bananatricky's review
4.0
The trouble with these books are that they are just that little bit longer than a novella so you get really into the story and then it ends ...
This was so much more than a novella, Elysia and James and Doug and Neil and Alexander dominate this story as Ely and James try to find Alexander's daughter's body/litch. There's Making and potions and crypts and Grims galore.
This is one of the few series where I recall each of the characters from book to book, a fantastic addition and many thanks to Becca for uploading the day I went on holiday.
This was so much more than a novella, Elysia and James and Doug and Neil and Alexander dominate this story as Ely and James try to find Alexander's daughter's body/litch. There's Making and potions and crypts and Grims galore.
This is one of the few series where I recall each of the characters from book to book, a fantastic addition and many thanks to Becca for uploading the day I went on holiday.
beardybot's review
2.0
I was very disappointed throughout this book.
When Elysia was introduced, I thought she'd add an interesting new dynamic to the gang. She's barely even interacted with them, instead becoming immersed in the much less captivating world of necromancers.
Why is this a bad thing? Well, first, the necromancers. Crazy, powerful, ambitious, obsessed with lineage, manipulative... that's all of them. They virtually all have the same personality, from the centuries-old long-dead to the youngest of the bunch.
But it's their manipulative nature that really kills it. Their ability to convince, force, coerce, control, put under compulsion... it's used as a plot point too many times. Every single conflict in the book revolves around one of the heroes being controlled by a bad guy.
I hope in the next book we see more elements, more magic, more alchemy, more society. I love Ely, but I don't feel like the necromantic world is truly where she belongs. She could so some great work with Addie, Rowan and the gang. Make it happen, Becca!
When Elysia was introduced, I thought she'd add an interesting new dynamic to the gang. She's barely even interacted with them, instead becoming immersed in the much less captivating world of necromancers.
Why is this a bad thing? Well, first, the necromancers. Crazy, powerful, ambitious, obsessed with lineage, manipulative... that's all of them. They virtually all have the same personality, from the centuries-old long-dead to the youngest of the bunch.
But it's their manipulative nature that really kills it. Their ability to convince, force, coerce, control, put under compulsion... it's used as a plot point too many times. Every single conflict in the book revolves around one of the heroes being controlled by a bad guy.
I hope in the next book we see more elements, more magic, more alchemy, more society. I love Ely, but I don't feel like the necromantic world is truly where she belongs. She could so some great work with Addie, Rowan and the gang. Make it happen, Becca!
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