TJ
One word can best describe this book (and the other books in this series), FLUFF. I can probably skip over 90% of the words in the story and get a very good understanding of the story line and character development. I guess this is required when an author and its publisher want you to stretch a single novel into an 8+ book series.
But Given I already bought the whole series, come hell or high water I will read every book, but if I was buying this author again, I would maybe buy a single book and see if it is a quality story or just fluff.
I have noticed I had similar feelings about the Fourth Wing series and just wonder if its more common and “business like” these days to fluff up a story line to fill pages. I am more of a classics reader, and the characters and plot are in a totally different class then these ‘dessert' books.
In regard to character development and advancing the story, a reader can easily skip this book and jump from 2 to 4 and not miss anything in the plot. It is also possible to skip book 2 and jump to 4 (but I have a feeling book 4 is just as stale).
So why did I give the book 3 stars, because I love the characters and the world. I love spending time in this place even though it's a little more exciting being here then spending time in real life.
One word can best describe this book (and the other books in this series), FLUFF. I can probably skip over 90% of the words in the story and get a very good understanding of the story line and character development. I guess this is required when an author and its publisher want you to stretch a single novel into an 8+ book series.
But Given I already bought the whole series, come hell or high water I will read every book, but if I was buying this author again, I would maybe buy a single book and see if it is a quality story or just fluff.
I have noticed I had similar feelings about the Fourth Wing series and just wonder if its more common and “business like” these days to fluff up a story line to fill pages. I am more of a classics reader, and the characters and plot are in a totally different class then these ‘dessert' books.
In regard to character development and advancing the story, a reader can easily skip this book and jump from 2 to 4 and not miss anything in the plot. It is also possible to skip book 2 and jump to 4 (but I have a feeling book 4 is just as stale).
So why did I give the book 3 stars, because I love the characters and the world. I love spending time in this place even though it's a little more exciting being here then spending time in real life.