675 reviews for:

An Honored Vow

Melissa Blair

4.12 AVERAGE

adventurous emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
dark emotional sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

It felt like the author bit off more emotional damage than she could chew, and she didn't have near enough time to tie up those frayed ends in any way that was satisfying. The result is a final book that reads like the author (or the publisher) wanted to wipe their hands of this series and be done. A real let down, given how much I liked book two and three. 

There was a pivotal scene in one of the previous books that felt very 'inspired' by a scene from a popular movie, and while that turned me off, it wasn't enough to put me completely off this series. That being said, I read another book last year that predates this series that also had an eerily similar premise/scene that kind of broke my hype for this series. I used to reccomend it to my friends that wanted ACoTar vibes with more representation, but the very similar scenes coupled with how this last book hit is enough to stop me from doing that. 

Cowabummer, dude. 
adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-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
emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes

janrose's review

3.75
adventurous dark 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
adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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
adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I love this series, but this book just seemed to be lacking. There was a lot going on, but all at once. I couldn't be sad over characters because something happens, then we immediatel  jusmp to the next thing to the next thing. I wouldn't call it fast-paced, just crowded.