A review by adancewithbooks
Blue Magic by A.M. Dellamonica
3.0
I’m sad to say that the sequel to Indigo Springs, and the second book in the Astrid Lethewood duology, was a bit of a disappointment to me. I was looking forward to immerging myself back into this world and to see how Astrid’s story would unfold. But the spark that was in the first book, was completely lost to me.
The book felt incredibly messy. I’m not sure what my expectations was about Astrid reshaping the world, but this certainly wasn’t it. The operation she had, carried so many characters it was confusing to follow. I could not keep track of all those minor characters, and they did not stand out all that much in personalities.
I still like the magic system in this series. However this book showed one negative to me. It is almost as if everything can be done with it. I don’t think there are enough limitations for Astrid. I was looking forward to getting to know more about the witch hunters, but I was a bit let down in that regard. Honestly, I could have done with one of the point of views being from a witch hunter. There was also apparently a prophecy that was thrown in halfway through, but it got such little attention that I wondered what the point of adding it really was.
One of the things that was different from Indigo Springs was the point of view. Now after finishing the first book I knew they couldn’t tell the second book the same way. So instead of the Will I pov interview setting with Astrid’s flashbacks, we got four points of view. Will, Astrid, Ev and a new character Juanita. I enjoyed getting Ev’s point of view. I wasn’t expecting it, but I think it was a nice addition. Was it completely necessary for the plot? Probably not, but it brought other things to the story. One of these things was transgender. This part of Ev was already present in the first book, but never mentioned as such. I don’t think I’m the right person to judge if it was done well, but I was glad to see it in here.
Getting Astrid this way was different from the first book and I had a hard time connecting with her in this book. Will remained a solid character throughout. He had his highs and lows. Juanita was not a character I was very drawn to however. I wasn’t sure about what her role was to be until they mentioned one thing from a prophecy and I knew that she was going to be it.
The romance! The romance sucked!
The book felt incredibly messy. I’m not sure what my expectations was about Astrid reshaping the world, but this certainly wasn’t it. The operation she had, carried so many characters it was confusing to follow. I could not keep track of all those minor characters, and they did not stand out all that much in personalities.
I still like the magic system in this series. However this book showed one negative to me. It is almost as if everything can be done with it. I don’t think there are enough limitations for Astrid. I was looking forward to getting to know more about the witch hunters, but I was a bit let down in that regard. Honestly, I could have done with one of the point of views being from a witch hunter. There was also apparently a prophecy that was thrown in halfway through, but it got such little attention that I wondered what the point of adding it really was.
One of the things that was different from Indigo Springs was the point of view. Now after finishing the first book I knew they couldn’t tell the second book the same way. So instead of the Will I pov interview setting with Astrid’s flashbacks, we got four points of view. Will, Astrid, Ev and a new character Juanita. I enjoyed getting Ev’s point of view. I wasn’t expecting it, but I think it was a nice addition. Was it completely necessary for the plot? Probably not, but it brought other things to the story. One of these things was transgender. This part of Ev was already present in the first book, but never mentioned as such. I don’t think I’m the right person to judge if it was done well, but I was glad to see it in here.
Getting Astrid this way was different from the first book and I had a hard time connecting with her in this book. Will remained a solid character throughout. He had his highs and lows. Juanita was not a character I was very drawn to however. I wasn’t sure about what her role was to be until they mentioned one thing from a prophecy and I knew that she was going to be it.
The romance! The romance sucked!