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A review by skyladoragono
Forestfall by Lyndall Clipstone
dark
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
It's hard for me to say this book was good. Better than the first part, yes, but that doesn't necessarily mean it was good. It solved the main issue I had with the first book, that being it felt like the author was afraid to describe the world they were building. This time around there was enough description and explanation that it really painted a vivid image of both worlds to be found in this story.
Unfortunately with it came some glaring issues with the author's writing style. Most of Rowan's moments. Were in short. Incomplete sentences. That left my brain scrambling more to complete the sentence rather than absorb what was being said. It immediately took me out of his head rather than kept me interested on his point of view. That said, I wish we had switched back and forth from Leta's and Rowan's POV in the first book as well; doing so here made his feelings for Leta more real, instead of ham fisted and there for the sake of checking off a box.
I actually loved the complicated relationship with Leta and the Lord Under. They are both absolutely terrible for each other, and the book doesn't shy away from the fact that it is a terrible relationship... at least until the very end, where the author plays it as straight romance between all three of them.
Either way, I can't recommend these books as something to own, but still worth experiencing.
Unfortunately with it came some glaring issues with the author's writing style. Most of Rowan's moments. Were in short. Incomplete sentences. That left my brain scrambling more to complete the sentence rather than absorb what was being said. It immediately took me out of his head rather than kept me interested on his point of view. That said, I wish we had switched back and forth from Leta's and Rowan's POV in the first book as well; doing so here made his feelings for Leta more real, instead of ham fisted and there for the sake of checking off a box.
I actually loved the complicated relationship with Leta and the Lord Under. They are both absolutely terrible for each other, and the book doesn't shy away from the fact that it is a terrible relationship... at least until the very end, where the author plays it as straight romance between all three of them.
Either way, I can't recommend these books as something to own, but still worth experiencing.