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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
More of a 3.5, hoping things start picking up pace in the next books!
adventurous
medium-paced
I feel like this book was really hyped up to me, but it didn't fully live up to it for me. The plot was interesting but also predictable for the most part, the side characters felt a little flat to me. The world building was a little lacking. I do feel like it set up for future books really well, but I wasn't fully satisfied by this one.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
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:
Complicated
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Well, I was able to finish the book so that is a win for me. The best way to explain this book is it seems the author took a masterclass from SJM on how to write exactly like her and just followed the blueprint but didn't do any character development. IMO there were zero twists or surprises, everything was painfully obvious. Also, Faythe was a very uninteresting character. I just couldn't convince myself to care about her or any of her friends. If I didn't read this as an audiobook, I would have DNF'd. The same person who voiced the TOG series (at least on Libby) is the same voice for An Heir Has Come to Rise and I feel like that's 50% of the reason of why I continued. The book is one long boring scene. Even though the author says days/weeks/months has passed it feels like you are reading about a week worth of stuff. Faythe is special, beautiful, good at everything, savior of friends, the heir of some goddess. The author cleanly ends her relationship with Nick at the end of the book in the most boring way. Whew, this book was predictable af. I mean come on. Nothing really even happens to the end of the book and even that is not enough for me to be sure that I care enough to read the next book.
On a brighter note, I did see the low ratings for this book and decided to read anyway because the subsequent books have much higher ratings. At least there was some interesting foundational stuff, but not much.
On a brighter note, I did see the low ratings for this book and decided to read anyway because the subsequent books have much higher ratings. At least there was some interesting foundational stuff, but not much.
I enjoyed this story so so so much. I love the world building and how the plot progresses. I read another review that called this story slow. I have to respectfully disagree. I wish more books to the time and care with plot progression that this book takes.
This series is a throne of glass knockoff and no one can convince me otherwise. About to DNF 15% into book 2. 😑
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated