BOOK REVIEW: Legendary (Caraval, #2), by Stephanie Garber ~ Simply MAGICAL!
~ LEGENDARY, BY STEPHANIE GARBER
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Hello lovely people and welcome to a new review, here on Victorious Pages.
As the day that my Finale copy will arrive approaches, I thought the time was right for me to share with you my thoughts and feelings regarding the second book in the Caraval series, Legendary.
It’s been more than a week since I read it, but I really needed to fully fathom everything that happened in this book. All the revelations and plot twists, and everything that (hopefully) will happen in the last instalment of this trilogy. What I didn’t want to do was write a review based solely on my first impressions and emotions, which is why I’ll try to be as unbiased as possible.
As per usual, I will start my review with the non-spoilery section and then move on to the spoilers and the discussion. So, if you haven’t read the book yet and you don’t want to be spoiled, rest assured that I will inform you when the spoilery part will begin. Fair warning though, that there will be spoilers from Caraval included in the review.
With all that being said, let’s get to the summary of Legendary.
“A heart to protect. A debt to repay. A game to win.
After being swept up in the magical world of Caraval, Donatella Dragna has finally escaped her father and saved her sister, Scarlett, from a disastrous arranged marriage. The girls should be celebrating, but Tella isn’t yet free. She made a desperate bargain with a mysterious criminal, and what Tella owes him no one has ever been able to deliver: Caraval Master Legend’s true name.
The only chance of uncovering Legend’s identity is to win Caraval, so Tella throws herself into the legendary competition once more—and into the path of the murderous heir to the throne, a doomed love story, and a web of secrets…including her sister’s. Caraval has always demanded bravery, cunning, and sacrifice, but now the game is asking for more. If Tella can’t fulfill her bargain and deliver Legend’s name, she’ll lose everything she cares about—maybe even her life. But if she wins, Legend and Caraval will be destroyed forever…
Welcome, welcome to Caraval . . . the games have only just begun.“
Technically speaking, the second instalment of the series was far better than the first book. The writing style was improved A LOT (and it was actually my cup of tea this time), the story as a whole was fast-paced, with beautiful descriptions and narration, amazing plot twists and revelations.
But then again, maybe that was because I like Tella as a main character much more than I like Scarlett. Tella is the funny, cunning, smart, optimistic, romantic, more relatable and accessible sister. She’s the protagonist you want to get to know, the person who you want to hang out with, the girl whose love story is going to excite you and make you get butterflies in your stomach.
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Scarlett on the other hand… Well, I like Scarlett because, where she is, Julian follows!
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Or maybe I liked Legendary more because it wasn’t as confusing as Caraval was, at least in my opinion, neither it had as much info-dumping as its prequel. With a world being built and a magic system being, more or less, explained, it was inevitable for me to ADORE the development of the story, the characters, the magic system and, of course, the epilogue, that left me wondering what’s going to happen in Finale.
So, in terms of technicality, Legendary was the kind of book that drew me in and simply made me crave for more.
And now for the spoilers…
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*LAST CHANCE TO LEAVE, FOLKS*
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So, my initial reaction was OH! MY! GOSH! 
