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A review by sunsess
The Girl with the Dragon Heart by Stephanie Burgis
3.0
After reading The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart I just had to read the second book, you know? So I quickly got on half priced books and skimmed for the cheapest buy. I waited and waited and waited... then eventually it showed up at my door! And even better, it was an ARC copy! I was so happy.
Overall, however, I wasn’t impressed. Silke wasn’t as brave or spunky as she was in the first one. She crumbled almost immediately under the pressure and never recovered in subsequent chapters. If I was the author, I would have had her break down in the middle of perhaps even towards the end of the book like Adventurine did in the first one. That way, the character remains true to her personality while still being flawed. The way it was written was just disappointing.
The addition of fairies also didn’t sit right with me. Not only were they all unlikable (a little fairiest if you ask me), but the way they were described along with the magical orbs just didn’t fit with the setting of the first book. The first book felt more... warm, and this book was cool colors and random electricy things.
I gave it 2 and a calf cows instead of three because the character and some plot/setting pieces seemed inconsistent with the first book, but a part of me loves the first book so much I couldn’t give this one two. I will probably end up reading the third book, but I’m not near as eager to do so.
Overall, however, I wasn’t impressed. Silke wasn’t as brave or spunky as she was in the first one. She crumbled almost immediately under the pressure and never recovered in subsequent chapters. If I was the author, I would have had her break down in the middle of perhaps even towards the end of the book like Adventurine did in the first one. That way, the character remains true to her personality while still being flawed. The way it was written was just disappointing.
The addition of fairies also didn’t sit right with me. Not only were they all unlikable (a little fairiest if you ask me), but the way they were described along with the magical orbs just didn’t fit with the setting of the first book. The first book felt more... warm, and this book was cool colors and random electricy things.
I gave it 2 and a calf cows instead of three because the character and some plot/setting pieces seemed inconsistent with the first book, but a part of me loves the first book so much I couldn’t give this one two. I will probably end up reading the third book, but I’m not near as eager to do so.