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A review by audiobookingwithleah
Ferocious by Paula Stokes
5.0
You know how to avoid the underwhelming 2nd book in a trilogy…make it a duology and the problem is solved. At least with this duo it is.
Book Title: Ferocious
Author: Paula Stokes
Series: Vicarious #2 (duology)
Genre: Older YA, Science Fiction, Thriller
Publisher: Macmillan-Tor/Forge
Setting: LA and Seoul, South Korea
Source: I received an ARC via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review
⇝My Thoughts⇜
⇝First off I want to thank Paula Stokes for making sure I received an arc of this personally⇜
I feel that Ferocious rocked for a second/final book. It's well paced, action packed, and never boring. In my review for Vicarious I said this is a toned down not-quite-so-violent Kill Bill meets Strange Days, and this is true for the second book too…just less Strange Days and more Pretty Girl-13, which is another story about a girl with DID. It also has the added bonus of Jesse and Winter's romance…so sweet and blended in seamlessly with all the action going on.
This begins right where book 1 left off…and has Winter more than ready to get her revenge on Kyung for everything he has done to her family. Once the setting changes to Seoul, everything ratchets up a notch. The food, people and culture descriptions, are so well researched I felt like I was there myself.
Oh yeah...one more thing...this duo would make an excellent movie or movies.
⇝Ratings Breakdown⇜
Plot: 5/5
Main Characters: 5/5
Secondary Characters: 5/5
The Feels: 4.8/5
Addictiveness: 4.8/5
Theme or Tone: 5/5
Flow (Writing Style): 5/5
Backdrop (World Building): 5+/5
Originality: 5/5
Book Cover: 5/5
Ending: 5/5 Cliffhanger: Nope, not at all.
Total: 5/5 STARS
Will I read more from this Author? Most definitely.
Book Title: Ferocious
Author: Paula Stokes
Series: Vicarious #2 (duology)
Genre: Older YA, Science Fiction, Thriller
Publisher: Macmillan-Tor/Forge
Setting: LA and Seoul, South Korea
Source: I received an ARC via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review
✧✧✧OVERALL RATING✧5/5 STARS✧A+✧✧✧
⇝My Thoughts⇜
⇝First off I want to thank Paula Stokes for making sure I received an arc of this personally⇜
I feel that Ferocious rocked for a second/final book. It's well paced, action packed, and never boring. In my review for Vicarious I said this is a toned down not-quite-so-violent Kill Bill meets Strange Days, and this is true for the second book too…just less Strange Days and more Pretty Girl-13, which is another story about a girl with DID. It also has the added bonus of Jesse and Winter's romance…so sweet and blended in seamlessly with all the action going on.
This begins right where book 1 left off…and has Winter more than ready to get her revenge on Kyung for everything he has done to her family. Once the setting changes to Seoul, everything ratchets up a notch. The food, people and culture descriptions, are so well researched I felt like I was there myself.
Oh yeah...one more thing...this duo would make an excellent movie or movies.
⇝Ratings Breakdown⇜
Plot: 5/5
Main Characters: 5/5
Secondary Characters: 5/5
The Feels: 4.8/5
Addictiveness: 4.8/5
Theme or Tone: 5/5
Flow (Writing Style): 5/5
Backdrop (World Building): 5+/5
Originality: 5/5
Book Cover: 5/5
Ending: 5/5 Cliffhanger: Nope, not at all.
Total: 5/5 STARS
Will I read more from this Author? Most definitely.