A review by nhnabass
Vengeful by V.E. Schwab

5.0

Holy shit can Schwab write a thriller. She did an amazing job weaving the most sinister web of villain stories, pulling the threads apart and then tangling them back together again. I love the way she writes the timeline backwards, providing just enough of a trail to follow along and ensuring that everything comes back into play in due time. Reading this felt like watching a mirror shatter in reverse-- you aren't quite sure how it becomes whole again but you can see the rough shards slowly fitting together piece by piece. Every character was written with an intentional part to play in this seemingly eternal game of cat and mouse with Eli and Victor and every time you think it's finally over, it's not.

What a fun read! Honestly preferred it over the first book and was happily satisfied with the ending.