Reviews

Winter's Rise by Mary Stone

angelam78's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

kassadig's review

fast-paced

3.25

Rating this book is hard, because I’d recommend it to someone to read, but I have a lot of gripes with it. This series is what I go to when I’m in a bit of a slump because the fast paced nature of thrillers gets me back into reading. Overall, I’m going to continue reading the series!

crosaliee's review

2.5. The dialogue in this one often felt unnatural, while the other books in this series didn't have that problem.

laurentrevi's review

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

I don't know why I keep reading this series. I find every book pretty boring.  The story is good but it's slow and could be condensed into fewer books. 

mynameiskellie's review

3.0

3.5 ⭐️’s. Ending was decent but the rest of the book felt uneventful. Can see where it was essential to the plot line of the entire series, but it fell flat as a stand alone story

ashs_bookcase's review

3.0

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erwink54's review

1.0

I had to go back and adjust my ratings on the previous books. As I read this one, I realized how disjointed it was - the relationships between the characters made no sense to me. Like there were parts of thoughts or interactions missing, like all the dots didn't connect. I had found myself several times in the four books I read, going back to read something to see if I had missed something, but no, it just wasn't there. The clincher for me was having two characters with these special abilities from TBIs named Winter and Autumn. Seriously??? Seriously. I won't read another one. Too many better written books out there.

dnemec's review

2.0

This book just fell flat for me. It was more about the personal relationships of Winter, Noah, Aiden and Autumn than the mystery. And while all the interpersonal crap is going on - BOOM! - mystery is over. It seemed like the case they were working was an afterthought. It was rather anti-climatic.

Hope the next one is better!

mizele20's review

3.0

I like the series in terms of plot, but I think the characters are a little shallow. It will be interesting to see how this plays out in the next book.

triangle38's review

mysterious slow-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

2.5