A review by the_jesus_fandom
The Blood Traitor by Lynette Noni

adventurous
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

 Whoops, it’s been a whole month since I read this. Anyways. Exams bro 


 There was good in this book but also plenty of stuff I found pretty annoying. 
 The bad parts first: 
 - Not a single character
except for Tipp
can just be… normal. Why is everyone
some important person in disguise?
 
 - Major moments lost their impact later on.
Jaren lost his magic? Don’t worry, he can get it back! Caldon dies? Nah don’t worry, he actually survived!
 
 - The relationship between Kiva and Jaren is actually pretty toxic.
He avoids her like the plague for ages, keeps pushing her away, then when she internalises all that hate, he tells her to stop making herself the villain. Sir, YOU acted like she was one.
 
 - Give Jaren some flaws bro why is he perfect it’s kind of annoying 
 - There seemed to be some plot mishaps. For example,
the rings needs to be charged, which is a problem at some point cause they don’t work. Except they already charged them earlier in the book. I guess the author forgot about that.
 
 - That ending was not it. I don’t care
what the Warden did to you, sending him into his own prison to probably be tortured by his inmates, and having him compete in an Ordeal is cruel. Just execute him if you want him dead
 


 Good parts: 
 - I genuinely liked the relationship between Kiva and Cresta, although ofcourse it’s not that realistic that Cresta would do such a strong 180 after literally threatening to kill Tipp. 
 - Cresta and Caldon’s personalities and relationship were the best part of this book. 
 - There were quite a few moments where I got emotional/had to laugh. 


 So yeah, although this book was a pretty big step down from the first, and even from the second, there were still redeeming elements to it that made me feel something. 
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