Thankfully, those hopes were fulfilled and exceeded. I adored it with my whole heart, and was super scared to read the sequel due to high hopes. If you subscribe to me on YouTube, you will know that The Merciful Crow was one of my top two books of 2019. *ARC received from Henry Holt, all thoughts and opinions an my own and honest* This review can also be found at A Take From Two Cities. ** I received an ARC from the publisher (thank you!) in exchange for an honest review. " We made a society where the monarchs could ignore the suffering of their people because it was nothing but an inconvenience, and we punished those who used their position to speak out."ĭon't let this series pass you by. But I'm also really looking forward to rereading these books, catching everything I missed, and also just reliving all the moving moments, brutal betrayals, sassy snark, realistic representation, and eerie echoes to our own reality. Owen is definitely an author I will be keeping an eagle (hahah bird jokes) eye on because I can't wait to see where she goes next. " Every time I think we've hit the bottom of how bad it is, we just peel off another layer, don't we?"īut also, like, satisfication in so many areas.
So if you were like me and wanted a clearer picture, be prepared for some satisfaction.
I remember complaining about the plague element and the explanation of why and I feel like all the stumbling I did with some of the world building, whether because I wasn't getting it or it wasn't explained, everything and more is explained in this follow up. And all they were waiting for was permission." They talk and look like anyone else, but they'll take any excuse to get rid fo Crows for good. " There's thousands of people like that, all across Sabor. Bonus because you can binge without waiting, like I had to, and be satisfied beyond belief. Help to redeem the year 2020 and do yourself this favour. So suffice it to say, if you haven't yet picked up THE MERCIFUL CROW? What even, man. There won't be much I will, or can, say about the second, and final, in a series.
Which is why I'm sad I did it kind of dirty. It'll take more than a moon apart for me to roll a lad in a pile of guts. And that definitely did a disservice to the overall reading experience because I dragged my feet through the first hundred pages, putting it down, going on twitter, playing with the cat, until I hit a turning point and then demolished the rest. Because despite how much I thought I remembered, because it's stuck with me as I loved it so much, it took me way way too long to get back into this world. I'm going to start out by saying that unless you remember the events of THE MERCIFUL CROW really really well, you might want to reread it before diving into this one.
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