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I don’t want to say much because this is a sequel.

I liked it well enough. The plot intrigued me—though I found it a bit unbelievable. The characters’ development annoyed me for a while, but she gave good reasoning for it later that I felt made those changes okay.

The atmosphere is great per usual and the magic system is interesting. But, overall, I wasn’t blown away. Definitely not a read it all in one night kind of book, but still pretty good.

Side note: Some of the magic system scenes were way too graphic for me, which wasn’t fun.

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adventurous tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

This book had me really conflicted when reading. It started off horribly at a 2.5 star read, but did get to a 3.5 in the second half.

I really struggled with the characters in this one. A lot of my issues from the first book were back and worse. It felt like no one in this whole book, no matter the characters' ages or experience, had no emotional maturity or common sense. I found myself constantly frustrated and wanting to DNF. It got better at the halfway mark, but that will be too late for a lot of readers.
The plot wasn't bad but it could be predictable and plot points just happened because reasons and it had to to progress the story. Much like how the characters got better in the second half so too did the plot and ended in a nice way.

I am very glad this is not more than a duology as I don't think I could handle another book. I'm also unsure how to recommend this. If you were like me and struggled with characters in the first book, I wouldn't recommend reading this. If you really liked the first book though and want to know how it ends, go right ahead. I think those who liked the first will also enjoy this and will want to see how it all ends.

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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book_banter's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

I definitely liked the first book better. This was still very readable, but felt less focused, especially in the first half.

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adventurous emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

And, this duology is done. I liked this a lot better than the first book in some ways, probably because I could see how the first book set the stage for the finale in many ways. However, my big critique (and this is just me) is how I can see just how Christian the book is. God/Light in all of us and how it can overcome evil/Satan/darkness. It's not a big deal, but it made me roll my eyes. I still enjoyed the ending but it was predictable.

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