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A review by writingwwolves
Shattered Minds by L.R. Lam
5.0
I feel beyond privileged that I was accepted on NetGalley to review a book by one of my top 2 authors & I'm now heartbroken that I've finished it.
I fell totally in love with False Hearts & so I was really excited about Shattered minds. I think I prefer False Hearts (because I loved learning about Mana-Ma & the Hearth) but Shattered Minds was still excellent.
The world building in this series is on another level to other sci-fi books I've read - Laura has put so much thought into how every aspect of this world functions & there's never been a moment where I've thought I've spotted a plot hole.
The characters in Shattered Minds were very different from the first book, but Carina was so, so interesting (especially as I'm a psychology student) & I loved Dax, mainly because he didn't see Carina as someone who needed fixing - he knew she had mental health issues & was always okay with that... so many books have love interests who want to fix the main character & I'm so, so grateful that Laura didn't absolutely destroy this book by going down that path. I also really enjoyed Roz's character, despite how disturbed she is & it would be cool to have a novella or short story explaining why/how Roz came to be how she was.
Admittedly, some of the read was quite disturbing & I think there needs to be a trigger warning on the back of the book & within the first few pages to say that it does contain discussion of suicide & torture. Laura did write these scenes very well though, & I cringed A LOT; there must have been a lot of research done for certain scenes & I commend Laura for her hard work (even if I'm sure I'll have nightmares because of it).
I really want to thank the publishers for letting me review this book before it's release, & I will be writing a more detailed blog post about the book over the next few days. I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys futuristic science fiction - as long as they are able to handle some of the more intense writing.
Extended Review: https://wp.me/p8MbIo-26
I fell totally in love with False Hearts & so I was really excited about Shattered minds. I think I prefer False Hearts (because I loved learning about Mana-Ma & the Hearth) but Shattered Minds was still excellent.
The world building in this series is on another level to other sci-fi books I've read - Laura has put so much thought into how every aspect of this world functions & there's never been a moment where I've thought I've spotted a plot hole.
The characters in Shattered Minds were very different from the first book, but Carina was so, so interesting (especially as I'm a psychology student) & I loved Dax, mainly because he didn't see Carina as someone who needed fixing - he knew she had mental health issues & was always okay with that... so many books have love interests who want to fix the main character & I'm so, so grateful that Laura didn't absolutely destroy this book by going down that path. I also really enjoyed Roz's character, despite how disturbed she is & it would be cool to have a novella or short story explaining why/how Roz came to be how she was.
Admittedly, some of the read was quite disturbing & I think there needs to be a trigger warning on the back of the book & within the first few pages to say that it does contain discussion of suicide & torture. Laura did write these scenes very well though, & I cringed A LOT; there must have been a lot of research done for certain scenes & I commend Laura for her hard work (even if I'm sure I'll have nightmares because of it).
I really want to thank the publishers for letting me review this book before it's release, & I will be writing a more detailed blog post about the book over the next few days. I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys futuristic science fiction - as long as they are able to handle some of the more intense writing.
Extended Review: https://wp.me/p8MbIo-26