The Bloodless Princes by Charlotte Bond

TL;DR: Not as good for me as book one, but I enjoyed seeing more of this world.
Source: Netgalley! Thank you to the publisher!

Plot: A somewhat familiar, go into the underworld and find something/save someone plot. Not super enthralling.
Characters: A new character introduced was my favorite by far. I actually got tired of being in our other characters minds, large page long monologues were frequent.
Setting: The underworld and the ideas there were actually really fun! I quite liked how the world was setup.
Magic: Fairly vague honestly, dragons = magic? A bit more on details would have been nice.

Thoughts:

I was a huge fan of the Fireborne Blade so I was excited for The Bloodless Princes, but this one didn’t quite hit. The first book balanced the ‘source materials’ of the world with the story itself well but this one felt like there was far more as far as textbook entries. I also found the inner monologue of our two characters drawn out. There were a couple pages where we’d just get a solid brick of information inside their minds, one long paragraph over a page. It was a bit draining.

The newest character introduced, the little white kitty on the cover, was the best part for me and I genuinely wish we’d gotten more with her. I wish we’d gotten more just in the moment on this one. More of whats happening to the characters, less inside ramblings, more world.

This missed for me sadly, I’ll probably continue the series (if there is more) but this definitely slumped for me. I still really recommend the first but as of right now you could probably just skip this on.

3 out of 5 Flying Cats