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I unfortunately did not love Wayfarer. I initially was really pumped to read it. As I started getting deeper into the novel, I found myself bored and wanting to skim the pages. The pacing was SUPER slow. Everything and nothing was happening at once, making me very unmotivated to keep turning the pages. Everything I loved about Passenger felt like it was missing in this installment. I love Etta and Nickolas as protagonists, but I think the story would have worked better if they had gone through the journey together. When they got separated at the end of the last book, I expected them to find each other within first several chapters, but of course that did not happen. I don’t think they actually have a real scene together till the last 50 or so pages. I think what I loved about Passenger was Etta and Nickolas having to work together. I enjoyed the dynamic and relationship in Passenger, which was missing this time around.
Something else that I didn’t love was the introduction to more fantastical elements. Passenger felt very grounded in a sense. To me, I was reading a historical fiction novel with time travel. The time travel aspect felt very natural, not like SciFi or anything. Braken starts introducing magic and spells and immortal beings, and it all felt out of place. I don’t mind when an author expands on their world, but it felt unnatural within the world she had already established. I had to suspend my disbelief.
Nickolas’s POV was my favorite out of the two, but they both had their ups and downs. I think thats the inherent difficulty of writing multi-POV stories. It had to write multiple points of view where the reader enjoy every single one, so I try not to be too critical of it. I loved the queer rep, and the ending was overall, very satisfying.
I would defiantly recommend the Passenger duology to those who love historical romance and time travel.
Something else that I didn’t love was the introduction to more fantastical elements. Passenger felt very grounded in a sense. To me, I was reading a historical fiction novel with time travel. The time travel aspect felt very natural, not like SciFi or anything. Braken starts introducing magic and spells and immortal beings, and it all felt out of place. I don’t mind when an author expands on their world, but it felt unnatural within the world she had already established. I had to suspend my disbelief.
Nickolas’s POV was my favorite out of the two, but they both had their ups and downs. I think thats the inherent difficulty of writing multi-POV stories. It had to write multiple points of view where the reader enjoy every single one, so I try not to be too critical of it. I loved the queer rep, and the ending was overall, very satisfying.
I would defiantly recommend the Passenger duology to those who love historical romance and time travel.