It became more about the romance than the magic that was present in book one. Once the second half of the book began, it started to go downhill for me when it came to the plot and the characters. Although each had their own motives, I was excited to see where it would take them. I was iffy about him in the first book but he really grew on me in this one. It was interesting and I liked that Anouk had to work with Prince Rennar. I will say that I did like the first part of the book. I couldn’t get into it as much as I wanted and the characters lacked that connection I had for them in the previous book. I was so excited to read this one and waited for it to arrive in the mail so I could dive in! Unfortunately, it fell flat. I was glad I read it later on than having to wait so long for the sequel. I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley. I didn’t mind that really although others might but for me I still found myself just interested enough in the story to want to finish but still not overly wow’ed leaving the series at a solid three stars. The second book focuses a tad bit more on the romance side of the fantasy than the first book did.
The story was one that was just interesting enough that I went ahead and finished the series after finding the first book a bit so-so. Anouk and her fellow Beasties had gone on the run to find the murderer.īeing that the books of this young adult fantasy duology are rather lengthy it’s not surprising to me that I found them a bit slow paced overall when reading them. The protagonist of the tale is a Beastie, Anouk, who had one day found her mistress murdered in a pool of blood. Beasties are not quite human and meant for a life of servitude. Pretties are the upper class in the world free to do as they wish and lavish themselves in all the best. The Grim Lovelies duology introduces readers to a world in which there are Pretties and Beasties. This second book picks up shortly after the ending of the first book and continues the story from that point. As with most fantasy novels this is a continuation of the story set in the first book so it’s best to read them in order of publication to fully understand. Midnight Beauties by Megan Shepherd is the second and final book in the young adult fantasy Grim Lovelies duology.
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