A review by lynseyisreading
House of Cards by C.E. Murphy
4.0
Nice sequel. Glad I continued with the trilogy.
I finished the first book in this series with slightly mixed feelings. I loved all the secondary characters (there really are some great multi-layered ones in here) as well as the love interest character, Alban, but felt little to nothing towards the protagonist, Margrit. I had nothing against her, exactly, but found her a bit dull overall. I think if she were stronger or I connected with her more, this series could move up from being really good, to great in an instant.
Still, I definitely enjoyed her more this time around. This book did everything a sequel should; it expanded on the word-building and history, it revealed a few secrets and answered some questions, and the characters progressed and became more interesting the more I found out about them. And there was progress on the romantic front too!
The audio narration is very good for this series if anyone is looking for a good Urban Fantasy to listen to. She handles all the different European accents very well.
4 Stars ★★★★
I finished the first book in this series with slightly mixed feelings. I loved all the secondary characters (there really are some great multi-layered ones in here) as well as the love interest character, Alban, but felt little to nothing towards the protagonist, Margrit. I had nothing against her, exactly, but found her a bit dull overall. I think if she were stronger or I connected with her more, this series could move up from being really good, to great in an instant.
Still, I definitely enjoyed her more this time around. This book did everything a sequel should; it expanded on the word-building and history, it revealed a few secrets and answered some questions, and the characters progressed and became more interesting the more I found out about them. And there was progress on the romantic front too!
The audio narration is very good for this series if anyone is looking for a good Urban Fantasy to listen to. She handles all the different European accents very well.
4 Stars ★★★★