A review by skillyillian
The Unbound by V.E. Schwab

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

okay i'm a lazy shit and writing this review literally almost six months after reading this book, but i am still thinking about it. about both books, tbh. craving the third. our FMC is a badass, although like any teenager, susceptible to manipulative dummies who give them attention. i didn't adore how some of the plot this time felt kind of reiterated from the first one, but it wasn't ruining the book for me. i love imaginary friends lmfao. again as usual i'm not a huge fan of will-they-won't-they but i'm not the target YA audience. me a decade ago? i would have eaten that shit up. hell, i ate up the rest of this book in as little time as possible. v.e. schwab has written yet another really entertaining, dark, mysterious book, that had me staying up later than i should have been just to find out what happened next.

i love the world she created with this story, too. she always excels at writing worlds that are only ever a step away from ours. it feels more relatable and easy to get into, while still being far enough away that we can keep feeling safely separate from the monsters and maniacs she has imagined. she's an absolute master of magical realism and this is yet another example of it. her characters are intriguing and unique and have their own secrets and agendas and putting the pieces together is always so fun. i am itching for the third book in this trilogy but i know it's been so long since this book came out that the chances are getting slimmer by the minute. but V....please..... i am begging you to finish their story
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