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A review by bgrrrl
Revived by Kora Knight
4.0
Hardest book ever to rate. As a duology, I really loved the character development that took place, which included the history of both main characters and the full evolution of their relationship. I give that 4 stars.
As a spin-off and extension of the Upending Tad series, it gets a lower 3-star rating. I was incredibly disappointed and frustrated that it took until the 50% mark in book 2 of this duology to reach the point that the characters left of in the Upending Tad series. It felt like I had to read FOREVER to get back to the present and personally I really hate that. It also resulted in a very pivotal relationship scene (the one we saw from Tad and Scott’s POV) being summarized briefly and glossed over. That would suck for anyone that hadn’t read the first series. Additionally, while I liked getting more Tad & Scott, it was misplaced and interruptive to the story.
I’m hesitant to read Kai and Breck’s books because I’m afraid of this same thing happening, and yet, I do want to know their stories.
Overall, I love the writer’s plots, characters and the ability to evoke feelings for the characters. The world she has created is amazing and I want to spend more time in it. My wish is that the books could’ve been timed better so that there was less back story required to get caught up to present time in the duology. My personal preference for series is that they are always moving forward with occasional flashbacks and I went into this duology not knowing that 3/4’s of it was back story.
See 1st book in duology for additional review.
As a spin-off and extension of the Upending Tad series, it gets a lower 3-star rating. I was incredibly disappointed and frustrated that it took until the 50% mark in book 2 of this duology to reach the point that the characters left of in the Upending Tad series. It felt like I had to read FOREVER to get back to the present and personally I really hate that. It also resulted in a very pivotal relationship scene (the one we saw from Tad and Scott’s POV) being summarized briefly and glossed over. That would suck for anyone that hadn’t read the first series. Additionally, while I liked getting more Tad & Scott, it was misplaced and interruptive to the story.
I’m hesitant to read Kai and Breck’s books because I’m afraid of this same thing happening, and yet, I do want to know their stories.
Overall, I love the writer’s plots, characters and the ability to evoke feelings for the characters. The world she has created is amazing and I want to spend more time in it. My wish is that the books could’ve been timed better so that there was less back story required to get caught up to present time in the duology. My personal preference for series is that they are always moving forward with occasional flashbacks and I went into this duology not knowing that 3/4’s of it was back story.
See 1st book in duology for additional review.