I enjoyed Harrow’s perspective Spoiler but once it shifted back to Gideon’s (which I KNEW was going to happen… I hated the second person format but then realized very early on that Gideon was most likely not actually dead and she was speaking for Harrow) perspective, I felt mildly annoyed. I love Harrow but I wish her traits and personality was independent of Gideon. despite that, the fact that she is basically a Gideon foil feels a little lazy especially when you look at the dialogue. I think Harrow is the best written character in the series and she is certainly my favorite which is why I think I enjoyed this book way more than the first. the one (main) character that I feel does not share this quality is Harrowhark, who is written as the inverse of Gideon, so of course she won’t have the Gideon-like humor. I’m not a fan of the humor in this series, but even more so, all the characters (except for Harrow) have the same sense of humor, even when you would expect them not to, which sort of cheapens the dialogue and their individual characterization. she comes off as an amateur writer - whether that’s true or not, I have no idea, but that’s the root of all my critiques. So I think reading this sequel has summed up my feelings on how muir writes.
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