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archaeomancer 's review for:
Siren & Scion
by J.D. Evans
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I desperately want to enjoy this series more, but each book after the first has let me down a little. I liked the way trauma was handled, and the littl bit of powerful women helping less powerful women bits. The politics were interesting, this book is a bit more return to form of the first. We dont get insta-lust and we have a bit more world building than the second book.
However, the romance was a bit odd for me. They didn't really seem into each other at all, besides a refreshingly cursory admittance of each others attractiveness, till about halfway through when they both decided they were going to do something about it. I just felt like the lead up wasn't very well done.
And each subsequent book makes me dislike the Sultana from the first book more and more, which is an incredible disappointment. I really enjoyed her character in the first one, but each book shes either extremely cold/blind to the reality of a situation, or maddeningly unable to do anything about that damned Grand Vizer. I despise how much he blatantly gets away with. The whole premise of this book is a promise the sultana makes to Amara, but then when Amara succeeds and even goes above and beyond, somehow the whole council is able to reject what the sultana promised. If the sultana cannot have the power to keep promises, she should not make them. It's infuriating.
However, the romance was a bit odd for me. They didn't really seem into each other at all, besides a refreshingly cursory admittance of each others attractiveness, till about halfway through when they both decided they were going to do something about it. I just felt like the lead up wasn't very well done.
And each subsequent book makes me dislike the Sultana from the first book more and more, which is an incredible disappointment. I really enjoyed her character in the first one, but each book shes either extremely cold/blind to the reality of a situation, or maddeningly unable to do anything about that damned Grand Vizer. I despise how much he blatantly gets away with. The whole premise of this book is a promise the sultana makes to Amara, but then when Amara succeeds and even goes above and beyond, somehow the whole council is able to reject what the sultana promised. If the sultana cannot have the power to keep promises, she should not make them. It's infuriating.