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A review by beaundarrows
Gameboard of the Gods by Richelle Mead
4.0
I was pleasantly surprised with this book. I actually quite enjoyed it. It's a good example of how an author can grow and actually get better. Or possibly it's simply because the main POV character isn't Rose. Mae, Justin and Tessa are pretty fun to follow around.
There weren't too many times where I really felt like I was bumping my nose on the page. There was one instance that stands out, only because I particularly thought to myself 'was that really necessary?' It was where Mae used a Finnish swearword - only there'd not been a previous instance of it, so I wondered 'why bother?' What's the point of putting this one in? It couldn't have been to get away with harsh swearing, because there's plenty of times 'fuck' is used.
This book and story certainly seem more adult, more mature than Vampire Academy. The premise also is something I'm fairly interested in knowing more about. The old gods are returning to the world and picking their representative teams. I want to see where this goes.
Overall, this is a good, enjoyable book. A solid 4 out of 5. I will read the rest of the series :)
There weren't too many times where I really felt like I was bumping my nose on the page. There was one instance that stands out, only because I particularly thought to myself 'was that really necessary?' It was where Mae used a Finnish swearword - only there'd not been a previous instance of it, so I wondered 'why bother?' What's the point of putting this one in? It couldn't have been to get away with harsh swearing, because there's plenty of times 'fuck' is used.
This book and story certainly seem more adult, more mature than Vampire Academy. The premise also is something I'm fairly interested in knowing more about. The old gods are returning to the world and picking their representative teams. I want to see where this goes.
Overall, this is a good, enjoyable book. A solid 4 out of 5. I will read the rest of the series :)