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I really enjoyed this book. It wasn’t quite as captivating as the first in the series, but I would happily read the next book.
What I liked…
Louis and Reid started off pretty strong in this as they reevaluated their relationship as witch and ex witch hunter-turned-witch. Wow. That was fun to see how Reid dealt with that.
I enjoyed seeing more magical characters in this one and a new form of magic with Coco’s aunt. It made for a richer world.
Lou struggles with her magic in this book having lost pieces of herself to it at the end of book 1. It’s like an addiction for her, a way to manipulate what she doesn’t like into something she does like. Nicely done methinks.
I love the journeys to get more allies. Having already failed to defeat Morganne, they need all the help they can get. Also, it created more tension as to whether the various other groups would actually help. Minor spoiler… Reid already f**cked up in that sense from his time as a witch hunter. Oops.
But what they really need is to prove Lou is worthy of taking her mother’s place if they defeat her, and that’s Lou’s biggest inner struggle.
As in book 1, the love scenes were nicely done. Oblivious but on the delicate side considering this book is categorised YA. Or maybe it’s NA. Either way, it gets mentioned a lot as YA, so who knows?. It also suited the characters and their emotions at the time.
What I didn’t like…
Reid felt a little dramatic sometimes, maybe a bit bratty, even for YA/NA whatever it’s categorised as.
Anyway, I absolutely love this book and the entire series since I’ve finished book 3 now. I love witches, fun magic systems, wild adventures, and complex characters. This whole series ticked every box of things I love in a book as well as that je ne sai quoi. Lol. French. Oh, and I especially loved the French influence.
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