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A review by lit_laugh_luv
The Atlas Paradox by Olivie Blake
3.0
I feel like there's a negative connotation with 3 star reviews - but ultimately this one was just fine for me. Definitely not as good as the first, and the slow pacing really worked against it. I didn't necessarily dislike it, but it definitely feels superfluous and like it can't find its footing for the majority of the pages.
The multiple POVs are less successful in this entry, with the jumps around in time and different subplots definitely feeling a bit muddled at times. There's more of Reina and Callum which I appreciated - but both of their arcs feel a bit tangential to the main plot. By the end of the book you have so many different alliances and groupings that it's difficult to determine what each character is actually chasing after and what the actual conflict is in this series? I have no idea where the third book will go - not necessarily in a suspenseful way, but moreso in a "there is too much happening at once" way.
Despite all the sub-plots in this book, nothing much of substance really happens until the last quarter. It feels pretty monotonous after the first book until then, given the fairly limited setting and reprisal of similar conflicts from the first book. I enjoy these characters and the magic system a lot, but I'm hoping the third entry in this pivots to something more substantial to keep me engaged.
The multiple POVs are less successful in this entry, with the jumps around in time and different subplots definitely feeling a bit muddled at times. There's more of Reina and Callum which I appreciated - but both of their arcs feel a bit tangential to the main plot. By the end of the book you have so many different alliances and groupings that it's difficult to determine what each character is actually chasing after and what the actual conflict is in this series? I have no idea where the third book will go - not necessarily in a suspenseful way, but moreso in a "there is too much happening at once" way.
Despite all the sub-plots in this book, nothing much of substance really happens until the last quarter. It feels pretty monotonous after the first book until then, given the fairly limited setting and reprisal of similar conflicts from the first book. I enjoy these characters and the magic system a lot, but I'm hoping the third entry in this pivots to something more substantial to keep me engaged.