Brief synopsis (no spoilers):
Ceres continues her role as a puppet of the royalty- thrown around into new perils at the whims of any number of spoiled people in charge. Thanos continues his goal of being the benevolent style of royal, as well as the target of royal conspiracies. Lucious and Stephania continue being jerks.
Category:
YA fiction
Why I chose this book:
Next in series
My personal opinion:
I liked this book better than the last book. It wasn't quite so frantic, and it felt far more organized. Not that the characters' lives were more organized, but that the author was more organized on the story line. It didn't jump from crazy thing to crazier thing the entire time. It felt more deliberate. This continues to be a clean series (good movie rating), and pretty enjoyable. I like the element of the special power Ceres has, and the clean romance. I even like the subterfuge and deceit- the plot is pretty gripping. Not one of my favorite series of all time, but definitely one of the better things I've read in 2018.
Warnings
Language: None
Violence: Fairly frequent, but not too graphic
"Adult" situations: Kissing
Death: Yes, but minor characters
Movie rating equivalent:
PG-13
Protagonist description:
Ceres is growing in her power. Thanos is weak, but growing to understand his weakness.
Point of view of story:
Third person
Book length:
Medium
Story flow:
Better, not so frantic. Still fast-paced, though
Grammar and spelling issues:
A couple at the beginning- character names, even. But none by the end.
Character connection (no spoilers):
I think I'd like to know more about the forest folk, but not a strong connection
For series:
Independent or integral:
Integral
Series review as a whole:
Pretty good so far. I stand by what I said with the first book- I don't like that coincidence saves characters from peril many times, but it's understandable. The second book resolved a couple of the issues I had with the first book, but some continued. For example, the training master makes another 1-chapter appearance. Why even give him a name, with so small a part? I'll probably keep reading the series, but I'll wait until the books are on sale. It's not gripping enough to make me pay full price.
If you only have time for one, read:
Ceres continues her role as a puppet of the royalty- thrown around into new perils at the whims of any number of spoiled people in charge. Thanos continues his goal of being the benevolent style of royal, as well as the target of royal conspiracies. Lucious and Stephania continue being jerks.
Category:
YA fiction
Why I chose this book:
Next in series
My personal opinion:
I liked this book better than the last book. It wasn't quite so frantic, and it felt far more organized. Not that the characters' lives were more organized, but that the author was more organized on the story line. It didn't jump from crazy thing to crazier thing the entire time. It felt more deliberate. This continues to be a clean series (good movie rating), and pretty enjoyable. I like the element of the special power Ceres has, and the clean romance. I even like the subterfuge and deceit- the plot is pretty gripping. Not one of my favorite series of all time, but definitely one of the better things I've read in 2018.
Warnings
Language: None
Violence: Fairly frequent, but not too graphic
"Adult" situations: Kissing
Death: Yes, but minor characters
Movie rating equivalent:
PG-13
Protagonist description:
Ceres is growing in her power. Thanos is weak, but growing to understand his weakness.
Point of view of story:
Third person
Book length:
Medium
Story flow:
Better, not so frantic. Still fast-paced, though
Grammar and spelling issues:
A couple at the beginning- character names, even. But none by the end.
Character connection (no spoilers):
I think I'd like to know more about the forest folk, but not a strong connection
For series:
Independent or integral:
Integral
Series review as a whole:
Pretty good so far. I stand by what I said with the first book- I don't like that coincidence saves characters from peril many times, but it's understandable. The second book resolved a couple of the issues I had with the first book, but some continued. For example, the training master makes another 1-chapter appearance. Why even give him a name, with so small a part? I'll probably keep reading the series, but I'll wait until the books are on sale. It's not gripping enough to make me pay full price.
If you only have time for one, read:
Start at the beginning- Slave, Warrior, Queen
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