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A review by thedarklibraryofleah
Balance by Leia Stone
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
This got darker than I expected...
I have very mixed feelings about Balance, the third book in the series. On one hand I really like how all of the plot points were tied up in a good way and I really enjoyed it having a happy ever after. But I found it to be much more darker than I expected (trigger warning below) which made the story a really strange horror/fantasy hybrid in a way. Pacing was an issue at times which I think affected the overall story as there were times (when it got faced paced and more horror) that I was hooked reading but then there was other times (say nearly 50% through) that it actually got a bit slow when the whole gang was waiting around for our antagonist to strike when she didn't. But when it got to the 75% mark the action sped up alot to the point I would have loved to have had those chapters being more stretched out.
Overall, I think it was a decent ending to the series.
Trigger warnings:
•A character almost dies giving birth
•Forced pregnancy (from the antagonist to another character)
•Torture
•Forced Blood being taken
•drug abuse (the antagonist is forcing young people to take drugs)
I have very mixed feelings about Balance, the third book in the series. On one hand I really like how all of the plot points were tied up in a good way and I really enjoyed it having a happy ever after. But I found it to be much more darker than I expected (trigger warning below) which made the story a really strange horror/fantasy hybrid in a way. Pacing was an issue at times which I think affected the overall story as there were times (when it got faced paced and more horror) that I was hooked reading but then there was other times (say nearly 50% through) that it actually got a bit slow when the whole gang was waiting around for our antagonist to strike when she didn't. But when it got to the 75% mark the action sped up alot to the point I would have loved to have had those chapters being more stretched out.
Overall, I think it was a decent ending to the series.
Trigger warnings:
•A character almost dies giving birth
•Forced pregnancy (from the antagonist to another character)
•Torture
•Forced Blood being taken
•drug abuse (the antagonist is forcing young people to take drugs)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, and Pregnancy