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A review by okevamae
For the Throne by Hannah Whitten
4.0
In this sequel to For the Wolf, the dual narratives of sisters Red and Neve continue, with a few additional Raffe POVs thrown in, but this story focuses more on Neve. Neve's story is very loosely inspired by Snow White, in a similar way to the first book and Red Riding Hood – there are a few symbolic and thematic similarities (royalty, a glass coffin, apples, mirrors) but that’s about it. It’s not a true retelling, and honestly, at this point I kind of prefer that. There’s only so many fairy tale retellings one can read and still find anything fresh or interesting about them.
I probably should have re-read For the Wolf to refresh my memory of it, but unfortunately I didn’t have time, so I just had to hope that the author did a good enough job of recalling past events and bringing the audience up to speed. And she was decent at it, reminding the reader of at least the rough sketch of what happened, if not the details of how or why. It’s enough to keep going with the story, but not quite enough to fully understand what’s happening. I had this problem in general throughout the book – either not fully understanding what was going on or knowing what was going on but not why. I had this problem with the previous book in the duology as well, but it seems like it was worse in this one because I couldn’t remember enough about the previous book to understand the context of actions in the second. I had the same issue with some of the secondary characters. The writing is gorgeous but something about it doesn’t quite connect cause and effect sufficiently enough for my brain to really grasp and retain.
Overall, it’s quite good, but probably better if you read them back to back.
Representation: characters of color
I received an advance copy of this ebook from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
I probably should have re-read For the Wolf to refresh my memory of it, but unfortunately I didn’t have time, so I just had to hope that the author did a good enough job of recalling past events and bringing the audience up to speed. And she was decent at it, reminding the reader of at least the rough sketch of what happened, if not the details of how or why. It’s enough to keep going with the story, but not quite enough to fully understand what’s happening. I had this problem in general throughout the book – either not fully understanding what was going on or knowing what was going on but not why. I had this problem with the previous book in the duology as well, but it seems like it was worse in this one because I couldn’t remember enough about the previous book to understand the context of actions in the second. I had the same issue with some of the secondary characters. The writing is gorgeous but something about it doesn’t quite connect cause and effect sufficiently enough for my brain to really grasp and retain.
Overall, it’s quite good, but probably better if you read them back to back.
Representation: characters of color
I received an advance copy of this ebook from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.