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On the other hand, Eli Ever repels me. He is supposed to be a hero. Well, I think he is not. And I sort of disliked him from the beginning. Like with the first volume, I was able to completely lose myself in this book: I loved the plot, the characters and the outcome/ending, there is almost nothing about this story that I want to criticize.

I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from The Fragile Threads of Power. I didn’t know if our old characters would have cameos or be featured at all, and there’s always a little bit of trepidation for me when I’m approaching a much-loved fantasy world with characters that I don’t know yet. First there’s Eli– a god complex in a genius body with stunning eyes and an amazing bod could be portrayed as a hero but he’s not. He’s a semi villainous type who is determined to rid the world of its filth because he’s just a jerk to be honest. this book in its entirety is honestly something else. the concept, the plot, the characters, the writing, the conclusion. i couldnt put this down. and thank the book gods schwab decided to bless us with a sequel that our boys eli and victor so undoubtedly deserve. <3 quite frankly, the only way to read fantasy is to completely latch onto a secondary character and play where is waldo with every installment. with the difference that when you find waldo you completely start losing your shit. and with that we come to the main part of the review:

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Vicious is the story of a villain and a hero. Or, that's what it disguises itself as. It's really the story of five different morally grey characters, all out for themselves, battling it out. This is a book that explores the hero / villain dichotomy and promptly shatters it to pieces. Someone could call themselves a hero and still walk around killing dozens. Someone could be labeled a villain for trying to stop that person. Plenty of humans were monstrous, and plenty of monsters knew how to play at being human. As I said at the top, I love this world and these characters and Schwab's writing and no matter what I'm so happy to be getting more of this series and that it's GOOD! This first installment took some time to find its sea legs for me, but I am fully on board with where we're going from here. Can not WAIT to see more, I'm anxiously awaiting book 2. If you had asked me how many stars I would give this book, based on the first 5 or so chapters, I would have said five, no questions about it. The beginning was amazing, the first chapter had hook that pulled me in right from the start. We have people digging up a corpse in the middle of a frigid night. We have a talking, walking girl who just might be dead.

I absolutely ADORED AND LOVED Victor Vale!!! <333 What an intriguing and morally grey character! I just loved the way he thought! His analytical and cunning mind was everything I ever craved for and even more and I just couldn’t get enough of his character. I loved that he was so unapologetic and that he knew exactly who he was. Yes, he tried to blend in with the others, but he never claimed to be something that he wasn’t. If you ask me I’d say Victor is a psychopath, at least if you consider all the typical signs of it. Then again Eli certainly was one too. He might have been more empathic than Victor but whilst Vic knew what was expected of him, Eli ultimately seemed more inclined to ignore human morals than to follow them. I loved how Victor questioned his actions, how he paused to think if what he did was right or wrong, how he weighted both sides against each other and then eventually decided to do what his logic told him. He was vicious and brutal, but he could also be gentle and caring and boy, did I live for that moral ambiguity. *lol* Rhea, Ryan (June 21, 2021). "Author V. E. Schwab adds some magic to everyday life". The Source . Retrieved June 23, 2021. Vengeful came out last week, the same week the women of America were bombarded with what New Yorker writer Doreen St. Félix described as“the patriarchy testing how far its politics of resentment can go,” aka the Ford-Kavanaugh hearing. There couldn’t have been a better time to get a new book that offers emotional catharsis in the form of women wielding power in great and terrible ways, not to mention an example of what it looks like when the misuse of power has real consequences for its perpetrators. Sydney stared up at him, fists clenched. He knelt so they were eye to eye. “You think I’m acting like Eli? You think I’m playing God? Fine, you play, Sydney. You decide, right now, who should live. Us, or them.”Then there’s Victor– a man with a complex with stunning eyes, amazing hair, and a hot bod. Who’s in prison… Sometimes… He’s not a villain but can’t quite be classed as an antihero. He’s determined to get revenge on Eli for getting him sent to jail. Also he’s a jerk, but he’s also soft and squishy. But also not so… The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue was published by Tor Books on October 6, 2020. [16] It was heavily praised and nominated for the 2020 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel . [1] I could see the various plots in parts and I could tell they were good. I just couldn't get them to connect in mind and I thought the last 15% to 20% of the book would do that but it didn't. (Threads of Power in itself is also a trilogy so maybe it will come together more beautifully in the next book).

Ohh those two gave me a lot to wonder about. I’m convinced Victor was in love with Eli and that this was the reason why he wanted his revenge so badly. I mean he was betrayed by the person he loved and to make it even worse Eli didn’t even bother to hear him out. He didn’t give him the benefit of the doubt, no, he ratted him out to the police the moment he knew his girlfriend had died. It was like Eli always expected Victor to go off the rails and only waited for an opportunity to turn on him. Funnily enough it turned out that Eli was the one that actually went off the rails in the end. After all Eli’s girlfriend was the only person Victor killed and this was by accident and not intentional. The same certainly couldn’t be said for Eli though. He killed his victims on purpose and went after them with a vengeance. Sure, once Victor got out of prison his death tally went up as well, he never killed without a purpose or reason though. Which is the main difference between those two. Victor always considered the pros and cons while Eli acted as judge and executioner and didn’t even give his victims a chance to defend themselves, let alone to speak. Now that Eli is in prison I can’t help but wonder what’s going to happen next. I guess I’ll find out once I get my hands on a copy of “Vengeful”. ;-P I do think you should know that neither of them are sympathetic characters, but you do end up rooting for Victor to win. Friends, this is my fifth book by VE Schwab, and I’ve three starred every single one of them. At this point, it is glaringly obvious that you should take my review(s) of her work with a grain of salt, because it is obviously a “me” thing. I will say that I adore the author, and I want so desperately to fall in love with a book of hers. And even though I thought Vicious would be the one, it sadly wasn’t.

Someone could call themselves a hero and still walk around killing dozens. Someone else could be labelled a villain for trying to stop them. Plenty of humans were monstrous, and plenty of monsters knew how to play at being human.” He and Eli were bonded, by blood and death and science. They were alike, more so now than ever. And he had missed Eli. He wanted to see him. And he wanted to see him suffer. He wanted to see the look in Eli’s eyes when he lit them up with pain. He wanted his attention. Eli was like a thorn beneath Victor’s skin, and it hurt. He could turn off every nerve in his body, but Victor couldn’t do a damned thing about the twinge he felt when he thought of Cardale.” a b c Charaipotra, Sona (August 8, 2020). "The Book of V.E. Schwab's Heart". Publishers Weekly . Retrieved June 24, 2021. In 2020, Schwab joined the panel of Podcast Writing excuses [15] to discuss book themes and other topics. My most anticipated read of the year is done and I don’t know what to do with myself. I was waiting so hard and now the waiting is done and what do I do without the waiting?

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