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A review by darlingtonswife
The Atlas Paradox by Olivie Blake
3.0
3.5 if we want to be accurate.
I really liked the first book so obviously my expectations were going to be high for this one.
Well... I say high when in reality all I wanted was a Libby villain arc, a cute romance between Gideon and Nico, and (hopefully this isn't asking for too much) to know what the fuck is going on?
So when we got barely a chapter of Libby returning from being lost in time, half a page of Nideon (?? whats their ship name im not that enmeshed in the fandom) and a plot line that was thrown out the window (I'm not even kidding, its been like 350 pages and nothing NOTHING happened) of course it would be safe to say I was disappointed. And would also explain why it took over a month to finish this book when the first one took more no more than 2 weeks.
Nevertheless, the book still got my 3.5 stars because it was fantastically written. I will continue tote reverenced by the beautiful words of Olivie Blake. The characters are so uniquely their own people and very three dimensional. From this point of view, you can understand why the plot might be weaker but for me personally I enjoy the substance of a plot.
I will read the third book when it comes out only because my hopes are still not diminished for the redemption of this series. It only started to get really good when it was close to ending so perhaps the third book will continue its wave.
I really liked the first book so obviously my expectations were going to be high for this one.
Well... I say high when in reality all I wanted was a Libby villain arc, a cute romance between Gideon and Nico, and (hopefully this isn't asking for too much) to know what the fuck is going on?
So when we got barely a chapter of Libby returning from being lost in time, half a page of Nideon (?? whats their ship name im not that enmeshed in the fandom) and a plot line that was thrown out the window (I'm not even kidding, its been like 350 pages and nothing NOTHING happened) of course it would be safe to say I was disappointed. And would also explain why it took over a month to finish this book when the first one took more no more than 2 weeks.
Nevertheless, the book still got my 3.5 stars because it was fantastically written. I will continue tote reverenced by the beautiful words of Olivie Blake. The characters are so uniquely their own people and very three dimensional. From this point of view, you can understand why the plot might be weaker but for me personally I enjoy the substance of a plot.
I will read the third book when it comes out only because my hopes are still not diminished for the redemption of this series. It only started to get really good when it was close to ending so perhaps the third book will continue its wave.