stuckinpermafrost's Reviews (146)

The Calling

David Gaider

3.5

adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Duncan my BELOVED. Can't believe Maric cured Fiona with his magic dick. Crazy

Asunder

David Gaider

4.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Absolutely loved Cole's part of the story. I wanted to like Rhys so bad, but it was a kinda bizarre choice to have his ending essentially be... him becoming a centrist in an act of rebellion? Lmao okay

Shorefall

Robert Jackson Bennett

3.0

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

As with the first book, I have mixed feelings. I think Robert Jackson Bennett does really well with lore, setting, things like that, but the characters are fairly weak and the writing style isn’t my favorite. The story in this one felt a lot less urgent, like the characters are just waiting for things to happen, despite how serious the threat actually was.

I don’t really feel much of a connection to the characters, and I don’t really understand their motivations — like, was Orso always this radical? Where did these political beliefs come from??? Not that I’m complaining, I agree with what he says, but I don’t remember him being like this in the first book at all.