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A review by rob_c
Rebellion by Lou Morgan
3.0
Well, this is a tough one...
I think it's what you'd call a love-hate relationship.
I enjoyed the writing and the characters (well, for the most part) but I'm finding it hard to say I enjoyed the book.
Lou Morgan's first book in this series, Blood And Feathers, was a great read. Fantastic characters, driving story and intriguing. Rebellion, on the other hand, at least in the first half, had no real story, watered down characters and didn't really pique my interest. And I think there lies the crux of the thing. This book felt to me like two segments forced together. I can't help but think that the second half of this book is what the author actually wanted to say, but maybe she'd been told that it wasn't enough and it needed a build up to those events. So we have the first half of the book which just seems to be forced, spinning its wheels for the sake of it. As I mentioned, there doesn't seem to be any story or forward drive, it just sort of meanders. Even the characters, early in the writing, come across as thin and just a shadow of what they were in the first book. And from that I can understand why there was never a third book produced.
I so desperately wanted this book to give me the highs I got when I read the first book, but it just doesn't get the job done.
I've given this a 3 star rating simply on the merits of the second half of the book. It picked up the pace, gave things some real drive and really pushed me forward and made it quite hard to put down. The characters transformed back into the interesting and three-dimensional 'Angels' I remembered really connecting with in book one. Devious, cruel and deathly loyal. You have to love them.
Thanks for reading my review, I hope it was helpful. But, please remember, this is simply my take on this book and you may have a completely different opinion.
How I select a star rating for each book is explained in my profile.
I think it's what you'd call a love-hate relationship.
I enjoyed the writing and the characters (well, for the most part) but I'm finding it hard to say I enjoyed the book.
Lou Morgan's first book in this series, Blood And Feathers, was a great read. Fantastic characters, driving story and intriguing. Rebellion, on the other hand, at least in the first half, had no real story, watered down characters and didn't really pique my interest. And I think there lies the crux of the thing. This book felt to me like two segments forced together. I can't help but think that the second half of this book is what the author actually wanted to say, but maybe she'd been told that it wasn't enough and it needed a build up to those events. So we have the first half of the book which just seems to be forced, spinning its wheels for the sake of it. As I mentioned, there doesn't seem to be any story or forward drive, it just sort of meanders. Even the characters, early in the writing, come across as thin and just a shadow of what they were in the first book. And from that I can understand why there was never a third book produced.
I so desperately wanted this book to give me the highs I got when I read the first book, but it just doesn't get the job done.
I've given this a 3 star rating simply on the merits of the second half of the book. It picked up the pace, gave things some real drive and really pushed me forward and made it quite hard to put down. The characters transformed back into the interesting and three-dimensional 'Angels' I remembered really connecting with in book one. Devious, cruel and deathly loyal. You have to love them.
Thanks for reading my review, I hope it was helpful. But, please remember, this is simply my take on this book and you may have a completely different opinion.
How I select a star rating for each book is explained in my profile.