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brii_brii 's review for:
Chorus of Ashes
by Tricia O'Malley
This was okay. I was happy to see that the plot kind of changed from the first two books. I was honestly worried this series was just going to be four of the exact same books tweaked here and there. But this one was new!
It was new, but it wasn't great. All of the characters feel so hollow in this book, we don't really delve into anyone's history or get to know anyone. Considering Terra is one of our main characters, pieces of her history that I think we really should have known from the beginning just kept popping up out of nowhere.
It felt to me as if the author couldn't decide where she wanted the book to go and just kept adding in additional information as she decided on plot points to include. In the beginning of the book, she hates Rian and believed in his guilt. By the time we make it to the halfway mark, she's claiming she always believed in his innocence and was taking care of his dying mom? It doesn't work for me.
I'm also getting tired of Bianca. She went from being cute and quirky in the first book to being rather annoying in the third. I'm tired of hearing her same shpeel about fated mates and true love to all of the fmcs in this series. It's awfully repetitive, and I could really go for another supporting character.
Last bit of rant. Why does the good fae goddess always pop up AFTER all the shit goes down. If bad fae goddess can show up for the battles, why can't she? Rude.
It was new, but it wasn't great. All of the characters feel so hollow in this book, we don't really delve into anyone's history or get to know anyone. Considering Terra is one of our main characters, pieces of her history that I think we really should have known from the beginning just kept popping up out of nowhere.
It felt to me as if the author couldn't decide where she wanted the book to go and just kept adding in additional information as she decided on plot points to include. In the beginning of the book, she hates Rian and believed in his guilt. By the time we make it to the halfway mark, she's claiming she always believed in his innocence and was taking care of his dying mom? It doesn't work for me.
I'm also getting tired of Bianca. She went from being cute and quirky in the first book to being rather annoying in the third. I'm tired of hearing her same shpeel about fated mates and true love to all of the fmcs in this series. It's awfully repetitive, and I could really go for another supporting character.
Last bit of rant. Why does the good fae goddess always pop up AFTER all the shit goes down. If bad fae goddess can show up for the battles, why can't she? Rude.