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A review by annettebooksofhopeanddreams
Hateful Regent by Helen Scott, Zoey Shelby
3.0
I'm not entirely sure what it is with me and contemporary maffia series. Those first books always grab me. They give me some kind of adrenaline rush and I just can't stop reading. Everything about that first book fascinates me. The world, the characters, the darkness, the intrige, the political games, the roughness. And then comes the second book. And for some reason I'm always super excited, but it just doesn't give me the same feeling. This also happened with this arc.
For some reason this second book didn't grab me the same way as the first and it's hard to explain why. Maybe it's because the newness is gone, but maybe it's the second book syndrome. The first book introduced the world, the players and the stakes. In the second book we're diving more into the developing relationships and we're slowly making our way to some big reveal that will then start the next book in the series.
What I liked about this book, is that we learn a little more about the guys. We get to see more of what they do when they're not with our heroine and we learn a little about the world they're coming from. I feel like there's a lot more to tell, especially since in this book not many new surprises have come to light. I do have to admit though that Jude really intrigues me. And it's hard to say why, because it's not like he's such a nice guy. On the contrary. I don't trust him. At all.
While reading this second book I also had a lot of questions and consequently quite a few guesses about reveals I was expecting to come. I don't feel like the book is really answering those, but it did work in getting me excited about the next book in the series. I feel like we've gathered quite some information in this second book, even though that wasn't always too exciting. I can't wait to see how our heroine is gonna make the pieces of the puzzle fit. Well, if she makes it past that cliffhanger, of course!
For some reason this second book didn't grab me the same way as the first and it's hard to explain why. Maybe it's because the newness is gone, but maybe it's the second book syndrome. The first book introduced the world, the players and the stakes. In the second book we're diving more into the developing relationships and we're slowly making our way to some big reveal that will then start the next book in the series.
What I liked about this book, is that we learn a little more about the guys. We get to see more of what they do when they're not with our heroine and we learn a little about the world they're coming from. I feel like there's a lot more to tell, especially since in this book not many new surprises have come to light. I do have to admit though that Jude really intrigues me. And it's hard to say why, because it's not like he's such a nice guy. On the contrary. I don't trust him. At all.
While reading this second book I also had a lot of questions and consequently quite a few guesses about reveals I was expecting to come. I don't feel like the book is really answering those, but it did work in getting me excited about the next book in the series. I feel like we've gathered quite some information in this second book, even though that wasn't always too exciting. I can't wait to see how our heroine is gonna make the pieces of the puzzle fit. Well, if she makes it past that cliffhanger, of course!