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jamietherebelliousreader 's review for:
Misrule
by Heather Walter
3 stars. I really enjoyed book one. I didn’t love it but it was enjoyable and the ending had me looking forward to book two and to see how everything would wrap up. Needless to say it didn’t deliver unfortunately.
While the writing is absolutely gorgeous, this book could’ve been cut down by at least 150 pages or so because this was insanely dry. There was a lot of moments that didn’t move the plot along at all and left the book at a standstill. Also, the characters felt so different here. I didn’t like it. Primarily Aurora. She was super annoying in this. The romance was a dud as I didn’t feel the chemistry here between Alyce and Aurora. It was just a mess.
A lot of the twists and reveals were very predictable but there were a few that landed for me. I also did like some of the new characters. The last 15% was pretty good as well. Overall, this was an okay ending to this duology but I will read whatever Walter writes next.
While the writing is absolutely gorgeous, this book could’ve been cut down by at least 150 pages or so because this was insanely dry. There was a lot of moments that didn’t move the plot along at all and left the book at a standstill. Also, the characters felt so different here. I didn’t like it. Primarily Aurora. She was super annoying in this. The romance was a dud as I didn’t feel the chemistry here between Alyce and Aurora. It was just a mess.
A lot of the twists and reveals were very predictable but there were a few that landed for me. I also did like some of the new characters. The last 15% was pretty good as well. Overall, this was an okay ending to this duology but I will read whatever Walter writes next.