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chantaal's Reviews (2.32k)
This series continues to be a comfort read series for me, and though I didn't enjoy this entry quite as much as the first two, it's still enjoyable and lovely to be in this world with Mossa and Pleiti.
In this third novel, we follow along with Pleiti as she helps an old school friend with a mystery at a different university where they are being targeted by an unknown person who hates them for unknown reasons. Why not Mossa and Pleiti? Well...we get an idea of why they fell out the first time they were together in school, and we get to see them try to figure out why and how they've hurt each other and do their best to work through it.
The mystery itself is pretty solid, but this book feels more like it's about Pleiti and her inner workings versus the mystery itself. The big reveal felt underwhelming, but that played second place to Mossa and Pleiti figuring their shit out.
One thing I do have to say and I've seen it mentioned in both positive and negative lights in other reviews, is that there is a lot of use of "slang" terms that have been adapted and evolved for this future time. I don't recall these terms being used so heavily in the first two books the way they are in this one. While I don't mind it, I do wish we'd had more of it in the first two books so that it didn't feel as jarring in this one.
The little wink at the Holmes canon at the end of this book was lovely.
Again, while I personally like this the least of all three books so far, that's like saying books 1 and 2 were 4.5/5 stars and book 3 is only 4 stars. They're still fantastic reads set in a world that I love being in.
Many thanks to NetGalley and TorDotCom for the ARC! The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses is available now.
In this third novel, we follow along with Pleiti as she helps an old school friend with a mystery at a different university where they are being targeted by an unknown person who hates them for unknown reasons. Why not Mossa and Pleiti? Well...we get an idea of why they fell out the first time they were together in school, and we get to see them try to figure out why and how they've hurt each other and do their best to work through it.
The mystery itself is pretty solid, but this book feels more like it's about Pleiti and her inner workings versus the mystery itself. The big reveal felt underwhelming, but that played second place to Mossa and Pleiti figuring their shit out.
One thing I do have to say and I've seen it mentioned in both positive and negative lights in other reviews, is that there is a lot of use of "slang" terms that have been adapted and evolved for this future time. I don't recall these terms being used so heavily in the first two books the way they are in this one. While I don't mind it, I do wish we'd had more of it in the first two books so that it didn't feel as jarring in this one.
The little wink at the Holmes canon at the end of this book was lovely.
Again, while I personally like this the least of all three books so far, that's like saying books 1 and 2 were 4.5/5 stars and book 3 is only 4 stars. They're still fantastic reads set in a world that I love being in.
Many thanks to NetGalley and TorDotCom for the ARC! The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses is available now.
A fun follow up that hit the same enjoyment spots as the first did. I do wish the flashbacks weren’t so narratively heavy, but I enjoyed it overall.
Also this is gruesome as fuck sometimes? That corkscrew kill???
Also this is gruesome as fuck sometimes? That corkscrew kill???