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Broken Sons by Alice Hanov
4.25
adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This picks up pretty solidly where the previous book left off. Since it’s been awhile since I’ve read that one I did find it a bit difficult to keep track of everything for awhile. However, once it got going I had a very hard time putting it down!

This is told through a multiple POV format so we’re getting thoughts and opinions from everywhere which is actually perfect for this kind of book. I’m happy with the pacing and the action as well as the included emotion being spaced out because I do not like it when books get me in my feels too much. 

There are some trigger warnings included here so definitely check those out before you pick it up. They’re pretty solidly similar to the previous books and this is not a standalone.

I gotta say though that cliffhanger ending? It’ll have me back for more FOR SURE. I have to know what happens. 

Thanks to the author for the ARC!