Review: still enjoying this series
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 9, 2014
I really love Rebekah Turner's sense of humour, which in turn means I enjoy Lora's quips and comebacks. I simply enjoyed the experience of reading about Lora and her friends. I also liked that, while there is a little romance, it takes a major backseat, letting the adventure and Lora's frustrations take the spotlight.I'll admit that I didn't love Chaos Bound quite as much as Chaos Born, but that's often the case with sequels. Lora just seemed to have more irons in the fire here and it left me feeling a little distracted, because nothing got much attention before skipping off to something else. This makes for a fast-paced novel, but little in-depth exploration of any single theme. However, it did all tie together in the end.I also thought that we weren't given enough interaction with Roman, considering how important his character was to Lora. I suppose I could say the same for Seth. This is, of course, just personal opinion though. As I said, I generally really enjoyed the book.The writing and editing was good. Like book one, there were a number of missing words. Part of me wonders if some of this is because the author is Australian. I have a friend, for example, who always says I "I went to hospital" instead of "I went to the hospital." This is a linguistic difference between where she grew up and were I grew up. Neither is necessarily long. So, hard to be certain, but I felt like there were the occasional missing words.Also like book one, the world-building is still a little weak. It's an interesting world, for sure, but it's unclear how it relates to the real-world and I would really like to know more about this.While the book isn't a precipitous cliffhanger, as is so common these days, it isn't a stand alone book either. Lora faces a couple challenges in this book and she deals with them. But there are a number of open threads left, so the reader is still left wanting at the end. I suppose what I'm saying is that the books in this series are each an episodes in a larger story, as opposed to their own, individual, self-contained stories. Don't go in expecting to finish with all the answers. This isn't a criticism, just a comment on the type of series it is.All in all, I will definitely be looking for the next book in the series and any new works by Ms. Turner.