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adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Y’all. I love the Twisted Sisters. If they write it, I will read it. That being said. This series is a toughy for me thus far. I have had the same experience with both Never Keep & Echo Fort. I’m hooked in and engaged for like the first 20-30%, maybe even 40%! But then I am just trudging along for the next 30% of the book. Then they pull me back in at the end, somewhat around 70% and definitely fully locked in by 85%.
I will say this! These wonderful women know how to write a true enemies to lovers story. One could say that the ending of Echo Fort might be seen as trying to stretch the series out, when it otherwise could possibly have been completed as a trilogy if different choices were made at the end of this second book. (I would not have been mad about a trilogy.)
HOWEVER, I am okay with it bc this is not a third-act breakup type sitch. These are enemies remaining enemies & tentative allies breaking trust by falling back in with what is familiar and feels safe even though they are beginning to see that the world may not be as they’ve been told it is. Bc shit is hard to unlearn when you’ve been brainwashed your whole life!
I always enjoy characters seeing the truths of their universe exposed and learning that the various forms of prejudice and hate they’ve been taught are actually just a bunch of bullshit to keep us peasants in line.
And now I am just HOPING Cinder Vale will not be the same situation. But let’s be honest, if there are any authors I will read a long-ass, at-least-somewhat-boring book for, it’s Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti.
I will say this! These wonderful women know how to write a true enemies to lovers story. One could say that the ending of Echo Fort might be seen as trying to stretch the series out, when it otherwise could possibly have been completed as a trilogy if different choices were made at the end of this second book. (I would not have been mad about a trilogy.)
HOWEVER, I am okay with it bc this is not a third-act breakup type sitch. These are enemies remaining enemies & tentative allies breaking trust by falling back in with what is familiar and feels safe even though they are beginning to see that the world may not be as they’ve been told it is. Bc shit is hard to unlearn when you’ve been brainwashed your whole life!
I always enjoy characters seeing the truths of their universe exposed and learning that the various forms of prejudice and hate they’ve been taught are actually just a bunch of bullshit to keep us peasants in line.
And now I am just HOPING Cinder Vale will not be the same situation. But let’s be honest, if there are any authors I will read a long-ass, at-least-somewhat-boring book for, it’s Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti.