A review by livinthebubble
A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer

adventurous challenging medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

Once again, Grey stole my heart. Anything he does I love and this whole book is about Grey so... yeah. When I finished book 1, I thought I knew what was going to happen in this one.
I thought there was going to be a love triangle between Grey, Harper and Rhen more than in the first.
  But I was pleasantly surprised that that, thankfully, did not happen. At first, I didn't really like Lia Mara's POV 
as I lowkey shipped Grey with Harper, and with her own POV, I knew that Lia and Grey would end up together. (giving Tower of Dawn vibes)
  But then I grew to like her-ish, and enjoyed reading her POV's as well as the romance 
(I still think Grey and Harper would be much better). I was really happy that her sister wasn't shitty in the end. I always love a good sibling relationship.
 
Aside from the main characters, I really enjoyed Jake's friendship with Grey, as well as the entire friend group together. (Tycho is such a sweetie, I want to protect him) 
My only critique is Rhen. In the last book I felt meh about him, I preferred Grey, obviously. He had a "redemption" arc, yet it was completely reversed in this book. I don't understand why he had to be such a dick, more than in the last book. 
  Whipping a child and the one guy who stood by him during the curse?? wtf 
Also, Harper and Rhen's relationship confused me. 
I don't remember very well the last book but, by the end of it, I thought that Harper was unsure whether she loved him and that it was Grey's loyalty/love that fixed the curse. So I didn't really get why she suddenly is so in love with him that she stays after he's done horrendous stuff.
 
And finally, the ending. It shook me, I'll say that. 
Rhen is an idiot and I don't understand how he's in this situation again... 
I was not expecting that ending, which is something I like in books. I really want to read the last book, and see what's going to happen.
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