Illusionary

Leuke, bevredigende en perfect afgeronde finale.

Dit deel ging voornamelijk op dezelfde manier als boek één verder: een beetje cliché, enigszins voorspelbaar, maar over het algemeen vermakelijk.
De epiloog voelde een beetje afgerateld en info-dumpy aan, maar het sluit tegelijkertijd ook alle vragen over de toekomst van de personages af, wat ik wel kan waarderen.

Over het algemeen vond ik deze duologie gewoon oké. Het las leuk weg, maar laat geen blijvende indruk na en ik zal het verhaal en de personages ook snel weer zijn vergeten.

This book picks up where Incendiary leaves off, with Renata working to free her people, while also battling with all of the memories she is holding in her head.

This book didn't really do it for me. I think it may be hard for me to put into words what bored me. While the first one was full of tropes, but in a good way, this one was full of tropes that just annoyed me. There was definitely some insta-love going on, which is always hard for me to get behind. But my biggest gripe is that I was just bored. The action wasn't exciting enough to keep me interested. The romance was boring. The conclusion was predictable. Maybe I wasn't in the right head space to enjoy this book at this time, but it just wasn't for me.

TW: death, murder, torture, violence

This reminded me of a less-horny SJM in that it kind of just kept introducing new concepts/characters who were all just perfect for the situation at hand.

It was a bit confusing for me since it had been so long since I read the first one but regardless I give it 5 stars for the brilliant decision to name the main character Renata.