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A review by beccaannekent
This Cursed Light by Emily Thiede
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Unfortunately, this just fell flat for me. Particularly after enjoying the first one so much.
Dante and Alessa’s relationship was everything in book 1, but it dissolved into a miscommunication trope and I hated every second of it. Why, WHY do this when their relationship was phenomenal to begin with? We don’t need relationship angst to move this story along?
After so much lead up, the actual action/battle was less than 30 pages and I felt it deserved more. I didn’t mind it as much in the first book, as it was wonderfully detailed storytelling in the lead up, but I could really tell this time round the author was info dumping (lots of repetitive scenes of training whilst trying to get the story moved along with conversations etc between characters at the same time). It would have benefited massively from a shorter lead up and longer battle. It was so short that I felt no anxiety about Alessa and Dante being in danger.
The epilogue was really cute, I love how they kept the cat!
Dante and Alessa’s relationship was everything in book 1, but it dissolved into a miscommunication trope and I hated every second of it. Why, WHY do this when their relationship was phenomenal to begin with? We don’t need relationship angst to move this story along?
After so much lead up, the actual action/battle was less than 30 pages and I felt it deserved more. I didn’t mind it as much in the first book, as it was wonderfully detailed storytelling in the lead up, but I could really tell this time round the author was info dumping (lots of repetitive scenes of training whilst trying to get the story moved along with conversations etc between characters at the same time). It would have benefited massively from a shorter lead up and longer battle. It was so short that I felt no anxiety about Alessa and Dante being in danger.
The epilogue was really cute, I love how they kept the cat!