Reviews

We Unleash the Merciless Storm by Tehlor Kay Mejia

hannahhbic's review

5.0

e-ARC provided by Edelweiss!

It was a blast to hear from Carmen instead of Dani; the two feel entirely different! This story is gripping, contains nonstop action, and I highly recommend it.

bookish_alone's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

tessa_stephens's review

2.0

I can understand why people love Dani and Carmen's stories, I just didn't connect as much as I wanted to

distortthecode's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

tasha_may's review

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Murder and Torture

Minor: Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, and War

cosmicwillow's review

3.0

bit better than the first since it explored some aspects of the world more, but i had a lot of the same issues with this as the first one. 

nellocrayola's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

historyofjess's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

On paper, the idea of telling this second volume from the perspective of the other side of romantic duo introduced in the first book seemed like a super compelling idea. In practice, it doesn't totally work it. Carmen was just a much more interesting character when she was mysterious. Being inside her head was, frankly, kind of exhausting with the degree to which she bounced back and forth in how she was feeling at any given time. While there were some more intense stakes to the dystopian world of this series, it still felt like it wasn't a fully realized world and that everything resolved a little too easily. In the end, it was just a little bit unsatisfying.

rainafire's review

adventurous medium-paced

3.75

elsie10's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5