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There is a lot crammed into the last portion when there was plenty of page room to expand on it. The pacing of the story, for me, felt a little off as the end of this one, and even the end of the first one, felt extremely rushed. While I can understand this scenario, I felt there was more potential in Ryan’s writing in the first novel where there could have been more layers to this romance and make it incredibly unique in the YA world. My only wish for the romance was that Ryan did not take the easier way out where each suitor goes to the extreme (one becomes the ultimate perfect match and the other becomes toxic). There was turmoil and a lot of emotions as each betrayed her somewhat and each captured her heart. I enjoyed that there was a lot of grays in Brie’s feelings, so it was not a clearcut flip flop between Sebastian and Finn. For me, the two read the same only I do give Ryan credit as she attempted to add more complexity to the feelings. If you enjoyed how Maas wrote the relationships in ACOTAR, this is very similar. Love triangles are rarely done right for me, so I realize that I sometimes go into them with very low expectations. The impending struggle between the Seelie and Unseelie Courts continue as power is up for grabs, which is the driving force of the plot. I loved how Ryan wrote his character as there was a great balance of keeping him a unique character while also “using” him to further expand the world-building. I loved Misha’s character as not only was he likable and well-written, but the reader learns a lot more about the fae through him. She runs into the Wild Fae and ends up in the company of the King of the Wild Fae, Misha, who was briefly included in the previous story. Similar to the first novel, this one is mainly told from the POV of Abriella (Brie) and tells the story from her side only, which leaves a lot of room to either retell parts of the duology from either suitor or to give some insight into what they were up to when they are away from Brie.Īfter bonding with Sebastian, Brie, who is now fae, runs away from Sebastian after his betrayal. Based on the writing, I could easily see some related novel released whether they are novels written from POV of Sebastian or Finn or spin-offs in some way.

I had mixed feelings about the first novel and, unfortunately, I continued to have them in this one.

These Twisted Bonds picks up right where the previous novel, These Hollow Vows left off and wraps up the duology.

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