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A review by chloefrizzle
This Cursed Light by Emily Thiede
2.0
The big, propulsive emotions and romance of the first book were lacking here. The success of book was was the heart of it: Alessa and her angst, and the romance between her and Dante. In this, the sequel, I felt like that was missing. I didn't feel for the characters.
The romance, since the couple already got together in book 1, turned into petty drama between them. Even in the resolution, it was never satisfying.
There was a big feeling here of "teens hanging out and sometimes bantering." From beginning to end, the book was pushing side characters at me without also pushing why I should care about them.
There was also a lot of deepening of the magic system. Which, could have been interesting, but just came off as convenient deus ex machina and infodumping in the end.
Thanks to Netgalley and Wednesday Books for a copy of this novel to review. All opinions are my own.
The romance, since the couple already got together in book 1, turned into petty drama between them. Even in the resolution, it was never satisfying.
There was a big feeling here of "teens hanging out and sometimes bantering." From beginning to end, the book was pushing side characters at me without also pushing why I should care about them.
There was also a lot of deepening of the magic system. Which, could have been interesting, but just came off as convenient deus ex machina and infodumping in the end.
Thanks to Netgalley and Wednesday Books for a copy of this novel to review. All opinions are my own.