Natalie

4.5 ⭐️

4.4 * – the story moved quick and lots happened & it was a great book!!!!

but i was getting some of the woe-is-me character trope that i dont always like, especially since the first book was mostly devoid of it.

4.5* great second book for the series, kept my interests up, realistic relationships between characters, loved it!

4.8 stars — loved this book! great pace, no helpless female character, has a good amount of heart & excitement

i thought this book was going to be more witch heavy but more than half the book was about her falling in love with a vampire who likes to be in charge in an annoying way ... the ending picked up again back to the witch business but too little too late. i started the second book bc i was hopeful that it would continue with the witch, heavy themes toward the end, but I'm 15% through a.m. this is not at all what I want from this series.. too many vampires, historical names and associations that get too complicated..

3.3*** nothing special lots of the same ideas from lots of other dystopian novels, good writing though.

**4.4 story moved along well & good surprises :)

*4.4- easy to read, realistic scenarios to think about if/when this type of water shortage were to occur, relatable characters.

**3.7, dragged in the middle. ending was good (:

simple read that kept me interested throughout.

not that interesting, predictable, repetitive. not much moving the story along

4.4**

**3.4 still repetitive

**3.3 good idea but VERY repetitive.

4.3 answers all your questions from the first book, same easy reading (:

4.5 the book was written in a good pace and didnt drag on. really enjoyed the romance sprinkled in & how it didnt overpower the whole story line and i loved the surprise ending!

4.3 — great prequel, with information on her parents (:

4.3 loved this ending to the duo (:

probably better if you are a kid or teen reading it rather than an adult. felt like there was too much battle talk in the middle of the book... but overall good story.

love stories come to fruition in this book which i absolutely love but i thought more information on the actual battle at hand was going to be in the book so im sad to wait for the actual ending

it was another great book (: the writing style ended up being a little different than the other two as the author switched to going to different character perspectives a lot which wasnt bad but i really wanted to get to the meat of the story since the story is that good & i was hanging on every last word every time the story switched back to the main character

once again, just like the first book - excellent writing! i felt like throughout the whole book, i could not put it down. Love the bigger dive into the different cultures & love stories..

loved the character development, storyline, love interests, & the authors style of writing where she trusts you to remember information about the new world you are reading about which i love. weaved information in perfectly.- overall a very enjoyable read

good book (: i loved the storyline & the characters, but felt like some wordings were repetitive but not enough to be annoying.

great successor for the first book - loved diving into the world some more