A review by feuillycakes
Wrath & Mercy by Jessica Rubinkowski

dark sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

In my review for The Bright & The Pale I made mention of the main character becoming the villain. There was enough time between then and now that I had completely forgotten that little aspect, so when I started reading this book I was very confused why I found Valeria so very annoying. Turns out I figured out what was happening exactly one page from it being revealed explicitly. 

I can’t say this wasn’t a frustrating book but it was effective. I’m not personally one for war stories so I did get a bit bored of the constant planning for fights then fighting then repeating the process, but the mystery that shouldn’t have been a mystery kept me interested enough. 

I do wish that the terror I felt while reading some very specific scenes in the first book had carried through a bit here, but honestly the most scary thing was the hands/chest scene that I will not elaborate on for those trying to avoid spoilers.
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