Guardian of the Gate (Prophecy of the Sisters, Bk 2)
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Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult
Book Type: Hardcover
Author:
Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult
Book Type: Hardcover
I am a huge fan of the first book. I read it in two days because it was so intense and interesting. Very much like the Gemma Doyle trilogy by Libba Bray, but awesome in its own right.
Unfortunately with book two, I was struggling to the end. I wanted to love it like the first, but I just couldn't. My main problem is that the book moves slow as molasses and feels simply like a filler book so that it is a set of three books instead of two.
I do not blame the author at all for this. I feel like it's a trend in YA for there to be at least three books, so publishers are signing authors on for 3 book deals when the author only has a two book story. I have seen this with several trilogies here lately. Wake trilogy by Lisa McMann, Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins, Airhead trilogy by Meg Cabot (although this one was a little less obvious/drug out compared to the others) and now Prophecy of the Sisters trilogy. I feel like the publisher gives us a powerful first book and then gives us the next two books which are each interesting on their own, but if they cut the crap, could be combined into one. I don't know if this is just because more books=more sells/profit or if it is just because 3 is a nice number. Either way I wish that publishers would sign authors on with a relatively open contract so that we could avoid the dragging and extra preparation/planning/plotting the characters are forced to do boringly. The books end up feeling contrived, and I know, for me at least, I am less inclined to buy the books instead of getting them from the library or for a $1 on a used book site after it's been out a while.
I highly recommend the first book in this series. Skip the second (the author nicely covered details from the first book to refresh the reader so I'm sure this will also happen in book three) and read the third which I'm holding out hope packs in a lot of action and gets to the point already!
Unfortunately with book two, I was struggling to the end. I wanted to love it like the first, but I just couldn't. My main problem is that the book moves slow as molasses and feels simply like a filler book so that it is a set of three books instead of two.
I do not blame the author at all for this. I feel like it's a trend in YA for there to be at least three books, so publishers are signing authors on for 3 book deals when the author only has a two book story. I have seen this with several trilogies here lately. Wake trilogy by Lisa McMann, Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins, Airhead trilogy by Meg Cabot (although this one was a little less obvious/drug out compared to the others) and now Prophecy of the Sisters trilogy. I feel like the publisher gives us a powerful first book and then gives us the next two books which are each interesting on their own, but if they cut the crap, could be combined into one. I don't know if this is just because more books=more sells/profit or if it is just because 3 is a nice number. Either way I wish that publishers would sign authors on with a relatively open contract so that we could avoid the dragging and extra preparation/planning/plotting the characters are forced to do boringly. The books end up feeling contrived, and I know, for me at least, I am less inclined to buy the books instead of getting them from the library or for a $1 on a used book site after it's been out a while.
I highly recommend the first book in this series. Skip the second (the author nicely covered details from the first book to refresh the reader so I'm sure this will also happen in book three) and read the third which I'm holding out hope packs in a lot of action and gets to the point already!
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