![]() However, every now and again I get a gem like this to come across my desk and I cannot wait to read/review it! I am truly a fan of sci-fi/fantasy books! Worlds set in extraordinary circumstance and adventure abounding on the horizon! I often read YA because it is simple and easy to power through, not to mention quite popular so I can write reviews that relate to multitudes of other readers. Still, despite giving it four stars I absolutely loved it. I very very much enjoyed the drawn-out potential love story too, but it needed a bit more focus to make it completely compelling. A few more “senseless” moments like that would have pulled back the heavy punch that is the plot. There are a couple: one moment where the crew have a drink together and another part about a creature called a Squibble. I mean, it kept me addictively reading, but, like last time, I would have enjoyed a few “team-building” scenes. There are hidden necromancers, prophecies, political maneuvering, missing friends … there’s so much happening that the story moves too fast for the crew to have any downtime. The story feels like it’s told in one big breath. ![]() It is so crammed full of stuff (people, concepts, plots) that there is too much going on. Yet, I can’t give it 5/5 (despite loving it) due to some narrative issues. There are several new characters, one of whom is great. We’re given a little more personality to the crew of the Elysium, though I still could have used a bit more. It was the perfect book to read on vacation and it has all the things that I enjoy about fantasy wrapped in a quick-moving, easy-to-read package.Ī cool setting (I love a flying citadel!)Īs a sequel, it doesn’t entirely stand on its own but it definitely builds on the first book.
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