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adventurous
emotional
hopeful
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
It was okay. Ultimately, I suppose this is a decent book, but it's a very different book than the first one in the duology and, in my opinion, a much weaker book.
Ning and Kang ended up being the main voices of this installment, but where we hadn't heard Kang before, it felt stilted to have the moments of action interrupted by ultimately forgettable moments in the palace. Ning herself was far more passive and less creative in this installment, compared to her ingenuity for the trials of the palace before. I can't help feeling that the first book should just have been a standalone and left at that.
Ning and Kang ended up being the main voices of this installment, but where we hadn't heard Kang before, it felt stilted to have the moments of action interrupted by ultimately forgettable moments in the palace. Ning herself was far more passive and less creative in this installment, compared to her ingenuity for the trials of the palace before. I can't help feeling that the first book should just have been a standalone and left at that.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Sexual violence