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A review by papalbina
Queen of the Dead by Stacey Kade
3.0
3.5
Second parts always lack something that made the first ones special. With TGATG probably was the whole ghost-talker thing and meeting the two main characters. For QOTD you already know Will and Alona quite well, so it is funny and cute to read their moments together, but not surprising anymore. The new element, Mina, didn't catch my interest. She's quite weak as character, even a bit too plain without depth. You don't get to know her or care (or not) about her. And the surprising elements at the end, well, wasn't surprising at all, I could see it coming since the first books (although reality usually proves my theories wrong). Despite not being a surprise, I want to know what happens next and I'm longing for the third book v.v
The style and characters are the same like in the first book, the quality stayed the same which is phantastic since Stacey Kade is hilarious. The only thing I didn't like and that made the book lose points (and stars) was the rhythm. Although everything happens in a matter of days, the first chapters were slow and got boring sometimes. I understand that introducing all these new *things* in the action is complicated to explain and if I analysed it, the author did a great work, but still the beginning is too slow and the end, too quick. The balance wasn't quite found.
That's the first Galley I review. Thank you very much to netGalley and Disney-Hyperion to provide me with a copy of the book :)
Second parts always lack something that made the first ones special. With TGATG probably was the whole ghost-talker thing and meeting the two main characters. For QOTD you already know Will and Alona quite well, so it is funny and cute to read their moments together, but not surprising anymore. The new element, Mina, didn't catch my interest. She's quite weak as character, even a bit too plain without depth. You don't get to know her or care (or not) about her. And the surprising elements at the end, well, wasn't surprising at all, I could see it coming since the first books (although reality usually proves my theories wrong). Despite not being a surprise, I want to know what happens next and I'm longing for the third book v.v
The style and characters are the same like in the first book, the quality stayed the same which is phantastic since Stacey Kade is hilarious. The only thing I didn't like and that made the book lose points (and stars) was the rhythm. Although everything happens in a matter of days, the first chapters were slow and got boring sometimes. I understand that introducing all these new *things* in the action is complicated to explain and if I analysed it, the author did a great work, but still the beginning is too slow and the end, too quick. The balance wasn't quite found.
That's the first Galley I review. Thank you very much to netGalley and Disney-Hyperion to provide me with a copy of the book :)