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A review by bookphenomena_micky
The Mime Order: Author's Preferred Text by Samantha Shannon, Samantha Shannon
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.5
Headlines:
Gang land
Keep your enemies close
Characterisation gets better and better
I didn't know how well this installment would work for me despite my love for book one because I knew we were heading into gang land territory. Books about criminal gangs and mobs rarely work for me but I realise now that if Samantha Shannon writes it, I'm in. Finding out about the Seven Dials was gripping and I loved to hate Jaxon. The other gang sects were vicious, untrustworthy and a scary bunch, but I savoured their spotlights.
Paige is just a fantastic lead character and part of what I like about her is her unpredictability, her strength when she has weakness and her values in this criminal underworld. I continued to like Warden and Nick as side characters, they are so well fleshed out and yey, to the low-key romantic developments.
The last 20% of this book was stress-reading in the best way. The 'battle' was fantastic and while sometimes I can find battles boring or want to zone-out, I was glued to the page with this one. Those final lines though...what a cliff of an ending; I was aghast.
Lucky me, I can line up book three asap because I need what's next.
"Hope is the lifeblood of revolution. Without it, we are nothing but ash, waiting for the wind to take us."
Gang land
Keep your enemies close
Characterisation gets better and better
I didn't know how well this installment would work for me despite my love for book one because I knew we were heading into gang land territory. Books about criminal gangs and mobs rarely work for me but I realise now that if Samantha Shannon writes it, I'm in. Finding out about the Seven Dials was gripping and I loved to hate Jaxon. The other gang sects were vicious, untrustworthy and a scary bunch, but I savoured their spotlights.
Paige is just a fantastic lead character and part of what I like about her is her unpredictability, her strength when she has weakness and her values in this criminal underworld. I continued to like Warden and Nick as side characters, they are so well fleshed out and yey, to the low-key romantic developments.
The last 20% of this book was stress-reading in the best way. The 'battle' was fantastic and while sometimes I can find battles boring or want to zone-out, I was glued to the page with this one. Those final lines though...what a cliff of an ending; I was aghast.
Lucky me, I can line up book three asap because I need what's next.
"Hope is the lifeblood of revolution. Without it, we are nothing but ash, waiting for the wind to take us."