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Goblin King by Kara Barbieri
4.0
Goblin King was one of my most antticipated books of 2020... Unfortunately, it did not make my favorites list. I absolutely adored the adventure, brutality and ending of White Stag and couldn't wait to get to this second book. I really hate to say that I was dissapointed. It was still a good book, it had a lot of insight as to why Lydian was the way he was and how the Permafrost was affected by the changes that took place at the end of the first book.
Honestly, my biggest problem with this book was that it focused so much on the romance between Janneke and Soren. I realize that the premise of this specific book was that the romance between them was also the problem... I just didn't love it. Both Janneke and Soren were too "smoochy" which was the complete opposite of why I loved the original book. It was more annoying than anything and I almost didn't want to finish the book. I found myself liking Lydian more than the majority of characters this time around, as he had the most interesting story line in this book.
The journey itself wasn't bad, there was still a lot of creativity, interesting creatures and tasks along the way. That along with the writing style that I've come to love so much from Barbieri were the only things that saved this book for me. I'm not sure if there is going to be a third book or not, if there is, I don't know how I feel about wanting to read it. I mean, I probably will just to see what will come next, but it won't be on my most anticipated list this time. Fingers crossed that it's less about the romance and more about the Permafrost, creatures and world.
Thank you to St Martin's Press and Netgalley for a copy of this title in exchange for an honest review. 3.5 ⭐
Honestly, my biggest problem with this book was that it focused so much on the romance between Janneke and Soren. I realize that the premise of this specific book was that the romance between them was also the problem... I just didn't love it. Both Janneke and Soren were too "smoochy" which was the complete opposite of why I loved the original book. It was more annoying than anything and I almost didn't want to finish the book. I found myself liking Lydian more than the majority of characters this time around, as he had the most interesting story line in this book.
The journey itself wasn't bad, there was still a lot of creativity, interesting creatures and tasks along the way. That along with the writing style that I've come to love so much from Barbieri were the only things that saved this book for me. I'm not sure if there is going to be a third book or not, if there is, I don't know how I feel about wanting to read it. I mean, I probably will just to see what will come next, but it won't be on my most anticipated list this time. Fingers crossed that it's less about the romance and more about the Permafrost, creatures and world.
Thank you to St Martin's Press and Netgalley for a copy of this title in exchange for an honest review. 3.5 ⭐