alexabookish's review against another edition
3.0
sooo this was rather disappointing. here’s why i was disappointed:
•there are like 10 new POVs. i love celine and book 1 was all her. we didn’t even see her in this book until page 99
•everyone’s POV was written in third person except for Bastien’s. i wasn’t a fan of all the switching.
•i didn’t like the pacing. this book basically introduces a whole new world, so there’s a lot of world building. it just felt very different from the first book.
•bc of this i felt like most of the book was pretty slow and just feeding the reader all this new information.
I did really like the last 100 pages, but i just felt like that was too far into the book for that to happen. regardless, i’ll still read new books in this series because i love Celine (also i became a big arjun fan while reading this book) and maybe this book just struggled with middle book syndrome.
•there are like 10 new POVs. i love celine and book 1 was all her. we didn’t even see her in this book until page 99
•everyone’s POV was written in third person except for Bastien’s. i wasn’t a fan of all the switching.
•i didn’t like the pacing. this book basically introduces a whole new world, so there’s a lot of world building. it just felt very different from the first book.
•bc of this i felt like most of the book was pretty slow and just feeding the reader all this new information.
I did really like the last 100 pages, but i just felt like that was too far into the book for that to happen. regardless, i’ll still read new books in this series because i love Celine (also i became a big arjun fan while reading this book) and maybe this book just struggled with middle book syndrome.
l_shibest's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
amandapgold's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
witchflower's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
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
3.5
heartbrekker's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
ellahuhtinen's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
aira_imani's review against another edition
1.0
I had really high hopes for this book in the first half and genuinely liked where it was going but at the end it was all just a hodgepodge clumsy attempt at a plot that was absolute hell to read. Too much infromation was introduced such that nothing actually held and had enough significance in the story to make an impact. It would have been better as a trilogy.
wickedwitchofky's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
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? Yes
3.5
susannahbeckham's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0