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Review:
I enjoyed the first of these books, and decided to immediately move to the second, as it was such a bargain price. I’m going to admit, I didn’t enjoy this one as much as I did Switched, but it was still a pretty good read, especially for the price.
The book more or less jumps straight in where Switched finishes, and I enjoyed that. Admittedly, it does explain things, so if you hadn’t read Switched first, I don’t think you’d be too lost.
Admittedly, Wendy was, for the most part, better than she was in the previous. She was less selfish, and finally more aware of what it meant to be a Princess, and what the Trylle expected of her. She actually starts performing her duties properly in this one, and taking things seriously, even if she’s still fighting her own strong feelings for Finn, the tracker who brought her home, but whom she can never be with because of their vastly different social classes. I have to admit here, I’m a sucker for forbidden love.
However, I didn’t really understand the Finn thing so much in this, given he spends most of the book being a complete arse so far as Wendy is concerned. I mean, I get that he does it to save both of their feelings – but surely she’d get the message? Or am I just being unromantic?
Beware of Spoilers here on in!
Also, there’s the developing love… quadrilateral. It bothered me. I get why Wendy likes Finn – they have history, and he’s hot. However, she becomes somewhat involves with Loki – the Vittra (warring faction trolls) Markis (Like Lord) even though that’s equally forbidden. Then of course there’s Tove, who she ends up getting engaged to. This all bothered me ridiculously, possibly more than it should.
That, and the fact that actually, there’s very little action throughout the book. Honestly, not a lot seemed to happen, and that bothered me as well.
That said, I did enjoy this, and will be jumping straight into the third and final book, because really, this series has potential.
Overall rating: 3/5
Writing: 4/5
Originality: 4/5
Characters: 2/5
My Enjoyment: 3/5
I enjoyed the first of these books, and decided to immediately move to the second, as it was such a bargain price. I’m going to admit, I didn’t enjoy this one as much as I did Switched, but it was still a pretty good read, especially for the price.
The book more or less jumps straight in where Switched finishes, and I enjoyed that. Admittedly, it does explain things, so if you hadn’t read Switched first, I don’t think you’d be too lost.
Admittedly, Wendy was, for the most part, better than she was in the previous. She was less selfish, and finally more aware of what it meant to be a Princess, and what the Trylle expected of her. She actually starts performing her duties properly in this one, and taking things seriously, even if she’s still fighting her own strong feelings for Finn, the tracker who brought her home, but whom she can never be with because of their vastly different social classes. I have to admit here, I’m a sucker for forbidden love.
However, I didn’t really understand the Finn thing so much in this, given he spends most of the book being a complete arse so far as Wendy is concerned. I mean, I get that he does it to save both of their feelings – but surely she’d get the message? Or am I just being unromantic?
Beware of Spoilers here on in!
Also, there’s the developing love… quadrilateral. It bothered me. I get why Wendy likes Finn – they have history, and he’s hot. However, she becomes somewhat involves with Loki – the Vittra (warring faction trolls) Markis (Like Lord) even though that’s equally forbidden. Then of course there’s Tove, who she ends up getting engaged to. This all bothered me ridiculously, possibly more than it should.
That, and the fact that actually, there’s very little action throughout the book. Honestly, not a lot seemed to happen, and that bothered me as well.
That said, I did enjoy this, and will be jumping straight into the third and final book, because really, this series has potential.
Overall rating: 3/5
Writing: 4/5
Originality: 4/5
Characters: 2/5
My Enjoyment: 3/5