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This such an excellent sequel, I keep forgetting to check in with updates!

Wow, Folian really is a dick, isn’t he

This book is well written and has a very interesting world and premise. Unfortunately it’s a bit too dark for me and I find some of the topics somewhat triggering, so I have to set it down. This is not a judgement on the book — it’s just not the right book for me, at least not at this time.

Not that I’m not enjoying this, but what if I’m team Riven? Love me a grump.

This has such a cute premise, but unfortunately serious dishonesty is a huge turnoff for me so I don’t think I can continue 😕

I’m not crying, you’re crying

The characters’s behavior is even more ridiculous than the insta-love. Their behavior is immature and erratic. This reads more like a really young YA than an adult romance, and not a good one at that. Pity because the setting could have been charming.

Yeah no I don’t do zombies or anything resembling them, sorry 😬

So far I don’t like it. The setting is cute and I like the feeling that there is a sort of found family element (which I’m hoping will be developed better as the story progresses) but I dislike the narrative voices of both MCs.
I want to give it a proper shot and it does have elements that could be fun, so fingers crossed it gets better

Let me get this right: so after 3 1/2 years, this picks up right where it left off, in the middle of a scene even, with zero recap? So the expectation is that we remember everything or should have reread the other two books? Hmmm.

I know it’s very early on but I have such a sense of dread when I think of going back to this book because I really dislike the writing without being able to entirely pinpoint why other than it falls flat and feels contrived somehow. I don’t know. But I’m not going to continue this despite how cute the premise is.

Based on the elements it features I should really be loving this, but I’ve been really struggling to connect with it at all. Maybe it’s because keeping five POVs straight on audio can be a bit more challenging; but I also find Freya Marske’s intros to her worlds generally a bit chaotic, and this was no exception.

I’m going to set it down and maybe pick it up later on in a different medium.

This is probably too many eye rolls for 11 pages already
Will I make it my requisite 10% before DNFing?
Hmmm

Already loving the bitter humor in this one

I like it so far, but it could use a glossary. Like, WTF is the deimark??

Immediately yes

I can honestly say I have no memory whatsoever of any of these events

Ok this is bit of telling without showing disguised as whistleblowing of sorts has me confused as heck, NGL

I have an extremely foggy memory of this book so I don’t know if I’m supposed to, but I like Vince

I am really struggling with this one, and I don’t think it’s for me. The premise sounded great, but unfortunately I’m not finding either of the MCs compelling in the least, which just makes a character-centric narrative fall apart for me.
I tried to be patient but TBh I t’s just… kind of boring.

Sarai, no babe. I can’t believe you’d still trust this obsessive, condescending, obnoxious chick.

What is the point of including a glossary if it only includes a fraction of the made-up words used in the book? Many of the included words could have been understood from the context — meanwhile less than 30 pages in I’ve already come across several other ones that are simply not defined anywhere 😐

I’m finding the characters’ obsessive need to attract and tailor themselves to the male gaze really annoying, TBH

Unfortunately I just cannot anymore with this book. The writing is quite nice as a whole, but it’s also unfortunately very repetitive and there’s so little development that it unfortunately ends up being quite boring. I had so been looking forward to it, but it’s just been incredibly anticlimactic and it’s driving me towards a slump so… goodbye book.

WTF

🙄

Unfortunately I got almost half-way through the book and still couldn’t connect to the characters as much as I should have. I can’t even tell you why exactly, I should have blitzed through this and loved the MCs, on paper this is perfect!? I really don’t know but I somehow have no regrets leaving it behind and not finding out how it continues.

I’ve really enjoyed this series so far, but this one is boring and honestly feels like filler. Nearly 130 pages in, it’s all talk and absolutely nothing has happened. they are journeying and talking, sort of strategizing, talking some more.
I don’t want to DNF because I have enjoyed these characters, but there is zero progression in anything so far. Hopefully that changes.