This one is at the same time similar and totally different from the first book!
Similar because we have a strong heroine, who's capable and no-nonsenseThis one is at the same time similar and totally different from the first book!
Similar because we have a strong heroine, who's capable and no-nonsense. Who's strong and capable, but at the same time rational and intelligent.
Totally different because in the first book we had a complicated situation with some interesting political games, while here the we don't have almost none of this, but much more the building os a family relationship.
Yes, there's some skirmishing because she's human, but more is about how they'll overcome that between themselves.
I liked that both Rhydian and Delaney were outspoken and sicussed their problems in a honest way trying to understand each other's point of view. They speak, they don't suppose! And the's great!
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This one is at the same time similar and totally different from the first book!
Similar because we have a strong heroine, who's capable and no-nonsense. Who's strong and capable, but at the same time rational and intelligent.
Totally different because in the first book we had a complicated situation with some interesting political games, while here the we don't have almost none of this, but much more the building os a family relationship.
Yes, there's some skirmishing because she's human, but more is about how they'll overcome that between themselves.
I liked that both Rhydian and Delaney were outspoken and sicussed their problems in a honest way trying to understand each other's point of view. They speak, they don't suppose! And the's great!...more
I adored the actiond and adventure in the first book and I'm feeling let down here...
It could be due to the fact that the heroine's Talent is Sight. SI adored the actiond and adventure in the first book and I'm feeling let down here...
It could be due to the fact that the heroine's Talent is Sight. Sight is much more tame Talent than Fire! It could be, but that was not the only thing that made this book less than the first!
Sophia is not a likeable heroine IMHO. She's to pround of her Talent and her being an Extraordinary that she becomes TSTL. And I don't appreciate that! She's convinced that because she's an Extraordinary she's inevitably right and treats badly even her best friend Cecy, throws a temper tantrum, leaves the room slamming the door... A bad behaved 13 years old!
The action is all in her head. She Dreams and have Visions where she discovers bits and pieces of the mystery, but compared to the real life action is boring...
The hero, Mr. Rutledge (and she thinks of him like that through the whole book!!!) is a meh hero. He's supposedy a spy who travelled the world, but he's so bland and meak that I couldn't consider him a hero!!!
The villain is bland also. Lord Endicott is a forger and, when Sophia had a Dream of him embezzling during the war in Portugal, he made the War Council doubt her visions and dreams and made her dismissed. So Sophia resents him very stroongly and wants revenge. That's the extent to his perfidy... thwarting her at every turn wherever he meets her... Mah...
The romancing part is non-existant. Only in the last few pages there's somewhat rushed romance. During the rest she tries to push Mr. Rutledge away for her own imagined grievances and not for any real reason. Even in that department she's full of herself even when an intelligent human being would ask for help...
So, I'm deeply sorry to say that this book doen't deserve more than 2 1/2 stars rounded to 3...
Merged review:
I adored the actiond and adventure in the first book and I'm feeling let down here...
It could be due to the fact that the heroine's Talent is Sight. Sight is much more tame Talent than Fire! It could be, but that was not the only thing that made this book less than the first!
Sophia is not a likeable heroine IMHO. She's to pround of her Talent and her being an Extraordinary that she becomes TSTL. And I don't appreciate that! She's convinced that because she's an Extraordinary she's inevitably right and treats badly even her best friend Cecy, throws a temper tantrum, leaves the room slamming the door... A bad behaved 13 years old!
The action is all in her head. She Dreams and have Visions where she discovers bits and pieces of the mystery, but compared to the real life action is boring...
The hero, Mr. Rutledge (and she thinks of him like that through the whole book!!!) is a meh hero. He's supposedy a spy who travelled the world, but he's so bland and meak that I couldn't consider him a hero!!!
The villain is bland also. Lord Endicott is a forger and, when Sophia had a Dream of him embezzling during the war in Portugal, he made the War Council doubt her visions and dreams and made her dismissed. So Sophia resents him very stroongly and wants revenge. That's the extent to his perfidy... thwarting her at every turn wherever he meets her... Mah...
The romancing part is non-existant. Only in the last few pages there's somewhat rushed romance. During the rest she tries to push Mr. Rutledge away for her own imagined grievances and not for any real reason. Even in that department she's full of herself even when an intelligent human being would ask for help...
So, I'm deeply sorry to say that this book doen't deserve more than 2 1/2 stars rounded to 3......more
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