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A review by annettebooksofhopeanddreams
The Liar's Knot by M.A. Carrick
4.0
I'm an avid reader. I easily read a book a day. However, even I can get quite intimidated by bigger books. Because those books take me longer than a day to finish and there is something in me that is always a little scared to get invested like that. I did quite enjoy the first book in this series though, but I knew I needed a little push to make sure I would also read the second book in this series. That push came thanks to the publisher and Netgalley in the form of an arc.
I made an entire planning for this book. I was gonna read a certain amount of pages a day. Eventually I finished over a week earlier. And I guess that says everything you need to know about the second book in this series. Even though it's the second book, the excitement of the new world died down and they can't give us the grand finale yet, it was never boring, it never lost my attention, it never felt too long. The more I read, the more invested I got.
That's partly because there's even more magic in this book than in the previous book. We're discovering some new forms of magic, we see way more magic in action and we're also truly confronted with how dangerous the constant presence of a magic like this can be. Loads of questions from the first book are answered and I truly felt this book gave us all the pieces of the puzzle and now in the next book we're gonna see how all those pieces fit.
This book also helped us to grow more attached to the key players in this story. Somehow it felt like this book was more focussed on the characters that are truly important. Most chapters were either from Ren's, Vargo's or Grey's point of view. That doesn't mean the other characters are forgotten, far from it. They still have their own challenges and storylines, they are just not always described in that much detail and I personally liked that.
I'm now really looking forward to the next book in the series! The stakes are incredibly high now, so bring it on!
I made an entire planning for this book. I was gonna read a certain amount of pages a day. Eventually I finished over a week earlier. And I guess that says everything you need to know about the second book in this series. Even though it's the second book, the excitement of the new world died down and they can't give us the grand finale yet, it was never boring, it never lost my attention, it never felt too long. The more I read, the more invested I got.
That's partly because there's even more magic in this book than in the previous book. We're discovering some new forms of magic, we see way more magic in action and we're also truly confronted with how dangerous the constant presence of a magic like this can be. Loads of questions from the first book are answered and I truly felt this book gave us all the pieces of the puzzle and now in the next book we're gonna see how all those pieces fit.
This book also helped us to grow more attached to the key players in this story. Somehow it felt like this book was more focussed on the characters that are truly important. Most chapters were either from Ren's, Vargo's or Grey's point of view. That doesn't mean the other characters are forgotten, far from it. They still have their own challenges and storylines, they are just not always described in that much detail and I personally liked that.
I'm now really looking forward to the next book in the series! The stakes are incredibly high now, so bring it on!