Kiernan: He wasn't as fleshed out as the rest of the family, but he was still very consistent and well written. His sibling bond with Molly was palpable and even had understandable reasons. He was so funny and great, but he also grew a lot and I found a lot of depth in him. Rory: As usual, Rory was a riot and I absolutely adore him. His ideology was so interesting and I found him to be a very compelling villain. Rather, he was also deeply complex and flawed and frankly, frightening in his intensity and drive. "I did not survive this long by being fragile, and I have found other ways to get what I need."Īrkwright: As usual, Arkwright was super creepy, but he wasn't an Obvious Villain™. He became one of my favorite characters, a deeply complex man trying to protect his children but knowing that they might not need him anymore. Terra Nova gave him all the room, and he definitely used it. In Dominion, he was a bit of a stereotype, though still really interesting but the book didn't really focus on him and so he didn't really have much room to show who he really was and to grow into a better person. Those belong to you alone?"ĭa (man, I don't think he even has a name): Molly's father grows so much in this book. "So the good things you've accomplished, those you had help with. Molly is most definitely one of my favorite characters of all time. She is melancholy and depressed for a lot of the book, understandably so, but she learns to use her emotions to drive her to do what she knows she needs to do, instead of trying to fight them, trying to ignore her own sadness. She learns a lesson that was very personal to me, a lesson I've been struggling with all my life: that it is okay to take a break, that it is not quitting that you are not responsible for the decisions of others, only your own actions are yours to judge, and that being a little selfish is not a bad thing, but being self-centered is. Molly: Molly struggles with her conscience, her desire to do what's right, and her fear that her efforts are only hurting people and spirits. "You forget this from time to time, Molly, but you are not alone. It was masterfully crafted and the visuals were fantastic. The world expanded a lot and I really enjoyed learning more about and understanding the unique magic system and alternate history timeline Arbuthnott created. One stone rolling down a mountain changes nothing unless others move with it." It began somewhere, true enough but once it well and truly begins, we are all just stones moving together. "Identifying who began something like this is like picking out the stone that began an avalanche. This book is so relevant to today's society. Besides that, it has themes of revolution, of equal rights and social liberty. Those are some of my favorite themes in any book, so it was truly great to read them in this. I absolutely loved the themes in this: blame, shame, fear, anger, weariness, and above all, responsibility were major themes. He doesn't shove them into your face, he just gently prods you with them. Shane is great at writing believable, wonderful character arcs and themes. The writing had some of the pacing issues the first one had where it tended to run a little slow in the beginning, but, like Dominion, once it picked up, it was steady and intriguing throughout all the way to the end. I have never cried reading a book so much it has all the feels. This does not affect my opinion of this book in any way. I received this ARC from Orca Book Publishers via LibraryThing in exchange for an honest review.
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