See that pile of disappointment over there? Yep. That's me.



Grace and Fury was a fabulous story about two sisters finding strength and learning to accept their new roles. This was...not that. Okay it was when it comes to Serina because she is even more kickass than before, but Nomi...ughhhh. Here's the thing, even though she annoyed me in the 1st book, she tried her best I guess, I could understand her. In this book she did NOTHING. She spent more than half of the book just traveling with Malachi - first in a boat toward the prison, then back to the city - and sharing her feelings or whatever. Meanwhile, Serina organized a revolution, lead an army, killed a bunch of enemies, took over a boat etc. Not only that, but the whole "I'm the only one who can do this" syndrome that appeared in the last part of the book was just ughh



As you can see, I'm not a huge fan of Nomi.

When it comes to the romance, it was cute. I liked how the girls were the ones who did most of the heroic acts and the guys actually cheered them on. They didn't have the need to be the one who "protected" the other - they were all equals.

The plot was super slow in the first half but I'm not regretting going through it all. I'm glad I found out what happened even though the end made me slightly angry. I've explained it all in the first paragraph - Serina did basically everything that was important, and Nomi well....she went sightseeing. And YET she still got everything despite the fact she didn't deserve it. And this is what happened in the end:
Nomi became the freaking queen -.- I know, she originally wanted Serina to rule, but she refused saying "Nomi was the one who knew how to read and always wanted to start a revolution" Bullshit. Who cares if you don't know how to read? You already lead a revolution on that prison island AND figured out how to escape using that boat without it + you can just learn along the way??? The only advantage Nomi actually had is that the "proper king" Malachi likes her so if she became "his" queen it would be easier for people to accept instead of just getting Serina as the only ruler. Again, bullshit. Who cares about what those people think? It's time to change things anyway so why not start with a bang? Besides, when you're queen you can just make a law or rule that says it's all fine or whatever. It just frustrated me how Nomi got everything even though she didn't deserve it. Serina did say she didn't want the throne and just wanted to lead her "army of woman" but still...I would've been happy if they chose a 3rd person, as long as Nomi wasn't queen -.-