orionoconnell's review against another edition
4.0
Content Warnings: death, grief, depression/anxiety/PTSD/various mental health concerns, torture, blood/gore.
What a fast paced sequel. This has been on my 'most looked forward to' list of 2022/2023 and it did not disappoint. The Genesis Wars picks up shortly after The Infinity Courts left off with a (mostly) new cast of characters helping Nami on her mission to save her friends. But where there is help, there's also hurt and Nami will have to learn who to trust, and who she always should have trusted.
It's super good. It only lost a star from me for the fast-paced action scenes that consumed most of the book, I would have loved more character/relationship building but I think book three is going to be verrrry interesting. PLEASE GIVE ME A HAPPY ENDING.
What a fast paced sequel. This has been on my 'most looked forward to' list of 2022/2023 and it did not disappoint. The Genesis Wars picks up shortly after The Infinity Courts left off with a (mostly) new cast of characters helping Nami on her mission to save her friends. But where there is help, there's also hurt and Nami will have to learn who to trust, and who she always should have trusted.
It's super good. It only lost a star from me for the fast-paced action scenes that consumed most of the book, I would have loved more character/relationship building but I think book three is going to be verrrry interesting. PLEASE GIVE ME A HAPPY ENDING.
tsuxis's review against another edition
2.0
2.5 rounded down
when i say that nothing happened in this book.
when i say that nothing happened in this book.
tallyvauthor's review against another edition
4.0
No one can deny that these books are disastrously derivative but I like how this one tried to break it's mould a little bit. My main wish for this series is for the author to STOP WITH THE TIME SKIPS. We get it, time doesn't exist and everything is eternal, but that doesn't mean we want you to skip all the fun montages that we feel entitled to when reading something as character heavy as this.
novelheartbeat's review against another edition
3.0
3.5/5
Sadly this was another highly anticipated sequel that left me wanting. Infinity Courts was in my top ten of 2021 and earned 4.5/5 from me. It definitely had some Second Book Syndrome going on. I did enjoy jumping back into the world, because it's one of my favorite fictional worlds and is absolutely cinematic! I still enjoyed it while I was reading (the narrator is awesome, too!), it just wasn't as epic as the first book was and that makes me super bummed.
However, THAT ENDING!!! What a doozy of an ending! I can't wait to see how things turn out in the next book!
This review was originally posted on Novel Heartbeat. To see a breakdown of my assessment, please visit the full review here.
smurf25's review against another edition
I really loved the first book in this series (and basically anything else that Bowman has written) i don't think this book is as good as the first (i wasn't as interested in the first half) but the second half really turned it around for me and I ended up really liking it
aspeights's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
fast-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
4.5
it was a very fast paced set up book. i enjoyed the world building a lot, however i found the two twists at the end unsatisfying. the first was predictable and the second was unnecessary.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, War, Torture, and Violence
bitsyreads_'s review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
haley49's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
This series is something I keep thinking about. It is so great conceptually and where it falls short, it picks itself up through wonderful characters and an interesting world. Just the idea of an afterlife of war where you can die and people are constantly fighting to take back their peace is so incredibly interesting and moving. I love it
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: War, Genocide, Death, and Torture
kaitinreallife's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
bookswithbrittanica's review against another edition
4.0
3.75 stars
This second installment in The Infinity Courts series begins ten months (not sure how they can track time in the afterlife?) after the first novel. We are still following Nami, and she is still recovering after the heinous betrayal in the first novel and losing important people in her life.
Naturally, she is “training” to rescue her friends and build strength in more ways than one. This leads to the first quarter of the book being really slow with a bunch of new alliances and characters I can truly say I don’t remember.
The beginning of this was a little jarring and confusing, even though I had just re-read the first book, and then the middle of this gets very intense and dark for a YA novel. Not to spoil anything, but we go to a very dark court where people are being tortured for eternity. I will say it was titillating to read and super visceral, but a little hard to read at that point.
The ending was nuts, and naturally, leads into the third and final installment of the series. I’m super curious to find out more, and see how the story will progress. Bowman really knows how to leave quite the cliffhanger.
I still love the world of Infinity, and I will definitely be continuing on in the series. However, the first bit of this book felt a bit pointless, and it really took off after that and got batshit in a good way.
This second installment in The Infinity Courts series begins ten months (not sure how they can track time in the afterlife?) after the first novel. We are still following Nami, and she is still recovering after the heinous betrayal in the first novel and losing important people in her life.
Naturally, she is “training” to rescue her friends and build strength in more ways than one. This leads to the first quarter of the book being really slow with a bunch of new alliances and characters I can truly say I don’t remember.
The beginning of this was a little jarring and confusing, even though I had just re-read the first book, and then the middle of this gets very intense and dark for a YA novel. Not to spoil anything, but we go to a very dark court where people are being tortured for eternity. I will say it was titillating to read and super visceral, but a little hard to read at that point.
The ending was nuts, and naturally, leads into the third and final installment of the series. I’m super curious to find out more, and see how the story will progress. Bowman really knows how to leave quite the cliffhanger.
I still love the world of Infinity, and I will definitely be continuing on in the series. However, the first bit of this book felt a bit pointless, and it really took off after that and got batshit in a good way.