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A review by kairosdreaming
For the Throne by Hannah Whitten
2.0
Eh, I didn't love this sequel to 'For the Wolf'. The second book in the series it pretty much exactly starts where the last left off. Honestly, they should just package them together because with all the detail contained therein, you probably want to read them right after each other to keep from having to refresh your memory.
Neve is the primary protagonist of this one, although we see Red and the other characters interspersed throughout the book from their own perspectives. She's in the shadowlands, with a man she doesn't want to be near, and a quest she's not really sure how to take. Red is just concerned for her sister interspersed between having lots of naked fun times with her husband. And that's the book.
The imagery is what is really compelling. I can picture some of the scenes that Whitten weaves and it's quite beautiful, if a little horrifying. But there's just too much happening, too much lore that is being brought in, and it all seems overmuch. I still don't really understand the full story of the Kings and how Neve and Red's actions were part of the mythology, etc. Because it was swallowed up by the five thousand other things going on. The writing was also just a little meh on the dialogue. Sometimes it was conversational, regular, other times it was overly formal and it just seemed disjointed in that way.
I'm sure some people loved this, but it definitely wasn't my favorite sequel. I almost wish I had left it at For the Wolf with the cliffhanger.
Review by M. Reynard 2023
Neve is the primary protagonist of this one, although we see Red and the other characters interspersed throughout the book from their own perspectives. She's in the shadowlands, with a man she doesn't want to be near, and a quest she's not really sure how to take. Red is just concerned for her sister interspersed between having lots of naked fun times with her husband. And that's the book.
The imagery is what is really compelling. I can picture some of the scenes that Whitten weaves and it's quite beautiful, if a little horrifying. But there's just too much happening, too much lore that is being brought in, and it all seems overmuch. I still don't really understand the full story of the Kings and how Neve and Red's actions were part of the mythology, etc. Because it was swallowed up by the five thousand other things going on. The writing was also just a little meh on the dialogue. Sometimes it was conversational, regular, other times it was overly formal and it just seemed disjointed in that way.
I'm sure some people loved this, but it definitely wasn't my favorite sequel. I almost wish I had left it at For the Wolf with the cliffhanger.
Review by M. Reynard 2023