Symbols in the novel the one by kiera cass

ThereРІР‚в„ўs no sense here of the shifting alliances among the major characters that worked so well in The Betrothed, but there is a warm and earnest family component that stays interesting throughout, despite the characters involved never being at one anotherРІР‚в„ўs throats. One thing will always rescue Kiera Cass books in the end, though, and that is her conviction in writing a truly sincere set of character dynamics. And some breathing room wouldРІР‚в„ўve gone a long way towards keeping the ending from feeling like a dizzying array of crises introduced and swiftly rectified. The problems in the final third of the bookРІР‚в„ўs construction are, yes, substantial, but the simple tincture of time couldРІР‚в„ўve gone a long way, seeing as itРІР‚в„ўs beginning to seem across the board like a crashed second and final volume is becoming the new РІР‚Сљmiddle book syndrome.РІР‚СњР”Р„nyhow, taking more than one chapter to depose a head of state wouldРІР‚в„ўve made a world of difference for the pacing. Complications are shoved out of the way, obstacles disappear, and the charactersРІР‚в„ў plans, generally, pan out exactly as predicted.Р”Р„dmittedly, all of this sounds extremely grim, but it might not have been that much of a problem were it not for the predicament of The Betrayed being second in a duology. When Cass works this way, the book works, running on a 1-to-1 conversion of character choices to plot progression, where it doesnРІР‚в„ўt seem entirely out of place for Hollis to be just as concerned about a certain love interestРІР‚в„ўs feelings as she is about who will eventually end up with IsolteРІР‚в„ўs crown.Р”В«ut when Cass doesnРІР‚в„ўt work this way, opting instead for the drama of actual power actually changing hands, her knack for orchestrating conflict all but collapses. The first two hundred, ironically, do precisely what The Betrothed did best: a slow and grounded approach to court intrigue, fronted by mostly personal stakes, all conducted on an intimate scale. It certainly doesnРІР‚в„ўt help that all of these resolution-enabling revelations arrive in a rushed cascade during the last hundred pages. With a final note like that, one would think weРІР‚в„ўre in for much more trouble in the sequel than we actually meet. There must be some note made, however, for how this move jilts the expectations laid out in book one. To her credit, or possibly against it, The Betrayed answers this question with a fairy-tale ease reminiscent of the endings in Shannon HaleРІР‚в„ўs novels: arguably too convenient, but satisfying nonetheless. At the end of The Betrothed, Hollis vowed she would bring him to justice, but how Cass was going to manage it in the follow up was anyoneРІР‚в„ўs guess. King Quinten of Isolte, the monarch at whose hands Hollis suspects her wedding was turned into a slaughter, remains in power, as-yet unchallenged. When we catch up with Hollis in the pages of The Betrayed, sheРІР‚в„ўs on the way to her husbandРІР‚в„ўs home country of Isolte with whatРІР‚в„ўs left of her adopted family in tow: a mother-in-law, a sister-in-law, and a surly cousin-in-law who seems to want nothing more than to wipe her off the face of the Earth.

Symbols in the novel the one by kiera cass