A review by olivia_meret
Idriel's Children by Hayley Reese Chow

2.0

I didn’t realize this was a sequel when I snatched it up on Netgalley but after reading the description it seemed like they were two different stories so I plunged right in to book #2.

Aza, daughter of the hero from book 1, is able to travel to the Shadow Plane, despite its many dangers she journeys far with a talking cat, a were-bear that turns into a man once a month and her brother’s annoying best friend, to find people that can help her more easily access it in hopes of stopping the mysterious monster attacks.

This one started off really good but petered out in my opinion. It really slowed down and the villain, the child of the villain in book one, was pretty one dimensional and I didn’t really see any of the character development I was looking for. Unfortunately, I ended up skimming most of the second half.