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A review by ameliabiblio
The Glittering Court by Richelle Mead
3.5
3.5 stars
I love the Vampire Academy and Bloodline books. Vampire Academy is my favorite series and Rose and Dimitri are my OTP. I just don't love her new books.
I read Soundless, not knowing exactly what to expect. I found an entirely new voice, and though the story started out being intriguing, I soon became bored and found the ending, though satisfying, was a little too out-there for me. Well, I don't really know how to explain it.
This book started out well. I enjoyed reading about Adoria and Elizabeth. Her time spent at the Glittering Court was also interesting to read about. I love Tamsin and Mira and cannot wait to read their stories, for I hope that they'll be much more interesting than Elizabeth's. Cedric was nice enough, but I just didn't feel enough chemistry between him and Elizabeth (who I will now call Adelaide from now on). It felt like they hadn't spent enough time together to really have the chemistry that Richelle tried to force on them. She tried to make it hot and steamy, but it just wasn't quite believable.
The story itself started out very promising. I wanted to know how Adelaide and Cedric would end up together. However, as the story kept dragging on, I found myself wishing that it would end already. There were many twists and turns: too many, in my opinion. I feel like this book could have easily been half the length it actually is. There are just so many crazy things that happen, and they are pretty believable, but still. There were just too many things that kept happening to extend the story.
The writing itself also bothered me just a little. I don't know why, but sometimes I felt like I just couldn't lose myself in the story. Sometimes it just felt too formal, or too casual, especially since it's set in kind of colonial times. The conversations that characters were having just seemed a little too casual for that time setting, and things like that just bother me.
If you love Richelle Mead's other books, then don't expect too much out of this one. It was interesting, but it was just too long. I am looking forward to the two other novels, which follow Tamsin and Mira's stories.
I love the Vampire Academy and Bloodline books. Vampire Academy is my favorite series and Rose and Dimitri are my OTP. I just don't love her new books.
I read Soundless, not knowing exactly what to expect. I found an entirely new voice, and though the story started out being intriguing, I soon became bored and found the ending, though satisfying, was a little too out-there for me. Well, I don't really know how to explain it.
This book started out well. I enjoyed reading about Adoria and Elizabeth. Her time spent at the Glittering Court was also interesting to read about. I love Tamsin and Mira and cannot wait to read their stories, for I hope that they'll be much more interesting than Elizabeth's. Cedric was nice enough, but I just didn't feel enough chemistry between him and Elizabeth (who I will now call Adelaide from now on). It felt like they hadn't spent enough time together to really have the chemistry that Richelle tried to force on them. She tried to make it hot and steamy, but it just wasn't quite believable.
The story itself started out very promising. I wanted to know how Adelaide and Cedric would end up together. However, as the story kept dragging on, I found myself wishing that it would end already. There were many twists and turns: too many, in my opinion. I feel like this book could have easily been half the length it actually is. There are just so many crazy things that happen, and they are pretty believable, but still. There were just too many things that kept happening to extend the story.
The writing itself also bothered me just a little. I don't know why, but sometimes I felt like I just couldn't lose myself in the story. Sometimes it just felt too formal, or too casual, especially since it's set in kind of colonial times. The conversations that characters were having just seemed a little too casual for that time setting, and things like that just bother me.
If you love Richelle Mead's other books, then don't expect too much out of this one. It was interesting, but it was just too long. I am looking forward to the two other novels, which follow Tamsin and Mira's stories.