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A review by pugslikemybooks
We Rule the Night by Claire Eliza Bartlett
3.0
overall, i enjoyed this book. however, i thought it could have just been a little more. it's not even that my expectations were very high, i actually had very few expectations going into it. it was more that while reading i saw ample opportunities for it to be what i had hoped it would from reading the synopsis. i wanted more badass female fight pilots defying the status quo, and less petty and annoying arguments between the girls just to have a turnaround for one character at the end. the action we got was cool, but limited in comparison to the pages of pointless fights. the details of the world and the war were quite vague and not expanded on as much as i would have liked (i'm still lowkey confused about the skarov). i found the magic system to be quite unique and interesting, though i'm still a little foggy on the details of it. the characters were kinda meh for me. the amount of secondary characters meant i really had no idea who anyone was, and i can't say linné and revna stood out too much for me either. once we got past their drawn-out rivalry though (which didn't even end in a wlw enemies-to-lovers,, smh), the friendship between linné and revna was great. if only we had gotten that for more than the last fifth of the book!! i can really appreciate the absence of any romance though. the ending felt quite abrupt too, and i can't say it was too satisfying.
overall, it was interesting but i just expected a bit more. it's a great concept that i just had different expectations for. this might be because it is a very simple story, and i don't mean that in a bad way at all. most ya fantasies are saving-the-world and vanquishing-all-evil kinda stories. this one, on the other hand, was just about the small part these women play in this massive war. it's just a story about these women, their acts of courage, and the challenges they face in a world that wants them to fail. in some ways i really enjoyed this aspect of the book, and in other ways i wish it had been a little something more.
overall, it was interesting but i just expected a bit more. it's a great concept that i just had different expectations for. this might be because it is a very simple story, and i don't mean that in a bad way at all. most ya fantasies are saving-the-world and vanquishing-all-evil kinda stories. this one, on the other hand, was just about the small part these women play in this massive war. it's just a story about these women, their acts of courage, and the challenges they face in a world that wants them to fail. in some ways i really enjoyed this aspect of the book, and in other ways i wish it had been a little something more.