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A review by annettebooksofhopeanddreams
Eternal Choice by Kara Leigh Miller
3.0
The first book in this series was really exciting. It was in a way an old fashioned YA like Twilight, but it made sure to fix the issues we had with Twilight. There was no stalking involved, there was no emotional pressure involved and the relationship between the main characters felt a lot healthier. I was therefore quite excited to read the second book in this series. Especially because there is a world full of mythology waiting to be explored.
However, although the second book is never boring, it's very much suffering from the middle book syndrome. It's dealing with the aftermath of the first book and it's setting up the final book in this trilogy (I guess?), but along the way not that much is happening. There are two reveals, of which one was quite easy to guess if you're familiar with the genre, but there's most of all a lot of talking and a lot of personal drama.
In a way it's quite impressive that a book filled with conversations, with characters keeping things from others, with decisions to be made that are not being made, never gets boring. And that's mostly because the characters are really interesting and complex and although from an outside perspective the witholding of information seems a little stupid, it's also easy to understand why the characters do it. On top of that there is a lot of tension between the different characters and they each have their own dilemma's and choices to make.
And although it would of course be perfect if they could make those choices without being pushed in one direction by another, it's quite clear in this second book that in some situations that's impossible. Choices impact others and that means that others have to make their choices and you might not like the outcome of their choices. The entire process of conflicting emotions, of choices and consequences is written down very well and realistic. Just like the characters are asking the right questions and fighting for the right reasons.
And after all the talking the book ends with a bang and I feel that a really exciting story arc has started now and that makes me quite curious to read the final book and to see how everything plays out and what choices eventually will be made.
However, although the second book is never boring, it's very much suffering from the middle book syndrome. It's dealing with the aftermath of the first book and it's setting up the final book in this trilogy (I guess?), but along the way not that much is happening. There are two reveals, of which one was quite easy to guess if you're familiar with the genre, but there's most of all a lot of talking and a lot of personal drama.
In a way it's quite impressive that a book filled with conversations, with characters keeping things from others, with decisions to be made that are not being made, never gets boring. And that's mostly because the characters are really interesting and complex and although from an outside perspective the witholding of information seems a little stupid, it's also easy to understand why the characters do it. On top of that there is a lot of tension between the different characters and they each have their own dilemma's and choices to make.
And although it would of course be perfect if they could make those choices without being pushed in one direction by another, it's quite clear in this second book that in some situations that's impossible. Choices impact others and that means that others have to make their choices and you might not like the outcome of their choices. The entire process of conflicting emotions, of choices and consequences is written down very well and realistic. Just like the characters are asking the right questions and fighting for the right reasons.
And after all the talking the book ends with a bang and I feel that a really exciting story arc has started now and that makes me quite curious to read the final book and to see how everything plays out and what choices eventually will be made.