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A Solid Bridge to carry us over to the final chapter.
I pre-ordered this book the minute I finished the last.
I was so excited to continue the American Royal journey.
I absolutely enjoyed the book, albeit a bit less than I did the first. I think it is the curse of the bridge book. Often authors use the second book in a trilogy to simply carry the readers to the third act. They do not create the book to have its own life and individual space. I fear that this book has fallen victim to that curse.
The book served as a vehicle for the main characters to commit to their arc. Everyone came to their “truths” and became fully realized, whether that be to their better selves or their worst.
For some of the characters and relationships, it was centered in growth and depth, like Beatrice and Teddy and Sam and Marshall.
I also enjoyed the unexpected love triangle of Daphne, Ethan and Nina. The author further developed Daphne’s multi-complex character and machinations.
The story also brought Ethan off the cold shelf and into the storyline and I’ve enjoyed getting to know him.
Nina’s character is a bit one-note and didn’t really arc in this installment.
There may be sone ingenuity in the writing of Jeff- that he is not just completely daft, but rather so self-absorbed he just can’t see anything or anyone beyond himself. But, I fear I may be giving the writer too much credit. It is probably more the fact that she has absolutely abandoned him as a character in this book. She wrote very little about him and basically left him at the start gate while the rest of the characters ran a full lap of life. He is completely one-dimensional- almost like a paper stand-up in this story-a placeholder- here stands “the prince”.
Everyone else is on this journey to self- love, acceptance or at least acknowledgement of who they are. Yet, Jeff sleepwalks through this book like a monopoly piece.
I do have to reserve my final judgement until the series end. Perhaps the author has something up her sleeve regarding this character and I will be blown away with his story.
Finally, I felt like the book was too short and rushed.
The part of the overall story the author decided to share in this installment was small, unless this ends up not being a big story packed with depth. The first book definitely implied that it would be, but the second’s shallowness and brevity imply that it really could go either way.
I like where we are in the story and how we got here, but I felt it needed more time to breathe a more voluminous path. It was sparse.
Overall, I did really enjoy the book and it has me primed and ready for the next (final?) installment. And I will reserve casting any finality to my judgement until the author has finished telling her characters’ story.
I pre-ordered this book the minute I finished the last.
I was so excited to continue the American Royal journey.
I absolutely enjoyed the book, albeit a bit less than I did the first. I think it is the curse of the bridge book. Often authors use the second book in a trilogy to simply carry the readers to the third act. They do not create the book to have its own life and individual space. I fear that this book has fallen victim to that curse.
The book served as a vehicle for the main characters to commit to their arc. Everyone came to their “truths” and became fully realized, whether that be to their better selves or their worst.
For some of the characters and relationships, it was centered in growth and depth, like Beatrice and Teddy and Sam and Marshall.
I also enjoyed the unexpected love triangle of Daphne, Ethan and Nina. The author further developed Daphne’s multi-complex character and machinations.
The story also brought Ethan off the cold shelf and into the storyline and I’ve enjoyed getting to know him.
Nina’s character is a bit one-note and didn’t really arc in this installment.
There may be sone ingenuity in the writing of Jeff- that he is not just completely daft, but rather so self-absorbed he just can’t see anything or anyone beyond himself. But, I fear I may be giving the writer too much credit. It is probably more the fact that she has absolutely abandoned him as a character in this book. She wrote very little about him and basically left him at the start gate while the rest of the characters ran a full lap of life. He is completely one-dimensional- almost like a paper stand-up in this story-a placeholder- here stands “the prince”.
Everyone else is on this journey to self- love, acceptance or at least acknowledgement of who they are. Yet, Jeff sleepwalks through this book like a monopoly piece.
I do have to reserve my final judgement until the series end. Perhaps the author has something up her sleeve regarding this character and I will be blown away with his story.
Finally, I felt like the book was too short and rushed.
The part of the overall story the author decided to share in this installment was small, unless this ends up not being a big story packed with depth. The first book definitely implied that it would be, but the second’s shallowness and brevity imply that it really could go either way.
I like where we are in the story and how we got here, but I felt it needed more time to breathe a more voluminous path. It was sparse.
Overall, I did really enjoy the book and it has me primed and ready for the next (final?) installment. And I will reserve casting any finality to my judgement until the author has finished telling her characters’ story.