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A review by maddness22
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
adventurous
dark
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.25
The problem here is that I stopped having fun with this series. The flaws that made the first books fun suddenly made this book aggravating. It's like the friend from college who is still trying to do keg stands in your 30's - you want to keep having fun with them, but at the same time you're hoping they grow up too at one point.
Absolutely nothing happens in this book until the 75% mark-ish. We bounced between some fun-ish islands, but it was a pointless diversion and literally nothing happened to further the plot or even build my relationships with the characters until the end of the book. I was also incredibly annoyed with both Violet and her romance with Xaden. They finally stopped their non-stop bickering, but they traded it for non-stop "I love you pooky-poo" and "Gosh you're so hot" dialogue that never ceases or varies. Their love scenes are also repetitive and boring at this point with not much variety from "we have 20 minutes between missions - let's break some furniture real fast because you're just so hot" which is the same from the past two books.
I'm also just so, so, SO tired of being told how awesome and special Violet is. I was low-key cheering when bad things started happening to her at the end because she finally got some consequences and couldn't just use her special girl "everyone loves me!" powers to get out of it.
The cast is way too large too. There's a lot of criticism about how much death occurs, but honestly we need to thin the herd more, especially after the Gryphon Riders joined. It's getting so hard for me to care about who lives, who dies, and who tells the story.
Absolutely nothing happens in this book until the 75% mark-ish. We bounced between some fun-ish islands, but it was a pointless diversion and literally nothing happened to further the plot or even build my relationships with the characters until the end of the book. I was also incredibly annoyed with both Violet and her romance with Xaden. They finally stopped their non-stop bickering, but they traded it for non-stop "I love you pooky-poo" and "Gosh you're so hot" dialogue that never ceases or varies. Their love scenes are also repetitive and boring at this point with not much variety from "we have 20 minutes between missions - let's break some furniture real fast because you're just so hot" which is the same from the past two books.
I'm also just so, so, SO tired of being told how awesome and special Violet is. I was low-key cheering when bad things started happening to her at the end because she finally got some consequences and couldn't just use her special girl "everyone loves me!" powers to get out of it.
The cast is way too large too. There's a lot of criticism about how much death occurs, but honestly we need to thin the herd more, especially after the Gryphon Riders joined. It's getting so hard for me to care about who lives, who dies, and who tells the story.