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Bound by Dark Waters: Wed
by Elora Morgan
This book was pretty great. I think I enjoyed the first book better, just because I loved watching Zaria and Kirwyn's romance bloom, but this book was also ripe with many twists/turns. I think this book was less enjoyable to read because of how doomed and hopeless Zaria felt throughout about the first 3/4 of the book. I also liked watching Zaria mature. She makes mistake but learns from them. She's feisty in a way that's not overly cheesy/ common of YA female protagonists. A lot of this book felt like Zaria had to play political chess in the castle, which made the story a page turner.
Spoilers!
Meeting Laz, I hated him. I still do. I could see the author subtly writing attraction into his interactions with Zaria which was honestly UNCOMFORTABLE, given how absolutely horrible he was to her. I love a good villian, enemies to lovers kind of story, but to me, Laz was just too mean and I had a hard time believing she could like someone who said/did such horrible things. Don't get me wrong, Laz's character was interesting but I largely found him unforgivable. It will be interesting to see if we learn more about him in book 3. Jul's was nice...but lets agree that nice is a bit boring. Basically, both brothers paled in comparison to Kirwyn.
When Zaria was reunited with Kirwyn it felt like pushing through the first 3/4 of the book was worth it. Elora is so good at making Kirwyn feel like "home" to Zaria, and I love the moments they had together - despite them being few and far between. I was honestly on the verge of tears when Zaria was demanding Kirwyn "couoldn't" save her. All of Zaria's emotion turmoil was really well-captured, and I felt like all of her confusion, anger, longing, and unconditional love came alive in the story.
I'm excited to see what book 3 has to hold! Hopefully Kirwyn and Zaria make it out alive, the Elowan's are saved, Juls finds someone else to fawn over (lol)... and Laz gets eaten by a shark!
Spoilers!
Meeting Laz, I hated him. I still do. I could see the author subtly writing attraction into his interactions with Zaria which was honestly UNCOMFORTABLE, given how absolutely horrible he was to her. I love a good villian, enemies to lovers kind of story, but to me, Laz was just too mean and I had a hard time believing she could like someone who said/did such horrible things. Don't get me wrong, Laz's character was interesting but I largely found him unforgivable. It will be interesting to see if we learn more about him in book 3. Jul's was nice...but lets agree that nice is a bit boring. Basically, both brothers paled in comparison to Kirwyn.
When Zaria was reunited with Kirwyn it felt like pushing through the first 3/4 of the book was worth it. Elora is so good at making Kirwyn feel like "home" to Zaria, and I love the moments they had together - despite them being few and far between. I was honestly on the verge of tears when Zaria was demanding Kirwyn "couoldn't" save her. All of Zaria's emotion turmoil was really well-captured, and I felt like all of her confusion, anger, longing, and unconditional love came alive in the story.
I'm excited to see what book 3 has to hold! Hopefully Kirwyn and Zaria make it out alive, the Elowan's are saved, Juls finds someone else to fawn over (lol)... and Laz gets eaten by a shark!