If you like urban fantasy and fantasy elements in books you’re in for a treat with this series. Her creativity is also a highlight in this book as we get to see new reflections and meet different characters that add a lovely dimension to an already fantastical book. I really enjoyed this complex book filled with twists, turns, secrets, and surprises! I love Sara’s writing and had such a fun time being shocked by her ever-widening plot. But can she do it in time to save the ones she loves? On a race through the reflections, El joins with an unlikely partner to bring and end to the voids rule. The tensions rise between the two when something happens that disrupts the almost-happy ending and sends El to make a drastic choice. Joshua, strong and left in charge, can obviously feel the weight of his responsibilities. Thanks to Thomas Nelson and NetGalley for providing a free ebook for review.Īnother layer is revealed in a beautifully complex story of hope and the fight for good to win over evil in Unraveling, the second book in the Unblemished series by Sara Ella.Įlyana is now queen but living like a shadow of her former self. I'm still interested in reading the final book, if only to discover whether#TeamJoshua or #TeamKy prevails. But it's the second book in a trilogy, and my experience is this is often the weakest. Overall, Unraveling wasn't awful, but it wasn't my idea of a good read. They started feeling tired, as though more effort was being put into being Hip and Relevant rather than delivering a great story. Unraveling also had all the same issues as Unblemished: endless cliches, endless plot tropes and endless pop culture references. But the three first person points of view in Unraveling weren't sufficiently different for it to work for me.

And I love stories told from multiple points of view (although I'm less keen on love triangles).

And that disrupts the flow of the story.ĭon't get me wrong: I love stories told in first person (it was one of the strengths of Unblemished). I continually had to backtrack to the beginning of the chapter to work out which character's head I was in. I found this confusing, as all three stories were told in the first person, and their voices weren't sufficiently different. While Unblemished was clearly El's story (or Em's story, depending on whether you're #TeamJoshua or #TeamKy), Unraveling has three point of view characters: El, Joshua, and Ky. Unfortunately, I thought Unblemished was a Young Adult fantasy that started well but lost its way. If you read Unblemished and loved loved loved it, then I've no doubt you'll love Unraveling.

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