve's in characters, and she just embodies that. It was obvious she was supposed to be an "edgy" character, but instead she was just incredibly annoying. Wasn't there anyone else in the Scarlett Guard we could have followed to showcase this part of the story? I mean, literally any other character could have been better.
Anyway, I do think there's some interesting world politics, and expansion going on in this book. We learn quite a bit of the world's history, and other countries as well. I thought it was really interesting, and I wanted more of that than we got. Let's hope it will play a big part in the final book.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Grief and Torture
Minor: Suicide
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