RELEASE DAY REVIEW: When Night Breaks (Kingdom of Cards #2) by Janella Angeles
We received an advanced reader copy of this book.
Published: October 5th 2021 by Wednesday Books
Review:
Myth: 3/5
After the show stopping conclusion to Where Dreams Descend, Kallia is thrown into the mirror and Daron is left to pick up the pieces in the true world. I thought the characters had sizzling chemistry together, but being separated for over half of the book took away from a little of the magic for me.
Kallia had to face her demons or devils in the mirror world, I did appreciate that she had a lot to overcome, but in the mirror world she seemed so much more off-kilter, she didn’t have that lethal confidence that she brought to the magician’s competition in the first book.
Though Jack became a more central character, with curious motivations, I couldn’t get fully behind his character arc.
Magic: 3.5/5
Much of the atmospheric magic continued to be quite lyrical.
“Just because it couldn’t be did not make it untrue.”
This quote, though late in the book, definitely summarized the magical mood.
Overall: 3/5
When Night Breaks brought Kallia and Demarco’s story to a satisfying close. I was able to breathe a sigh of relief with the characters as their journey’s ended even if I didn’t get to experience my favorite parts of their characters as much in this installment.
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