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A review by nerdyforbooks_
To Shatter the Night by Katherine Quinn
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
⚠️ Spoilers in Review ⚠️ you’ve been warned.
This was so boring. It picks up immediately where book 1 ends & has me thinking - OK we’re in a bit of a rush to save the world. Nope. We waste time being like he left me 😖 and I know my girl is gonna find me!! Then constant “he was here, now he’s not, where is he now? He’s captured and being tortured! Ope not anymore! Now he’s trying to find us.” 🙄
I didn’t hate book 1. It was fairly trope-y 2012 feeling YA romantasy. I didn’t have very strong feelings overall, but I didn’t hate it. This? I had to fight myself to keep going. I wanted to know what happened but ohhh my freaking god it felt like nothing happened until they reached the temple. Plus for a first book that was pretty OK killing characters off? Nope. Not this one. Her brother even gets brought in… for no other reason than to be Jake’s love interest 🙄
Do we learn anything more about the world? Nope. I don’t even fully understand their world/country/politics/magic/gods. I was hoping this book would explain it but nope, it was non stop “I love him but don’t want to admit it” and then over the top cheesy mushy love stuff. Like FFS you’re trying to save the world without getting killed 🙄 and don’t get me STARTED on the fact he had a condom in a world I thought was like… dark ages level tech?? CMON.
This feels like it should have just been one edited down 600 page standalone. Bah.
This was so boring. It picks up immediately where book 1 ends & has me thinking - OK we’re in a bit of a rush to save the world. Nope. We waste time being like he left me 😖 and I know my girl is gonna find me!! Then constant “he was here, now he’s not, where is he now? He’s captured and being tortured! Ope not anymore! Now he’s trying to find us.” 🙄
I didn’t hate book 1. It was fairly trope-y 2012 feeling YA romantasy. I didn’t have very strong feelings overall, but I didn’t hate it. This? I had to fight myself to keep going. I wanted to know what happened but ohhh my freaking god it felt like nothing happened until they reached the temple. Plus for a first book that was pretty OK killing characters off? Nope. Not this one. Her brother even gets brought in… for no other reason than to be Jake’s love interest 🙄
Do we learn anything more about the world? Nope. I don’t even fully understand their world/country/politics/magic/gods. I was hoping this book would explain it but nope, it was non stop “I love him but don’t want to admit it” and then over the top cheesy mushy love stuff. Like FFS you’re trying to save the world without getting killed 🙄 and don’t get me STARTED on the fact he had a condom in a world I thought was like… dark ages level tech?? CMON.
This feels like it should have just been one edited down 600 page standalone. Bah.