Review – A Torch Against the Night

4 stars on goodreads, 3.5 in my mind

I didn’t love this book in the beginning. I really enjoyed the first one in the series, and was looking forward to getting into this one, but it started so slow that I almost put it down.

It’s not that there isn’t action. There’s plenty in the beginning, but the pacing of the plot gets bogged down by this will-they-won’t-they romantic kindling between Laia and Elias. I find myself without a lot of patience for things like that. Helene’s chapters kep...