mhpotter 's review for:

The Invasion of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
3.0

Overall, I enjoyed this book about as much as the first volume, but just couldn't get past the time-hopping. Some of "pre-Crossing" content that annoyed me in the first book was better explained in this entry, but I just didn't love it, and I can't quite put my finger on why. Didn't feel completely true to the universe of the first book, maybe.

I also wasn't crazy about the way that rape was dismissed by Tear in the epilogue--oh, you'll get over it, and be happy, you're just not there yet.

3.5 stars, rounded down this time.