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The Storm Sister
by Lucinda Riley
Book two of the Seven Sisters was a frustrating as book one. I wanted to just give up on the whole series but Riley does such a good job creating loose threads that tie into each other effectively that my curiosity is peaked enough to want to know what the answers to the big mystery is.
So, things I liked:
- Riley's ability to craft a story with events that weave together to create a big picture
- Riley's ability to describe the surroundings that almost makes you feel like you are there
- Some of the characters: Thom, Felix, Celia, Anna.
Things I didn't like:
- The dialogue style. Few people in the book simply speak to each other. Instead, they cry, scream, say things in a cold tone, or stare in poignant silence. It's over the top dramatic and drags me out of the story every time someone else declaratively yells their line.
- There is something about the sisters we've met so far that feels off. They're supposed to be early thirties/ late twenties but they come across as young teens with a strange childish vibe a lot of the time.
- Theo. I assume we're supposed to like him because he's hot and daring? Cool. However, he's also reckless, dismissive, and patronizing. I am not a fan of the "I prohibit you from doing this because it's too dangerous for you, although not for me" trope. He just seems like an ass, from when he tells her he assumed Ally would be a "he-she" because she has a reputation for being a good sailor, all the way through when he forces her off the boat but still sails out on it with everyone else in the crew because "destiny, etc etc."
- Pa Salt. Seriously, wtf?? This mystery is what keeps me reading because I have to know why this paragon of all things good and rich collected girls like others collect baseballs and then created these elaborate scavenger hunts for them instead of telling them where they came from when they were old enough to understand. (Which should be before the age of 30...)
So, things I liked:
- Riley's ability to craft a story with events that weave together to create a big picture
- Riley's ability to describe the surroundings that almost makes you feel like you are there
- Some of the characters: Thom, Felix, Celia, Anna.
Things I didn't like:
- The dialogue style. Few people in the book simply speak to each other. Instead, they cry, scream, say things in a cold tone, or stare in poignant silence. It's over the top dramatic and drags me out of the story every time someone else declaratively yells their line.
- There is something about the sisters we've met so far that feels off. They're supposed to be early thirties/ late twenties but they come across as young teens with a strange childish vibe a lot of the time.
- Theo. I assume we're supposed to like him because he's hot and daring? Cool. However, he's also reckless, dismissive, and patronizing. I am not a fan of the "I prohibit you from doing this because it's too dangerous for you, although not for me" trope. He just seems like an ass, from when he tells her he assumed Ally would be a "he-she" because she has a reputation for being a good sailor, all the way through when he forces her off the boat but still sails out on it with everyone else in the crew because "destiny, etc etc."
- Pa Salt. Seriously, wtf?? This mystery is what keeps me reading because I have to know why this paragon of all things good and rich collected girls like others collect baseballs and then created these elaborate scavenger hunts for them instead of telling them where they came from when they were old enough to understand. (Which should be before the age of 30...)