Review: Unraveling by Sara Ella

Unraveling by Sara Ella
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I received a copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to Thomas Nelson Fiction and Netgalley for providing me an advanced reader copy.

Unraveling picks up shortly after Unblemished (book #1) leaves off. El is the vessel of the Verity and she is about to become queen, Ky has left her without a word, and Joshua is by her side and wants to be with her. Everything seems perfect, but we quickly find out that all is not well.

Much like the first book I was a bit overwhelmed with all of the stuff going on and it took my a while to figure out what was going on. The book jumps around alot from El and Joshua's perspective, and we even get a few chapters of Ky's perspective. Everyone is researching the Verity and the Void, and it jumps from El speaking, to El thinking, to El reading, and it was sometimes hard to keep track of who voice we were truly hearing. I really appreciated getting more backstory on the Verity and the Void. I felt pretty confused at the end of book 1, but I really feel like the Void and Verity concept was developed alot more in book 2. I like where it is heading and feel much more comfortable with the concept and where that part of the plot is going. With El being the Verity's vessel, and the Void being split between both Ky and Joshua, El is on a mission to destroy the Void and free both boys she cares about and save the the Callings and the Thresholds from disappearing. As they learn more and more about the history of the Verity and the Void, the Fairy Queen becomes more and more important to the story.

I really liked the relationship development between Ebony and El, I wasn't sure where that was headed but I like where it went. I'd like to see that same type of development with their other sister Khloe. The love triangle, but there are hints that it might actually be a square, comes on really strong. El is still pretty love sick for Joshua in the second installment, and she is still pretty unsure of herself. Many of her actions are driven by Joshua's influence or her memories of Joshua. I thought that she had finally broken through the "I'm worthless because of my birthmark" thing at the end of book one, but that theme emerges again in book 2 and she still feels those same emotions of worthlessness. I do like that the story make a play to build her up and work with her abilities to make her strong on her own. Her journey of self discovery is still centered around the boys, but she kind of figured out how to break away from them and find her way on her own.

I'm anxious to see where book 3 takes us. If Josh/Joshua can fight the Void and if the Void can truly be destroyed. I really enjoyed book 2 and liked where things ended and feel like things ended in a good place.

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