A review by 17mima
The Missing of Clairdelune by Christelle Dabos

4.5

I hate to admit it, but it’s worth it reading the first (incredibly slow) book in this series in order to get to this one.

It’s a night and day difference in pacing and plot, and especially characters’ relationships.

What I disliked remains to be just Ophelia being a bit annoying with her sneezing and such, with a new addition - Fox constantly grabbing “Twit” and putting it in his hair, and that being described and mentioned to no end. Really just minor stuff, the plot moved along pretty nicely.

What I liked is how much more interesting the plot was in this book. That is only bolstered by the great world-building done in the first book, which was expanded even more now. We get much deeper into the characters and their individual relationships, which is what really brings the whole story to life. The characters, although eccentric, feel real and tangible, you can feel connected to them now.

Short story shorter, don’t read it for the romance probably (it’s more than the first one but I wouldn’t get my hopes up), but the plot is way more interesting.