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A review by booksontheknightbus
TRUEL1F3 by Jay Kristoff
3.0
"You never love anyone like you love your first."
* Spoiler Free*
Truel1f3 was one of my most anticipated reads for 2021 and I am completely heart broken at how bored and underwhelmed I was. I have never been a fan of dystopian scifi and Lifl1k3 and Devi1at3 had blown my socks off before. So I had hoped that Lifel1k3 would do the same. Unfortunately I feel like this one took the back burner in Kristoff's writing. I feel like every time I turn around he's got another book coming out. So maybe he ended up rushing this one?
True cert I remain a loyal fan! I love Lemonfresh and cricket to their core. They have such a great relationship. They are forever favorite characters and need all the bookish merch. Cricket tends to stay more true to character in this one whereas Lemonfresh becomes a little more soft in this one. I think it's a good thing as we get to see her more feminine side. She is still and forever will be a bad ass!
During the earlier books it was a lot easier to keep track of the multiple POV's. As with TrueL1f3, it becomes more chaotic to keep track of the characters throughout the major plot going on. It was rushed and I had to set it aside several times. For those that have read the first two books we all know that the first book was mostly from "Ana's," point of view, but as the stories go on it becomes more of a Lemonfresh point of view (Let's be real, she is the better character .*wink* ) While that is fantastic for me it leaves a certain someone cast out and in the middle of trying to figure themselves out. It was frustrating. And without going into details, I was very upset.
Overall if you're contemplating reading this trilogy I recommend the first two! The third book not so much. But the first two books really make it a treasure to own and read.
* Spoiler Free*
Truel1f3 was one of my most anticipated reads for 2021 and I am completely heart broken at how bored and underwhelmed I was. I have never been a fan of dystopian scifi and Lifl1k3 and Devi1at3 had blown my socks off before. So I had hoped that Lifel1k3 would do the same. Unfortunately I feel like this one took the back burner in Kristoff's writing. I feel like every time I turn around he's got another book coming out. So maybe he ended up rushing this one?
True cert I remain a loyal fan! I love Lemonfresh and cricket to their core. They have such a great relationship. They are forever favorite characters and need all the bookish merch. Cricket tends to stay more true to character in this one whereas Lemonfresh becomes a little more soft in this one. I think it's a good thing as we get to see her more feminine side. She is still and forever will be a bad ass!
During the earlier books it was a lot easier to keep track of the multiple POV's. As with TrueL1f3, it becomes more chaotic to keep track of the characters throughout the major plot going on. It was rushed and I had to set it aside several times. For those that have read the first two books we all know that the first book was mostly from "Ana's," point of view, but as the stories go on it becomes more of a Lemonfresh point of view (Let's be real, she is the better character .*wink* ) While that is fantastic for me it leaves a certain someone cast out and in the middle of trying to figure themselves out. It was frustrating. And without going into details, I was very upset.
Overall if you're contemplating reading this trilogy I recommend the first two! The third book not so much. But the first two books really make it a treasure to own and read.