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3.5 stars
Seeing as Elena was one of my favourite characters from The Blemished it was great to read a whole novella about her. I also liked finding out more about the GEMs, and about how they live their lives. The plot was very interesting, with just enough excitement to stop me being able to put it down. I was scared that I'd get bored just reading about a pageant, but during the first half we get to learn so much more about Elena and her family, and in the second half so much other stuff is going on that I didn't once get bored with it.
The only problem was that some things happened too quickly. There was enough going on in this book to make it about 50-100 pages longer. That way there would have been enough time for better descriptions of everything, and the romance would have moved at a more realistic pace. As it was
All in all a really good in-between book (usually they're not great) and I hope that Elena and Mina will meet again during The Unleashed, which I can't wait for. :)
Seeing as Elena was one of my favourite characters from The Blemished it was great to read a whole novella about her. I also liked finding out more about the GEMs, and about how they live their lives. The plot was very interesting, with just enough excitement to stop me being able to put it down. I was scared that I'd get bored just reading about a pageant, but during the first half we get to learn so much more about Elena and her family, and in the second half so much other stuff is going on that I didn't once get bored with it.
The only problem was that some things happened too quickly. There was enough going on in this book to make it about 50-100 pages longer. That way there would have been enough time for better descriptions of everything, and the romance would have moved at a more realistic pace. As it was
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I hadn't got to know Jake well enough be be really upset about what happened at the end, I only felt a little sad.All in all a really good in-between book (usually they're not great) and I hope that Elena and Mina will meet again during The Unleashed, which I can't wait for. :)
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