So, as much as I loved the first novel in this series, Serpent’s Kiss was a little bit of a let
down. The characters were still their usual witty selves, but the story line
was kind of lacking for me.
At the end of Witches
of East End, Fryr – Freya and Ingrid’s brother – comes back from Limbo and
accuses Killian of being the true person who destroyed the Bifröst, the link
between Asgard and Midgard. Freya is sworn to secrecy and is put in charge of
trying to find her brother’s – who goes by Freddie now – trident. This causes a
slight rift to grow between her and Killian and he can’t figure out what’s
going on. Ingrid and her boyfriend Matt are getting along just swimmingly,
until he confesses that he doesn’t believe in any of that witch stuff. For a
good portion of the book, Ingrid overlooks that, she’s more concerned with
finally losing her virginity – even though she does back out at the end – and it isn’t until the aftermath of
Thanksgiving dinner that she realizes that maybe Matt and her can’t work.
Joanna is dealing with not only her husband, Norman, being back but the
romantic interest of a guy named Harold as well. But even she gets sucked into something witchy that ends being involved with
Freya and Killian.
You would think by now I would be used to de la Cruz’s POV
jumping, but I’m still not. In some books I don’t really notice it, but in this
one it was an issue. It broke up the flow of the story and it wasn’t really
until halfway through the novel that it didn’t bother me as much. Killian and
Freya sort of lose their hot and sticky romance – although it does make brief
appearances – and that title goes over to Matt and Ingrid, until she chickens
out. Freddie’s chapters were kind of interesting, although I didn’t think he
could be that naïve when it came to love. Yeah, he’s been in Limbo for the last
few centuries or so, but c’mon. Even I was sitting there going, don’t sign the contract before reading it!
That seemed to sort of work out though near the end.
Final Rating: 3 out of 5 stars. Serpent’s Kiss set up the events for the next book nicely, but the
plot sort of fell a little flat compared to its predecessor. Killian and Freya
need to get their hot and sticky romance factor back and something needs to
happen with Joanna she was the flattest character this time around.
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