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A review by ashley_apairofreaders
The Shards of Ophelia by Nicole Platania
5.0
Excellent continuation to the first book! I really enjoyed the complex character development found in TSOO. It was powerful to watch all of these characters grow and deal with the broken pieces of themselves.
At first, I was a little concerned when I saw the dual point of views and who was doing it. One of them would have not been my first guess at a POV. However, I really think that overtime, I came to appreciate that second voice being in there and watching his journey, which at one point was connected to the FMC‘s, but moved away from it as they both deal with who they are as people presently. At times, it was a little frustrated in the two characters for trying to make something work that to the reader felt utterly broken, but it was really interesting to watch the story progress and watch them work through the fact that they may be weren’t destined, and that who they were as people meant that they couldn’t be what they were in the past to each other. Plus, I loved the budding romance between the FMC and the true MMC. It was sweet, soulful, and I couldn’t get enough.
I think the plot was strong. I liked the elements of the story where the FMC is working to secure her position as an up-and-coming revered, and the political upheaval she faced in response to that. I think the themes of sacrifice, of loss of grief, and of hope are extremely powerful in this story. That all comes through in the plot as the characters are forced to contend with not only their own emotions, but the events that they have little to no control over.
Overall this second segment of the story of Ophelia and Tolek, and their found family is a dark but healing ride, and I cannot wait to see where it goes next.
At first, I was a little concerned when I saw the dual point of views and who was doing it. One of them would have not been my first guess at a POV. However, I really think that overtime, I came to appreciate that second voice being in there and watching his journey, which at one point was connected to the FMC‘s, but moved away from it as they both deal with who they are as people presently. At times, it was a little frustrated in the two characters for trying to make something work that to the reader felt utterly broken, but it was really interesting to watch the story progress and watch them work through the fact that they may be weren’t destined, and that who they were as people meant that they couldn’t be what they were in the past to each other. Plus, I loved the budding romance between the FMC and the true MMC. It was sweet, soulful, and I couldn’t get enough.
I think the plot was strong. I liked the elements of the story where the FMC is working to secure her position as an up-and-coming revered, and the political upheaval she faced in response to that. I think the themes of sacrifice, of loss of grief, and of hope are extremely powerful in this story. That all comes through in the plot as the characters are forced to contend with not only their own emotions, but the events that they have little to no control over.
Overall this second segment of the story of Ophelia and Tolek, and their found family is a dark but healing ride, and I cannot wait to see where it goes next.