It was predictable, but the ride is fun and the world created is unique. Regardless, I give this book (and the series) points for being fast paced and tying up the story in a nice way. But then there’s the argument that a really good book can give you an escape no matter what. It’s likely just a personal thing that I don’t want to count it against the story because I’m too distracted by my own life dilemmas to get lost in a book. And honestly, I don’t think I ever became fully committed to it.

It’s been almost a year since I read the last book, and it took me a while to get into story again. The biggest reason I say this book was a blur is because I had a hard time connecting with it. But we don’t simmer in these emotions for too long, the pace jumps and we’re taken a fast and dangerous journey to save Cinder and get into the Still Blue. Aria is on the same mission, although she also feels disconnected with Perry and unsettled by the turn in his friendship with Roar. While Roar just tries to lose himself with Luster and meanness, Perry tries to stay emotionless, focusing on getting the Tides to the Still Blue and saving Cinder from the horrendously evil Sable. Perry and Roar are at odds with each other, trying to find a way to grieve Liz’s loss. Picking up where the last book ended, there’s a lot of tension going on in the cave where the Tides are now living. Remember how I was complaining about how slow the plot moves in Through the Ever Night? Well, Into the Still Blue has the opposite problem it’s so fast paced, it practically becomes a blur.

Into the still blue by veronica rossi