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feldsara's review against another edition
The writing really was not well developed or edited and all the characters felt childish. Genuinely disappointed this one didn’t work for me.
zoeportillo's review against another edition
emotional
tense
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
4.75
stef0225's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.0
avid_read's review against another edition
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
kirarachel's review against another edition
3.0
This one took me awhile to read, didn’t have the same energy as the first book. Slower burn with the main characters, having a lot of focus on the secondary characters that I wasn’t much interested in. The last 4-5 chapters have the most movement of the entire book for the 2 main characters, and it ends on yet ANOTHER HUGE ASS CLIFFHANGER.
With the 3rd book not coming out until the summer of this year I’m annoyed!
With the 3rd book not coming out until the summer of this year I’m annoyed!
jenru9613's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
3.5
amh219298's review against another edition
4.0
*3.5 star rating* I’m absolutely in love with Karina and Kael’s story, and look forward to seeing how it continues. I would agree with others that this book did focus a lot more on the side characters and internal dialogue than the first book. However I think it was needed some to get an understanding on why Kael is partly the way he is with his friends. We see more of the trauma and mental hardships his friends/battle buddies are going through, and just how often Kael seems to have to go break up fights/save his friends from doing stupid things (or shaking up after they’ve already done them). The plot twist/cliff hanger at the end wasn’t really a shocker to me. I called it from the start of those characters’ interactions that it was going to happen.
*possible spoilers if you haven’t read the first book*
That being said, I do feel like there are a lot of holes that need to be filled in the last book. This book ends just a couple months after Kael and Karina met, so there’s still a lot to be filled in the year and half+ left before the prologue funeral, and what happens after that.
We still don’t have the full details of what happened that led to the platoon’s main trauma that the twins’ father is involved in, and we still don’t know what exactly happened that led to Kale’s main injury to his leg that also seemed to send most of the entire Platoon home (besides it happening during a car fire). We also haven’t even gotten to the part of Kael and Karina being in Atlanta together (and apparently ruining it according to Karina’s prologue in book 1) and her meeting Kael’s mother like the prologue hints at. And it felt like they were going to make Nielsen a bigger plot line than he was in this book, so I’m assuming his part of the story will return in the last book too. Otherwise that part of the storyline was just pointless.
I feel like it’s going to lead to the last book feeling really rushed. I hope I’m wrong, and I’m sure I’ll love it either way because I love this story so far. But there seems to be a lot missing that the last book will (hopefully) have to fill.
*possible spoilers if you haven’t read the first book*
That being said, I do feel like there are a lot of holes that need to be filled in the last book. This book ends just a couple months after Kael and Karina met, so there’s still a lot to be filled in the year and half+ left before the prologue funeral, and what happens after that.
We still don’t have the full details of what happened that led to the platoon’s main trauma that the twins’ father is involved in, and we still don’t know what exactly happened that led to Kale’s main injury to his leg that also seemed to send most of the entire Platoon home (besides it happening during a car fire). We also haven’t even gotten to the part of Kael and Karina being in Atlanta together (and apparently ruining it according to Karina’s prologue in book 1) and her meeting Kael’s mother like the prologue hints at. And it felt like they were going to make Nielsen a bigger plot line than he was in this book, so I’m assuming his part of the story will return in the last book too. Otherwise that part of the storyline was just pointless.
I feel like it’s going to lead to the last book feeling really rushed. I hope I’m wrong, and I’m sure I’ll love it either way because I love this story so far. But there seems to be a lot missing that the last book will (hopefully) have to fill.
ashnicole13's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
ayankello's review against another edition
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0