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Unforgiven by Angelina J. Steffort
5.0
◦ I've received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review ◦
The story picks right where the last one ended.
However, this time we get to see Laney grow and develop so much more as a character than in the previous two books. She’s stronger, fierce, and ready to tear the world down to save Cas.
Another character that surprised me this time was Avery – she has developed so much. From the Queen of Highschool who treated everyone bad she actually ended being really sweet and such a great friend to Laney, their friendship was really beautiful, and loved all the little things they now shared and the boundaries they learned to respect each other.
The world-building as usual has been amazing. Angelina did a great job bringing literal hell to life and bringing us straight there for some action. Really enjoyed the torture descriptions – they weren’t triggering, at least for me weren’t. There was a small abuse inflicted but nothing too serious to need it to be a trigger warning.
The imagination behind the whole story is mind-blowing. I love the fact the supernatural things happen in our world and everyone is so oblivious of everything happening around them that it legit made me wonder if this can actually be real. The Lightbringers and Shadowbringers to gamble our souls when we’re dead, the immortals who sold their souls the Gatekeepers who break all the rules. I really loved the way the story is created because it played a lot with my own imagination.
While I loved the story completely, there is one thing that I still hate and that is Leon. He is still not becoming my favorite character, he is still not more mature as I was expecting him to be, but in fact, he is legit losing his mind and his friendship with Laney. He still gives me the vibe of being the good bad guy which I do not like at all – and being easily influenced by others instead of listening to his gut is really disheartening because he was such an amazing character in the first book. Another thing I really hated Leon for is the fact he always repeated “You don’t need to know” like Laney is not capable of understanding or doesn’t need to know what happens when her life is on the play – really hated him for underestimating Laney and disregard her so much that he wouldn’t even take the time to explain what’s actually happening.
Even tho this time the story was less on romance and more on the action side there were still some beautiful and sweet moments peppered between the pages that will make your heart flutter and cheer for Cas and Laney. The end of the book was perfect and leaves space for a lot of questions that I can’t wait to get answered in the next book.
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The story picks right where the last one ended.
However, this time we get to see Laney grow and develop so much more as a character than in the previous two books. She’s stronger, fierce, and ready to tear the world down to save Cas.
Another character that surprised me this time was Avery – she has developed so much. From the Queen of Highschool who treated everyone bad she actually ended being really sweet and such a great friend to Laney, their friendship was really beautiful, and loved all the little things they now shared and the boundaries they learned to respect each other.
The world-building as usual has been amazing. Angelina did a great job bringing literal hell to life and bringing us straight there for some action. Really enjoyed the torture descriptions – they weren’t triggering, at least for me weren’t. There was a small abuse inflicted but nothing too serious to need it to be a trigger warning.
The imagination behind the whole story is mind-blowing. I love the fact the supernatural things happen in our world and everyone is so oblivious of everything happening around them that it legit made me wonder if this can actually be real. The Lightbringers and Shadowbringers to gamble our souls when we’re dead, the immortals who sold their souls the Gatekeepers who break all the rules. I really loved the way the story is created because it played a lot with my own imagination.
While I loved the story completely, there is one thing that I still hate and that is Leon. He is still not becoming my favorite character, he is still not more mature as I was expecting him to be, but in fact, he is legit losing his mind and his friendship with Laney. He still gives me the vibe of being the good bad guy which I do not like at all – and being easily influenced by others instead of listening to his gut is really disheartening because he was such an amazing character in the first book. Another thing I really hated Leon for is the fact he always repeated “You don’t need to know” like Laney is not capable of understanding or doesn’t need to know what happens when her life is on the play – really hated him for underestimating Laney and disregard her so much that he wouldn’t even take the time to explain what’s actually happening.
Even tho this time the story was less on romance and more on the action side there were still some beautiful and sweet moments peppered between the pages that will make your heart flutter and cheer for Cas and Laney. The end of the book was perfect and leaves space for a lot of questions that I can’t wait to get answered in the next book.
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