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imme_van_gorp 's review for:
The Golden Lily
by Richelle Mead
This was definitely an improvement from the first book already!
I am liking Sydney more and more; I really admired her genius brain and compassionate heart in book one, but I also appreciated her willingness to keep growing. I just feel like she has such a quiet strength and selfless attitude. She takes care of everyone and everything without a single complaint and does it without expecting anything in return. She doesn’t need attention or recognition, and simply does things because it’s the right thing to do. She’s just such a good and capable person, and I truly respect her.
Also, her continuous development is still looking mighty good and I’m definitely invested in it! I can’t wait for the moment she will finally start fighting back against the Alchemists and break free from that toxic group.
When it comes to her relationship with Adrian I must say I was not a fan of it in the first book at all, but it’s turning into something quite cute. Whereas I couldn’t feel any romantic connection between them at first, and could honestly not even see any particular interest on either side, I could definitely detect it now. These two were so supportive and comforting towards each other, and it was really nice to see. I especially enjoyed seeing Adrian fall in love with her; Sydney is such an amazing person, and I’m glad Adrian has finally noticed it too. I hope Sydney will make him work for it though, because I can’t imagine her diving head first into something like this!
Nonetheless, aside from Sydney and Adrian, I still don’t feel any connection to all the other characters. They were all pretty superficial and we don’t really get to know much about them. Everyone seemed to be in love with someone, but I don’t care about any of it, since it all felt very shallow and silly. It had little to no depth… I hope that might improve later on in the series though.
I am liking Sydney more and more; I really admired her genius brain and compassionate heart in book one, but I also appreciated her willingness to keep growing. I just feel like she has such a quiet strength and selfless attitude. She takes care of everyone and everything without a single complaint and does it without expecting anything in return. She doesn’t need attention or recognition, and simply does things because it’s the right thing to do. She’s just such a good and capable person, and I truly respect her.
Also, her continuous development is still looking mighty good and I’m definitely invested in it! I can’t wait for the moment she will finally start fighting back against the Alchemists and break free from that toxic group.
When it comes to her relationship with Adrian I must say I was not a fan of it in the first book at all, but it’s turning into something quite cute. Whereas I couldn’t feel any romantic connection between them at first, and could honestly not even see any particular interest on either side, I could definitely detect it now. These two were so supportive and comforting towards each other, and it was really nice to see. I especially enjoyed seeing Adrian fall in love with her; Sydney is such an amazing person, and I’m glad Adrian has finally noticed it too. I hope Sydney will make him work for it though, because I can’t imagine her diving head first into something like this!
Nonetheless, aside from Sydney and Adrian, I still don’t feel any connection to all the other characters. They were all pretty superficial and we don’t really get to know much about them. Everyone seemed to be in love with someone, but I don’t care about any of it, since it all felt very shallow and silly. It had little to no depth… I hope that might improve later on in the series though.