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Faerie Winter by Janni Lee Simner
4.0
A very solid sequel to the first book.
It was dark, mysterious, and bleak where it needed to be, and picked up with lots of bravery, heroism, and a few surprising ways in which the characters overcame the struggles in the end. I must say that relationships developed very believably within these first two books of the Bones of Faerie series, and I especially liked the way both new and old relationships developed and reached new stages within Faerie Winter.
The storyline and world building was definitely on par with the first book, but this sequel had a much more defined and malevolent villain, which resulted in a more traditional young-adult/fantasy tale. It was no less great than the first, but some of the dystopian genre was minimized to simply background details, and I sort of missed that aspect of the story. It was however, no less grim and serious; though the ante was definitely upped in terms of heroism, or heroine-ism.
We see much more of Liza than any other character; where in Bones of Faerie, we saw much more of the world and the general development of story, Faerie Winter focuses on character depth and as I've mentioned before, the connection between characters. The development is slow and believable, but epic and the read is still a quick one. There's so much about the book that is a juxtiposition of paradoxes, I can't get over the fact that it is so perfectly suited for the middle-grade to young-adult audience and yet it is able to inspire with a great deal of moral messages.
I am excited and apprehensive to continue this story, as I feel it is already such a strong duology, I don't know if I want these characters to have to face even more hardship than they've already had to endure. Though, the ending was wrapped up a bit too nicely for me, I can't wait to see where else this world of Janni Lee Simner's is going to take me.
It was dark, mysterious, and bleak where it needed to be, and picked up with lots of bravery, heroism, and a few surprising ways in which the characters overcame the struggles in the end. I must say that relationships developed very believably within these first two books of the Bones of Faerie series, and I especially liked the way both new and old relationships developed and reached new stages within Faerie Winter.
The storyline and world building was definitely on par with the first book, but this sequel had a much more defined and malevolent villain, which resulted in a more traditional young-adult/fantasy tale. It was no less great than the first, but some of the dystopian genre was minimized to simply background details, and I sort of missed that aspect of the story. It was however, no less grim and serious; though the ante was definitely upped in terms of heroism, or heroine-ism.
We see much more of Liza than any other character; where in Bones of Faerie, we saw much more of the world and the general development of story, Faerie Winter focuses on character depth and as I've mentioned before, the connection between characters. The development is slow and believable, but epic and the read is still a quick one. There's so much about the book that is a juxtiposition of paradoxes, I can't get over the fact that it is so perfectly suited for the middle-grade to young-adult audience and yet it is able to inspire with a great deal of moral messages.
I am excited and apprehensive to continue this story, as I feel it is already such a strong duology, I don't know if I want these characters to have to face even more hardship than they've already had to endure. Though, the ending was wrapped up a bit too nicely for me, I can't wait to see where else this world of Janni Lee Simner's is going to take me.