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A review by gabbywabby92
Now I Rise by Kiersten White
4.0
So much better than the first book! Usually, the second book of a series tends to drag on but this was so much better! There was betrayal, love, friendship in new places, war, everything you can think of to make it seem more!
This book for the most part follows the story of Radu and Lada. Mehmed is still a large part of the story but the POVs generally stick with the brother and sister.
“No one will be more brutal than me. No one will be more ruthless. And I will never stop fighting.”
Lada is still as fierce as always but has learned that she cannot rely on anyone to achieve her goals. I believe that her heart is in the first place in wanting to clean up her country, but I have a feeling that the results may not end the way she wants. Lada is ruling with a strong fist for the most part and killing all of your people is only going to get you so far. Lada also seems to be stuck with this idea that she needs Mehmed and Radu, where in the first book she kept saying she didn’t need them. Her failure throughout the book I believe is what causes her to doubt her ability and the men that follow her.
“I wonder if anyone gets through childhood without being broken. I certainly did not.”
Radu is still….well he’s still Radu. He’s in denial of his true feelings, he’s still wrapped around Mehmed like a sick puppy and now he’s in a foreign country as for Mehmed in the heart of the war! Radu is my least favorite character mostly because he is always doubting himself, he never seems to find this inner strength that we all know he has without saying it’s for Mehmed. You should not have to rely on someone else to get where you want to go.
Mehmed I feel has turned into a dictator, turning on everyone, leaving people in the dark. He even goes as far as uses Radu for this advantage even though he knows how much Radu cares for him. He has simply just turned in a brat and I do not believe that he will be happy with just Constantinople. He is even trying to control Lada which we all know won’t end well, talk about trying to use some reverse psychology!
Overall, this book contains more dramatic effect and more ambition that I personally felt was lacking in the first book. There was enough action to help push past all of the unneeded commentary and allowed for us to see all sides without being to over baring
This book for the most part follows the story of Radu and Lada. Mehmed is still a large part of the story but the POVs generally stick with the brother and sister.
“No one will be more brutal than me. No one will be more ruthless. And I will never stop fighting.”
Lada is still as fierce as always but has learned that she cannot rely on anyone to achieve her goals. I believe that her heart is in the first place in wanting to clean up her country, but I have a feeling that the results may not end the way she wants. Lada is ruling with a strong fist for the most part and killing all of your people is only going to get you so far. Lada also seems to be stuck with this idea that she needs Mehmed and Radu, where in the first book she kept saying she didn’t need them. Her failure throughout the book I believe is what causes her to doubt her ability and the men that follow her.
“I wonder if anyone gets through childhood without being broken. I certainly did not.”
Radu is still….well he’s still Radu. He’s in denial of his true feelings, he’s still wrapped around Mehmed like a sick puppy and now he’s in a foreign country as for Mehmed in the heart of the war! Radu is my least favorite character mostly because he is always doubting himself, he never seems to find this inner strength that we all know he has without saying it’s for Mehmed. You should not have to rely on someone else to get where you want to go.
Mehmed I feel has turned into a dictator, turning on everyone, leaving people in the dark. He even goes as far as uses Radu for this advantage even though he knows how much Radu cares for him. He has simply just turned in a brat and I do not believe that he will be happy with just Constantinople. He is even trying to control Lada which we all know won’t end well, talk about trying to use some reverse psychology!
Overall, this book contains more dramatic effect and more ambition that I personally felt was lacking in the first book. There was enough action to help push past all of the unneeded commentary and allowed for us to see all sides without being to over baring