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The King Slayer
by Virginia Boecker
The King Slayer is the second and last book in The Witch Hunter dualogy. Because it only has two books in the series it was fast-paced and sometimes a little bit rushed.
“I think, in time, you’ll either be my greatest mistake or my greatest victory.”
The story picks up a few months after the ending of 'The Witch Hunter' and we come to see how Elizabeth has to live without her stigma and how slowly its changing John. Elizabeth has grown alot thoughout the series and she is alot more defenseless than she was before, she has to train to be support to this brewing war that is going to happen. I didnt like Elizabeth as much as i did in the first book, she was so dependend on John and everyone else as for before she lost her stigma she was totally kickass! The one that changes the most in this book is John, because of the Stigma that he now has he is becoming a fighter and an annoyance. I loved how sweet he was in the first book. He’s still got that soft side, but he is not acting like himself.
The introduction of a few new characters was also really well done, Malcome for instance was different than that i had in mind. Alot of people talk about rape in this book, but personally i dont see that kind of theme in this story. Ofcourse Elizabeth was Malcoms misstress without her really wanting to be that but he never really raped her in my opinion. He asked her and showed he was in love with her, he never knew she didnt want to be with him. It's all because Elizabeth didn't speak out untill now that he didnt know she didnt love him like he did her (dont hate me for this but its just my few on the story, im not by al means a supporter of rape!!).
Virginia's writing was as addictive as in the first book - it's quick and easy to read but never gets bored, she always managed to keep me interested so that's a good thing! I was surprised at some of the plot twists and expected some others but overall it was a good mixture for me and constantly wanted to know more. I was a little bit shocked that this was a duology because when i started reading this book i didn't know.. it took me by suprise that this was the last book. Why i gave this one 4 stars instead of 5 is because i didn't really like the character change in Elizabeth, i didnt feel right for it to end that way and Elizabeth not being in controlle. But i would recommend this duology to everyone who is in for a little bit of fantasy and witch hunt!
“I think, in time, you’ll either be my greatest mistake or my greatest victory.”
The story picks up a few months after the ending of 'The Witch Hunter' and we come to see how Elizabeth has to live without her stigma and how slowly its changing John. Elizabeth has grown alot thoughout the series and she is alot more defenseless than she was before, she has to train to be support to this brewing war that is going to happen. I didnt like Elizabeth as much as i did in the first book, she was so dependend on John and everyone else as for before she lost her stigma she was totally kickass! The one that changes the most in this book is John, because of the Stigma that he now has he is becoming a fighter and an annoyance. I loved how sweet he was in the first book. He’s still got that soft side, but he is not acting like himself.
The introduction of a few new characters was also really well done, Malcome for instance was different than that i had in mind. Alot of people talk about rape in this book, but personally i dont see that kind of theme in this story. Ofcourse Elizabeth was Malcoms misstress without her really wanting to be that but he never really raped her in my opinion. He asked her and showed he was in love with her, he never knew she didnt want to be with him. It's all because Elizabeth didn't speak out untill now that he didnt know she didnt love him like he did her (dont hate me for this but its just my few on the story, im not by al means a supporter of rape!!).
Virginia's writing was as addictive as in the first book - it's quick and easy to read but never gets bored, she always managed to keep me interested so that's a good thing! I was surprised at some of the plot twists and expected some others but overall it was a good mixture for me and constantly wanted to know more. I was a little bit shocked that this was a duology because when i started reading this book i didn't know.. it took me by suprise that this was the last book. Why i gave this one 4 stars instead of 5 is because i didn't really like the character change in Elizabeth, i didnt feel right for it to end that way and Elizabeth not being in controlle. But i would recommend this duology to everyone who is in for a little bit of fantasy and witch hunt!