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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
I gave both Daughter of the Moon Goddess and Heart of the Sun Warrior 5 stars, and they were my favourite books of 2022, so I was incredibly excited to get to head back into the same world with a new story, but this book just didn't really hit for me.
As with the previous duology, the worldbuilding is incredible, and the fast pace of the book allows for pretty easy reading. But I didn't enjoy the writing style as much this time around, and although the characters were great for the most part, I did find them annoying in places too. I think the biggest issue for me was just that I was not as interested in the plot as I had been with Tan's previous books. Events happen after the half-way mark that helped to explain the first half of the book, but I was already uninterested enough that the later explanations didn't really affect my reading experience.
The romance was also such a huge part of this book, and whilst romance was featured in the Daughter of the Moon Goddess duology, I never felt like it took centre stage. I have always found that while I greatly enjoy romances as a small feature of the books I read, I rarely enjoy it when romances are the main feature or a considerably large sub-plot, which was the case for this book. So unfortunately this book just didn't work for me in the way I expected it would.
As with the previous duology, the worldbuilding is incredible, and the fast pace of the book allows for pretty easy reading. But I didn't enjoy the writing style as much this time around, and although the characters were great for the most part, I did find them annoying in places too. I think the biggest issue for me was just that I was not as interested in the plot as I had been with Tan's previous books. Events happen after the half-way mark that helped to explain the first half of the book, but I was already uninterested enough that the later explanations didn't really affect my reading experience.
The romance was also such a huge part of this book, and whilst romance was featured in the Daughter of the Moon Goddess duology, I never felt like it took centre stage. I have always found that while I greatly enjoy romances as a small feature of the books I read, I rarely enjoy it when romances are the main feature or a considerably large sub-plot, which was the case for this book. So unfortunately this book just didn't work for me in the way I expected it would.