3.7 AVERAGE

adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous challenging medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Really liked the whole book until the ending. I don’t think that Faythe forgiving Nik is the way it would’ve happened. Won’t be reading the rest of them 
adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This is just a very standard Fae fantasy novel, I can see the comparisons people make to Throne of Glass, it almost follows the plot beat for beat. But that could also be because the first novel of Throne of Glass follows a very standard run of the mill, formulaic first book. As a matter of fact most of the plot twists in the book such as who the male fighter is and Nik's background were predictable and I saw it coming a mile away.

I will give credit where credit is due, I did not see the plot-twist that happened in epilogue to come.
adventurous challenging emotional hopeful tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Man, do I love unhinged women!
adventurous hopeful medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
slow-paced

ashtonkulic's review

4.0

oh. my. gods.
slow-paced
adventurous emotional fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes