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A review by emilynied
Blood & Honey by Shelby Mahurin
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I think this book did end up succumbing to the book two curse despite being pretty fun to read. I think that ultimately is based on the fact that it was originally supposed to be a duology but ended up being changed to a trilogy - but I'm not sure there's enough plot to sustain three books of 500+ pages.
I do think that there was a lot of action but at times it felt like filler to occupy the pages. The ever changing dynamic between Lou and Reid was also...interesting - I'm ready for them to pack it up and figure out their issues because they have a lot of unresolved problems and implicit bias to work through. They need to communicate better.
We got a little more of Beau in the end of the story which served more of a purpose than his weird little sidekick vibe he was giving off up until this point and the inclusion of the royal family was interesting (the king is kinda scary tbh stay away from those rats). And the cliffhanger was definitely enough to convince me to read book three.
I do think that there was a lot of action but at times it felt like filler to occupy the pages. The ever changing dynamic between Lou and Reid was also...interesting - I'm ready for them to pack it up and figure out their issues because they have a lot of unresolved problems and implicit bias to work through. They need to communicate better.
We got a little more of Beau in the end of the story which served more of a purpose than his weird little sidekick vibe he was giving off up until this point and the inclusion of the royal family was interesting (the king is kinda scary tbh stay away from those rats). And the cliffhanger was definitely enough to convince me to read book three.