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A review by booksandladders
Empire of Night by Kelley Armstrong
Did not finish book.
I'm not fooling myself anymore. There's no way I'm going to finish this one.
DNF @46%
Honestly, if I didn't already have this one purchased, I never would have picked it up. I was not a fan of [b:Sea of Shadows|17236366|Sea of Shadows (Age of Legends, #1)|Kelley Armstrong|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1371848637s/17236366.jpg|23755314] as I thought it was boring and not really a "Fantasy" novel. But I had already purchased this one and had heard from others that this one was so much better than the first, so I soldiered on. Except I was not impressed.
I thought this book was basically a carbon copy of the first (at least the first 46% followed a very similar path that the first 46% of the first book did). The relationships were nothing special and even the "new" ones felt just like the old ones. There was an addition of a love triangle for Moria and almost one for Ashyn, but instead Ashyn's was used as a way to show girls that sometimes boys can suck.
I'm still not really sure what the overall plot for this series is -- and honestly I'm surprised this was more than one book. To me, it felt like this could have been done all in one, a la [b:Soundless|24751478|Soundless|Richelle Mead|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1446266199s/24751478.jpg|44380622] (don't get me started on that one though). I think it is too drawn out which makes it seem like nothing is happening, although nothing is happening so there's also that.
I did like the relationships the two girls had as sisters but I think it wasn't highlighted enough and there was definitely some room for improvement in the pacing of this story. I really wanted to like this one and to continue with the series but I just can't bring myself to do so.
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DNF @46%
Honestly, if I didn't already have this one purchased, I never would have picked it up. I was not a fan of [b:Sea of Shadows|17236366|Sea of Shadows (Age of Legends, #1)|Kelley Armstrong|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1371848637s/17236366.jpg|23755314] as I thought it was boring and not really a "Fantasy" novel. But I had already purchased this one and had heard from others that this one was so much better than the first, so I soldiered on. Except I was not impressed.
I thought this book was basically a carbon copy of the first (at least the first 46% followed a very similar path that the first 46% of the first book did). The relationships were nothing special and even the "new" ones felt just like the old ones. There was an addition of a love triangle for Moria and almost one for Ashyn, but instead Ashyn's was used as a way to show girls that sometimes boys can suck.
I'm still not really sure what the overall plot for this series is -- and honestly I'm surprised this was more than one book. To me, it felt like this could have been done all in one, a la [b:Soundless|24751478|Soundless|Richelle Mead|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1446266199s/24751478.jpg|44380622] (don't get me started on that one though). I think it is too drawn out which makes it seem like nothing is happening, although nothing is happening so there's also that.
I did like the relationships the two girls had as sisters but I think it wasn't highlighted enough and there was definitely some room for improvement in the pacing of this story. I really wanted to like this one and to continue with the series but I just can't bring myself to do so.
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