I've noticed that a lot of people didn't like this duology because there wasn't enough happening.

But I loved it! I don't need a ton of adventure and battle scenes for a fantasy book to be good. I felt like the characters were great and I was able to really connect with them. I cared about what happened to everyone in the book and would become emotionally invested when someone was betrayed.

And I've said it before but if a book can get some kind of emotional reaction out of me then I tend to love it.

It's also been a little while since I've read a YA novel and I think I missed them. They are just so good at grabbing my attention and keeping it.
adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
medium-paced
adventurous emotional mysterious 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: Yes

The ending got me good, very soft and sweet, but the rest of the book is just eh, still didn’t change that they had a weird age gap 
adventurous mysterious fast-paced
adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
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Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes