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A review by kittyg
Whispers of Stone by Allegra Pescatore
4.0
I picked this one up after having read the first one pretty recently. I definitely enjoyed being back in the world and seeing our characters again. Elenor has come a long way from the spoilt child she came off as in book 1 and I have enjoyed following her progress through this book where she really had to step up and be a leader.
Daemon is a character I still find mysterious but I think we’ve seen more of his character coming through as we see what he fights so hard to protect and why he’s so guarded. He’s a loveable yet ominous character with an awful lot of power and I think in the next book he will be a force to be reckoned with if he can stay alive. There seems to be a lot of gods and people annoyed with him at all times, so it’ll be a test of whether he can last!
Gabriel is a character I think we see a lot more of in this book. Previously he was talked about a lot but this one shows us more of his upbringing and life and how he came to be the person he is. He’s caring and sweet and definitely someone who is on the brink of greatness with unlocking his magic.
Claire, Paul and the other side characters get more fleshing out here too which I liked seeing. They are all quite well rounded despite being noble and privileged and they’re always there to help with the drama of court that Eleanor has to navigate.
Fedrik and Fay are kind of on their own training/learning journeys in this one. They felt a bit distant to me even though their plots promise big things to come in future.
North kind of just annoyed me in this one as he’s a bit too much of a goody-two-shoes for my liking but I think he will come around with time.
The plot was exciting and quite political in this. We focus a lot on the drama between the different kingdoms, including scheming neighbour kingdoms, and the way that the “palace gang” (my way of talking about Eleanor, Gabriel, Claire, Paul, Eric etc) are fighting just to survive.
We do also have god-drama but this seems to be building up to a bigger climax and in fact the ending of this one felt pretty sudden and abrupt to me as I felt like there was a lot left open and I wanted a little more resolution. It does make me keen to read the next one though. 4*s in the end.
Daemon is a character I still find mysterious but I think we’ve seen more of his character coming through as we see what he fights so hard to protect and why he’s so guarded. He’s a loveable yet ominous character with an awful lot of power and I think in the next book he will be a force to be reckoned with if he can stay alive. There seems to be a lot of gods and people annoyed with him at all times, so it’ll be a test of whether he can last!
Gabriel is a character I think we see a lot more of in this book. Previously he was talked about a lot but this one shows us more of his upbringing and life and how he came to be the person he is. He’s caring and sweet and definitely someone who is on the brink of greatness with unlocking his magic.
Claire, Paul and the other side characters get more fleshing out here too which I liked seeing. They are all quite well rounded despite being noble and privileged and they’re always there to help with the drama of court that Eleanor has to navigate.
Fedrik and Fay are kind of on their own training/learning journeys in this one. They felt a bit distant to me even though their plots promise big things to come in future.
North kind of just annoyed me in this one as he’s a bit too much of a goody-two-shoes for my liking but I think he will come around with time.
The plot was exciting and quite political in this. We focus a lot on the drama between the different kingdoms, including scheming neighbour kingdoms, and the way that the “palace gang” (my way of talking about Eleanor, Gabriel, Claire, Paul, Eric etc) are fighting just to survive.
We do also have god-drama but this seems to be building up to a bigger climax and in fact the ending of this one felt pretty sudden and abrupt to me as I felt like there was a lot left open and I wanted a little more resolution. It does make me keen to read the next one though. 4*s in the end.