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A review by melbsreads
They Come at Knight by Yasmin Angoe
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content warnings: violence, gun violence, death of a friend, car accident, death of a sibling (in the past), blood, rape/sexual assault (in the past), hospitalisation, attempted murder, trafficking, pregnancy, physical abuse
I read the first book in this series last year and definitely didn't expect it to be as violent and confronting as it was. So I figured I'd have a break between books. And I absolutely stand by that, but at the same time, I think I would have enjoyed this more if I'd read it straight after the first one because I think I lost a lot of the details of the ongoing story as a result.
Anyway. This was definitely less traumatic than the previous one, but a lot of the time it just......felt slow. I mean, the second half was fast-paced and full of action. But the first half was something of a slog purely because it was building up to the point of the story and it took a TAD too long to do so.
Again, I did enjoy this! I just wish that I'd read it at a point when I could remember more of the details of the first one because I definitely feel like I was missing some dots that needed to be joined.
I read the first book in this series last year and definitely didn't expect it to be as violent and confronting as it was. So I figured I'd have a break between books. And I absolutely stand by that, but at the same time, I think I would have enjoyed this more if I'd read it straight after the first one because I think I lost a lot of the details of the ongoing story as a result.
Anyway. This was definitely less traumatic than the previous one, but a lot of the time it just......felt slow. I mean, the second half was fast-paced and full of action. But the first half was something of a slog purely because it was building up to the point of the story and it took a TAD too long to do so.
Again, I did enjoy this! I just wish that I'd read it at a point when I could remember more of the details of the first one because I definitely feel like I was missing some dots that needed to be joined.