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wordsofclover 's review for:
Unraveling
by Sara Ella
I received a free digital copy of this book from the publishers/author via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Unravelling is the second book in Sara Ella’s Unblemished trilogy and for me, this book had weak points and strong points - most of them the exact likes and dislikes I had with the first book.
While I enjoy this world, and I think it’s amazingly well thought out, elaborate and magical - sometimes there can be a little bit of confusion for me about the Reflections and the Void/Verity. While there are maps at the start, I think this book could do with a little explanation/reminder about the reflection and which one is which, quick explainer about the Void and Verity and a glossary of characters and who are they separated into their callings.
One of my biggest problems with this book always falls back to the characters though - mainly Eliyana. I just don’t really know why I dislike her so much. She manages to be whiny and annoying all the time and though she wasn’t as many in this book as in the first, I felt her confusion over the Joshua/Ky situation a bit laughable and frustrating as it was pretty clear where she stood. It took her way too long to get there herself.
Ky continues to be my favourite character in this. I like how complex he is, and I also like that he’s not the average handsome guy but he has a bit of acne.
The really big gripe i have with this book is the same as the first as well and it’s all the references to songs, musicals and movies. It’s way too much and way too often. It pulled me out of the story and annoyed me every single time, and sometimes I had no idea what song/musical/classical piece of music the character was talking about so it meant nothing to me and ended up making me wonder if I was missing something by not knowing. I think we could have had moments such as Joshua and Eliyana’s duet where it was just a nice duet and we didn’t need to know it was I See the Light from Tangled.
I’m giving this book a 2.75-3 stars because despite the fact I enjoyed the world and magic again, not to mention Ky, I found myself just wishing the book was over. I will obviously read the last book cause I need to know how it all ends up but this series will unfortunately never be a favourite for me.
Unravelling is the second book in Sara Ella’s Unblemished trilogy and for me, this book had weak points and strong points - most of them the exact likes and dislikes I had with the first book.
While I enjoy this world, and I think it’s amazingly well thought out, elaborate and magical - sometimes there can be a little bit of confusion for me about the Reflections and the Void/Verity. While there are maps at the start, I think this book could do with a little explanation/reminder about the reflection and which one is which, quick explainer about the Void and Verity and a glossary of characters and who are they separated into their callings.
One of my biggest problems with this book always falls back to the characters though - mainly Eliyana. I just don’t really know why I dislike her so much. She manages to be whiny and annoying all the time and though she wasn’t as many in this book as in the first, I felt her confusion over the Joshua/Ky situation a bit laughable and frustrating as it was pretty clear where she stood. It took her way too long to get there herself.
Ky continues to be my favourite character in this. I like how complex he is, and I also like that he’s not the average handsome guy but he has a bit of acne.
The really big gripe i have with this book is the same as the first as well and it’s all the references to songs, musicals and movies. It’s way too much and way too often. It pulled me out of the story and annoyed me every single time, and sometimes I had no idea what song/musical/classical piece of music the character was talking about so it meant nothing to me and ended up making me wonder if I was missing something by not knowing. I think we could have had moments such as Joshua and Eliyana’s duet where it was just a nice duet and we didn’t need to know it was I See the Light from Tangled.
I’m giving this book a 2.75-3 stars because despite the fact I enjoyed the world and magic again, not to mention Ky, I found myself just wishing the book was over. I will obviously read the last book cause I need to know how it all ends up but this series will unfortunately never be a favourite for me.