Karol
This was everything!
Everything you didn't know you needed from the world of harry potter. I mean you guys, this was everyrhing. Omg the feels.
Very well written first of all, but also, the world building was fantastic. It made sense somehow, all of it. And it got very very dark. In a lot of ways this is a toxic ship, but still, you get it! I mean i shipñed for sure!
Now not wanting to continue the rant, read this if you want to expand on this wizarding world, if you think that maybe harry potter wasnt the most interesting character, if you wanted to see different sides of this conflict. But you'll end up staying draco and hermoine for sure! Still, the ending could've been more cohesive, but i repeat, this was everything and left me an incoherent blabbing mess. Loved it and highly recommend it!
Btw, this author's writting style was great, can't wait to see what's next...
Misscomunications are the main form of plot progression, the second being powers that work only when the plot needs them to. Friends to lovers only not such good friends as to trust them with vital information. Im keeping secrets for your own good. Can predict the plot from page one, but it's stretched out through the power of misscomunications. Something always seems to be happening and yet it feels super slow.
Great sequel!
The world expands a bit and we get more about different stories other than Signa. The audiobook is perfect, the voices very distinct. The new characters are layered and interesting and the love story just as angsty. Overall a great time and cant wait for the third, Blythe and Aris were very entertaining to follow but we also get to know Byron a bit better and other characters. Highly recommend if you enjoyed the first, this one might be better.
Four stars because Signa martyrs herself a lot more this time around with the whole i have to sacrifice everything because everything ever is my fault.. Death just sighs...
If you liked fourth wing...
3 1/2
Pros
Entertaining
Fast paced
Interesting lore
Comfortable writting style (better than FW)
Good ending
Morally gray leaders with probable hidden agendas
Cons
FMC she's struggles, she thinks on her feet... But when it comes to the MMC... There is this instalust that comes out of nowhere.
MMC I am jadded, evil, want more power to soak in the blood of my enemies sort of fellow. Claims to hate and only want to use our main character, but then again
4.5 rounded up
What did I just read?? I had to keep going back to pay attention at the details. For those of you expecting your classic dark academia, nope. There is an element of black widow sort of training, but the worls building, the nature of the library take over that pretty quick.
Our MC is fantastic, and at the same time, we're not necessarily rooting for her. The side characters, especially Erwin, but also David, Michael, Jennifer were great to learn about. Father was also a very compelling character, though i wished we had time to learn more about him.
Like i said, the world was just amazing. And when things went south the stakes were very high. We aren't necessarily invested in Carolyn's emotional quest, we just want her to succeed and see what happens next. There was a lot going on in this book
I highly recommend this for people who like sci fi, a bit of dark academia and mayhem. The descriptions were pretty graphic, especially when describing smells, it really made you be right there in the story, grossed out and graphic.
Absolute batsh*t ride, different, exciting, dark, inventive, just something different to clean your palate (mind you it has very gross moments)
I listen to this book on audiobook and i do recommend that to everyone who wants to read it, since the narrator tries to give life to the MC and make him interesting. However, the mistery isn't all that interesting and the characters not so engaging. Feels a bit like knives out, only with less interesting characters. The MC however is charming enough that you can enjoy this well enough, especially through the audiobook.
OMG i hate to have to give it two stars. This was like my most anticipated book everr after DR. However... Here me out:
Pros: the writing style. Definitely beautiful, yet easy to follow prose. Flowery and sweet throughout. The audiobook is fantastic, same voices as DR and they are absolutely perfect.
Now for the cons:
The worldbuilding. Now a lot of ppl complained that there was not enough worldbuilding in DR. Well, there it is. We get the gods and waaay too much about them, as characters, yet i couldnt really care and it was so very long and dragged. I had to skim to finish some parts.
Our main characters development. Iris wasn't great. I get it that the world got bigger, but her choices were off. And boring. Roman was better, but it seemed imbalanced how he kept pinning for Iris and she's going around minding her business.
The side characters, they took a lot of page, but at the same time not enough, maybe more of them and less from the gods?
The lord of the rings epilogues. It felt like this book ended about three times over.
I would totally read moee books from rebecca ross, but this sequel was not for me
Really 4 1/2.
First the good. The relationship, i mean the mmc was a bit too much at times, a little scary to be honest but it somehow worked for this fictional story. The mfc, she was obviously traumatized and it was also too much at times, seemed to heal quite instantly, but again, it worked in this wacky world. It was cute. I had the feels, i liked the stem rep and world and the writting although at times too quirky it worked.
Now the sorta bad. I took the half off for lagging a bit in the middle and unnecessary woke references that felt completely out of place (political preferences, planned parenthood...)
It kept me engaged, but the characters, save for one and his storyline is very predictable, are very very veeery unlikeable. We have no one to root for. We're suposed to accept that they're just jaded for their past traumas (mind you Sadie was awful from the start) but it comes a point where you're just wondering if they'll ever grow up.
Pros. The writting style. The coming of age aspect makes you keep reading hoping they get their sh$t together. The video game aspects.
Cons. The characters, especially Sadie, the fact that everyone assumes she' s special because she's jaded, she's awful to everyone but it's because she's brilliant. Not that Sam the antisocial is much better, the self sabotaging aspects, miscommunications, the ending.
Overall, i could read something else from this author, but didn't love this.