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A review by galvezelise12
A Season of Sinister Dreams by Tracy Banghart
2.0
I have such mixed feelings about this book and the characters. A Season of Sinister Dreams is told from the dual POV of Annalise who is the cousin to the prince and Evra who is just a farm girl with surprising powers.
I am going to be honest and say that I pretty much disliked Annalise throughout the entire book. She is cold, manipulative and basically refuses to listen to anyone else because she is convinced they are trying to sabotage her or hold her back. I am all for fierce females but when they feel no remorse for the terrible things they do and justify their actions with the excuse of "well at least I am not doing what the king was doing". You could say that she has some character development at the end but to me it was very minimal and I felt that her character was only slightly better.
Evra is an easy character to like because she is extremely kind but is also so naïve. She struggles throughout most of the book to understand her new powers as a Clearsee. Even with her gift as a Clearsee, she does not do much in the book with it. She relies a lot on her bestfriend Tamsin and her brother Hagan for just about everything.
Overall A Season of Sinister dreams is a fast paced and action packed fantasy standalone. I think if this book had been spread out into a duology, it would have allowed for a lot more character and plot development. The story felt almost too rushed because the author was trying to fit everything in into one book. The chemistry between characters was not really there and the romance in this book felt extremely forced and underdeveloped.
I had high hopes for this book but it really fell flat for me.
I am going to be honest and say that I pretty much disliked Annalise throughout the entire book. She is cold, manipulative and basically refuses to listen to anyone else because she is convinced they are trying to sabotage her or hold her back. I am all for fierce females but when they feel no remorse for the terrible things they do and justify their actions with the excuse of "well at least I am not doing what the king was doing". You could say that she has some character development at the end but to me it was very minimal and I felt that her character was only slightly better.
Evra is an easy character to like because she is extremely kind but is also so naïve. She struggles throughout most of the book to understand her new powers as a Clearsee. Even with her gift as a Clearsee, she does not do much in the book with it. She relies a lot on her bestfriend Tamsin and her brother Hagan for just about everything.
Overall A Season of Sinister dreams is a fast paced and action packed fantasy standalone. I think if this book had been spread out into a duology, it would have allowed for a lot more character and plot development. The story felt almost too rushed because the author was trying to fit everything in into one book. The chemistry between characters was not really there and the romance in this book felt extremely forced and underdeveloped.
I had high hopes for this book but it really fell flat for me.