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A review by xxivo
One Has To Die by M.N. Bennet
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
I was not ready for all this sadness.
The last book really ended with a cliffhanger and this third book follows up right from that point. Dorian still feels like everything is going okay, while his manifestation is plotting big plans not caring about any of the consequences except for his happiness. Dorian and the manifestation are sort of the same person, but at the same time they weren't. They really felt like different sides of the same person, similar, but also distinctly different in a way could always tell who's POV I was reading. I feel like this was done very masterfully. In a way that totally made it make sense and avoided any confusion for the reader. It was for sure one of the things that made this book so great.
Dorian's chapters were quite happy this book. He keeps growing immensely in his emotional well being, has good sweet moments with Milo, and gives a lot of positive classes to his kids. His manifestation though, those were really intense chapters with a lot of plot. Dorian's chapters were the needed breathers between the deep sadness and cruelty of the manifestations life. This split in how the chapters felt made for a very nice flow of the story that helped me get through the book. I definitely had moments where I put down my ereader while in the manifestations chapters, just to mentally take a second to process all that was going on. Those chapters were a lot, but a lot in a good way that gripped me to keep reading.
The students of this series still are one of the best and bright highlights of the books. It's extremely fulfilling to see them grow, become stronger, become more mature, while at the same time giving a lot of teenage jokes to enjoy. They give these books moments where I snorted out loud, laughing about a joke trying to tell my friends what happened in the book. I started caring about these students almost as much as Dorian cares for them (don't worry he still comes up top). They add so much to this book I can't image this series without them.
Concluding this book is a masterful third book that is both very light and very dark and I can't wait to read how this story continues.
I received an eARC and this was my honest review.
The last book really ended with a cliffhanger and this third book follows up right from that point. Dorian still feels like everything is going okay, while his manifestation is plotting big plans not caring about any of the consequences except for his happiness. Dorian and the manifestation are sort of the same person, but at the same time they weren't. They really felt like different sides of the same person, similar, but also distinctly different in a way could always tell who's POV I was reading. I feel like this was done very masterfully. In a way that totally made it make sense and avoided any confusion for the reader. It was for sure one of the things that made this book so great.
Dorian's chapters were quite happy this book. He keeps growing immensely in his emotional well being, has good sweet moments with Milo, and gives a lot of positive classes to his kids. His manifestation though, those were really intense chapters with a lot of plot. Dorian's chapters were the needed breathers between the deep sadness and cruelty of the manifestations life. This split in how the chapters felt made for a very nice flow of the story that helped me get through the book. I definitely had moments where I put down my ereader while in the manifestations chapters, just to mentally take a second to process all that was going on. Those chapters were a lot, but a lot in a good way that gripped me to keep reading.
The students of this series still are one of the best and bright highlights of the books. It's extremely fulfilling to see them grow, become stronger, become more mature, while at the same time giving a lot of teenage jokes to enjoy. They give these books moments where I snorted out loud, laughing about a joke trying to tell my friends what happened in the book. I started caring about these students almost as much as Dorian cares for them (don't worry he still comes up top). They add so much to this book I can't image this series without them.
Concluding this book is a masterful third book that is both very light and very dark and I can't wait to read how this story continues.
I received an eARC and this was my honest review.