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aly36's review
5.0
I enjoyed this series and I love the circus. I enjoy going on this adventure with this author. I like to know what this circus is doing next and what adventure we will go on together. If you love the circus too, check out this book/series. * I received this book from the author in exchange for an honest review*
sagek's review
4.0
*I received a free digital version from the author in exchange for an honest review.
Broken Hearts follows Dale and Aurore's travels to many different places in order to keep her source safe. During this mission of sorts, they recover important information, blackmail enemies, break people out of a detention center (this is more so the circus than them, but it's still a large part of the book), cut off limbs, change eyes, and gain more feelings for each other.
What I love about Broken Heart is the flow of the writing (it had a good pace, great situations, some nice twists effortlessly thrown in quite well, and great details), the development (characters grew, such as Dale, Aurore, Cole, and Cielo who learned to love), and the new arising troubles and how they deal wth them. We got much more insight in this book about how the circus works and what they think about when making new decisions that arise. We also learn more about the characters; not so much their backgrounds, but how they act, how they think, what they do and why. This really made the characters seem real and connectable, which made it all the more enjoyable.
Now, the romance in this book is a lot more developed than it was in the first. I love it. I loved reading about Dale and Aurore (I'm focusing on them because I love them, but they're not the only couple of sorts), because I got to see them grow closer and take down their masks even if only because of unintentional cracks. They work well together and they definitely changed each other for the better, and I can't wait to see if they take a step further when he gets back and make it official. Assuming there is another book, of course.
There's not much else to say. The writing was great, the plot was great, the characters and their developments were great. What's not to love?
So overall, I really enjoyed reading Broken Hearts, and I recommend this to all you lovers of magic, action, and maybe even romance.
Broken Hearts follows Dale and Aurore's travels to many different places in order to keep her source safe. During this mission of sorts, they recover important information, blackmail enemies, break people out of a detention center (this is more so the circus than them, but it's still a large part of the book), cut off limbs, change eyes, and gain more feelings for each other.
What I love about Broken Heart is the flow of the writing (it had a good pace, great situations, some nice twists effortlessly thrown in quite well, and great details), the development (characters grew, such as Dale, Aurore, Cole, and Cielo who learned to love), and the new arising troubles and how they deal wth them. We got much more insight in this book about how the circus works and what they think about when making new decisions that arise. We also learn more about the characters; not so much their backgrounds, but how they act, how they think, what they do and why. This really made the characters seem real and connectable, which made it all the more enjoyable.
Now, the romance in this book is a lot more developed than it was in the first. I love it. I loved reading about Dale and Aurore (I'm focusing on them because I love them, but they're not the only couple of sorts), because I got to see them grow closer and take down their masks even if only because of unintentional cracks. They work well together and they definitely changed each other for the better, and I can't wait to see if they take a step further when he gets back and make it official. Assuming there is another book, of course.
There's not much else to say. The writing was great, the plot was great, the characters and their developments were great. What's not to love?
So overall, I really enjoyed reading Broken Hearts, and I recommend this to all you lovers of magic, action, and maybe even romance.
sagek's review against another edition
4.0
*I received a free digital version from the author in exchange for an honest review.
Broken Hearts follows Dale and Aurore's travels to many different places in order to keep her source safe. During this mission of sorts, they recover important information, blackmail enemies, break people out of a detention center (this is more so the circus than them, but it's still a large part of the book), cut off limbs, change eyes, and gain more feelings for each other.
What I love about Broken Heart is the flow of the writing (it had a good pace, great situations, some nice twists effortlessly thrown in quite well, and great details), the development (characters grew, such as Dale, Aurore, Cole, and Cielo who learned to love), and the new arising troubles and how they deal wth them. We got much more insight in this book about how the circus works and what they think about when making new decisions that arise. We also learn more about the characters; not so much their backgrounds, but how they act, how they think, what they do and why. This really made the characters seem real and connectable, which made it all the more enjoyable.
Now, the romance in this book is a lot more developed than it was in the first. I love it. I loved reading about Dale and Aurore (I'm focusing on them because I love them, but they're not the only couple of sorts), because I got to see them grow closer and take down their masks even if only because of unintentional cracks. They work well together and they definitely changed each other for the better, and I can't wait to see if they take a step further when he gets back and make it official. Assuming there is another book, of course.
There's not much else to say. The writing was great, the plot was great, the characters and their developments were great. What's not to love?
So overall, I really enjoyed reading Broken Hearts, and I recommend this to all you lovers of magic, action, and maybe even romance.
Broken Hearts follows Dale and Aurore's travels to many different places in order to keep her source safe. During this mission of sorts, they recover important information, blackmail enemies, break people out of a detention center (this is more so the circus than them, but it's still a large part of the book), cut off limbs, change eyes, and gain more feelings for each other.
What I love about Broken Heart is the flow of the writing (it had a good pace, great situations, some nice twists effortlessly thrown in quite well, and great details), the development (characters grew, such as Dale, Aurore, Cole, and Cielo who learned to love), and the new arising troubles and how they deal wth them. We got much more insight in this book about how the circus works and what they think about when making new decisions that arise. We also learn more about the characters; not so much their backgrounds, but how they act, how they think, what they do and why. This really made the characters seem real and connectable, which made it all the more enjoyable.
Now, the romance in this book is a lot more developed than it was in the first. I love it. I loved reading about Dale and Aurore (I'm focusing on them because I love them, but they're not the only couple of sorts), because I got to see them grow closer and take down their masks even if only because of unintentional cracks. They work well together and they definitely changed each other for the better, and I can't wait to see if they take a step further when he gets back and make it official. Assuming there is another book, of course.
There's not much else to say. The writing was great, the plot was great, the characters and their developments were great. What's not to love?
So overall, I really enjoyed reading Broken Hearts, and I recommend this to all you lovers of magic, action, and maybe even romance.
spinesinaline's review
4.0
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I read this one immediately after finishing the first and that's probably your best bet in reading this series, as this book picks up literally the following day! It seems the adventure's never over for our favourite circus crew.
Some of the questions left unanswered in the last book are covered here, though there's obviously much more trouble brewing that's barely touched here. This group just can't have a day off!
There's a lot of pain and invasive surgery in this one, nothing too gruesome in description but it certainly feels like the characters suffer a lot more in this book than they have thus far.
One slight issue I had - one of the characters has injured their hands and every time they touch something they're in pain. Yet they constantly use crutches. Maybe these crutches are some sort of futuristic no-hold invention like many of the other cool tech stuff in this series but this is never discussed.
Though we perhaps didn't spend as much time with the circus this time, I really liked the focus on Dale and Aurore. I enjoyed their stories much more so it was great to have their backgrounds developed here, as well as some of the more minor characters getting a chance to shine.
Like in the previous books, some parts could've done with more description, and there was still an unnecessary focus on women's bodies though this was thankfully constrained in comparison. Overall, I liked this addition to the circus extravaganza and it sounds like their story has a long way to go.
I read this one immediately after finishing the first and that's probably your best bet in reading this series, as this book picks up literally the following day! It seems the adventure's never over for our favourite circus crew.
Some of the questions left unanswered in the last book are covered here, though there's obviously much more trouble brewing that's barely touched here. This group just can't have a day off!
There's a lot of pain and invasive surgery in this one, nothing too gruesome in description but it certainly feels like the characters suffer a lot more in this book than they have thus far.
One slight issue I had - one of the characters has injured their hands and every time they touch something they're in pain. Yet they constantly use crutches. Maybe these crutches are some sort of futuristic no-hold invention like many of the other cool tech stuff in this series but this is never discussed.
Though we perhaps didn't spend as much time with the circus this time, I really liked the focus on Dale and Aurore. I enjoyed their stories much more so it was great to have their backgrounds developed here, as well as some of the more minor characters getting a chance to shine.
Like in the previous books, some parts could've done with more description, and there was still an unnecessary focus on women's bodies though this was thankfully constrained in comparison. Overall, I liked this addition to the circus extravaganza and it sounds like their story has a long way to go.
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