Review by allingoodtime - Daisy's Decision

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Daisy's Decision by Ruby Dixon

3.0

emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I’ve had difficulty finding sympathy for Daisy since she’s been part of Icehome. While this story helped me understand her more, I still didn’t feel I connected with the character how I would like to. On top of that, O’jek hasn’t been the most likable character either. Although I thought he was slowly coming around to being a kinder person lately. What that all means is I didn’t sink into this story as deeply as most of the other books in the series. Not that it wasn’t good, but it wasn’t great.

As I said, I haven’t been a fan of Daisy. In this story, she spends a lot of time still being self-centered. I don’t want to say selfish because it seemed she didn’t usually realize how she came across. Daisy’s growth in this book was one of the best things about this story for me. She started seeing how she was viewed by others and decided she didn’t want to be that way anymore. Especially once O’jek’s fears of losing someone he loves got in the way of their courtship.

O’jek had walls up that weren’t as obvious as Daisy’s problems. His upbringing and the fact that his mom fell into depression after she had to give up one of her children to the Outcast clan weighed on him more than he let on. So even though I didn’t fully connect with these characters, the stories they had to tell were interesting and important.

There is only one more book published in this series, but unless there is another spin-off series I don’t think it can be over. Can it?

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