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Everybody Wants to Rule the World Except Me
by Django Wexler
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I want to start by saying a huge thanks to Orbit Books and NetGalley for allowing me to read this ARC in exchange for my honest review!
What do you do when your entire existence suddenly changes dramatically? For Davi, she's having a couple of existential crises: one, she's just been named the Dark Lord... and she has no idea what she's doing, really. And two, she's starting to recognize that she actually doesn't want to to reset the way she used to. In fact, she'd like to live a long time with her girlfriend, thank you very much.
This book picks up shortly after the previous one left off, with Davi and Tsav on a mission-- try, somehow, to keep the murderous horde away from the equally-murderous humans. And maybe achieve world peace in the process. There's naturally more court intrigue than the previous volume now that the human kingdom is involved, and we get to explore just how bad the humans Davi used to run with actually are. During this, we also see Davi actually progressing to a a more mature state of mind, as she actively contemplates who she was for the past thousand years, and why she should not and cannot continue on like that. Tsav is a big part of this revelation, but it's nice to have our MC gain more dimension along the way. While in the first book she was a bit too unrelatable, the sequel has her intelligently acknowledging that she actually likes how far she's come. She's still her irreverent, pop-culture-referencing self (odd enough for someone who claims to not remember much from Earth, but I digress). Davi just has discovered that treating everyone as valuable--except maybe the snake-wilders and certain power-hungry courtiers--is the only way that the world, and also she, can hope to find peace.
Everything remains silly and engaging, and while it's not quite the raucous journey of the first book, I actually enjoyed the action of this one more. The political intrigue (and commentary) is relevant to the times and helps flesh out the fantasy world even more. Plus, Johann and Matthias are amazing. My favorite bits absolutely have to do with their relationship and the funny things that seem to always happen with them.
Despite the ending feel ever-so-slightly abrupt, the duology ends well. It certainly seems a natural conclusion, and I don't think there's much left unanswered. Except, what is going to happen to Odlen? We deserve more Odlen lore. I feel like she's important. Even if she's still just teething.
What do you do when your entire existence suddenly changes dramatically? For Davi, she's having a couple of existential crises: one, she's just been named the Dark Lord... and she has no idea what she's doing, really. And two, she's starting to recognize that she actually doesn't want to to reset the way she used to. In fact, she'd like to live a long time with her girlfriend, thank you very much.
This book picks up shortly after the previous one left off, with Davi and Tsav on a mission-- try, somehow, to keep the murderous horde away from the equally-murderous humans. And maybe achieve world peace in the process. There's naturally more court intrigue than the previous volume now that the human kingdom is involved, and we get to explore just how bad the humans Davi used to run with actually are. During this, we also see Davi actually progressing to a a more mature state of mind, as she actively contemplates who she was for the past thousand years, and why she should not and cannot continue on like that. Tsav is a big part of this revelation, but it's nice to have our MC gain more dimension along the way. While in the first book she was a bit too unrelatable, the sequel has her intelligently acknowledging that she actually likes how far she's come. She's still her irreverent, pop-culture-referencing self (odd enough for someone who claims to not remember much from Earth, but I digress). Davi just has discovered that treating everyone as valuable--except maybe the snake-wilders and certain power-hungry courtiers--is the only way that the world, and also she, can hope to find peace.
Everything remains silly and engaging, and while it's not quite the raucous journey of the first book, I actually enjoyed the action of this one more. The political intrigue (and commentary) is relevant to the times and helps flesh out the fantasy world even more. Plus, Johann and Matthias are amazing. My favorite bits absolutely have to do with their relationship and the funny things that seem to always happen with them.
Despite the ending feel ever-so-slightly abrupt, the duology ends well. It certainly seems a natural conclusion, and I don't think there's much left unanswered. Except, what is going to happen to Odlen? We deserve more Odlen lore. I feel like she's important. Even if she's still just teething.