#thronebreakers

4 stars

This is an excellent end to a very good duology. It has the same good pace and excellent action and just the right amount of heart and humor while dealing out several hard blows.

I enjoyed the first book a bit more because that was more adventurous and on the edge of my toes. Alyssa is a good character but her recklessness was more irritating than fun in this book, but the book does well to point that out and force her to try and do better.

I would have liked I think dealing with Edgar and then dealing with the enkindler being two separate things or at least take a bit longer to handle. Honestly, I would have liked more of Edgar and I think he deserved more story time/attention. Not a different ending because I think it was a good one, but he's a fascinating character in his own right. And Alyssa's comment to him, "We always saw you, Edgar. We just couldn't reach you." could have been I think monumental for him if he had more time and presence. Edgar was such a huge part of book 1, it seems sad he was kind of overshadowed.

Same for the Solari extremist stuff, I think if we saw more of that and it having its own attention could have been good.

I loved that while Hell Monkey and Alyssa parted ways, it didn't mean it was over or their paths wouldn't come back together. And like I loved Charlie so much.

As this is an "Ask", there ought to be a question, so: is Setter autistic? I like to think he is :)

Oh my gosh, this is a message that made my whole week for sure. It means a whole hell of a lot that those books brought joy to you. I do apologize about the breakdown in Sprouts, though 😂

As far as Setter goes, I didn't deliberately write him as autistic (I just knew I loved writing him as this driven, serious, empathetic boy). That being said, I'm a firm believer in the power of the reader to bring their own perspectives and angles to a story in a way that makes it uniquely their experience. Which I suppose is a fancy way of saying I fully support your reading of him on the autism spectrum. 💜

THRONEBREAKERS

Crownchasers #2

by Rebecca Coffindaffer

(HarperTeen, 10/12/21)

9780062845191

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Series:  

1. Crownchasers