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secret_librarian's review
emotional
inspiring
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
Rating: 4
Steam: 2
PoV: single, 3rd person
Genre: paranormal romance, MM
Main tropes: mental health, forced proximity, shifters
All That Has Flown Beyond didn’t quite pack the same punch as the first book in the series, but it was still a stunning and complex story, full of magic and emotions!
I have to admit that I was confused at the start of the story, as there was very little information about what was going on and the consequences Kaiyo had to face. It got clearer along the way, but I initially felt as if I was missing something as things happened quickly, and I didn’t get to know the pack before Kaiyo got kicked out of it.
Losing his pack and what he thought was his future had some major impacts on Kaiyo’s mental health, and it got pretty dark for a while. Marina Vivancos’ wrote his heartbreak and depressive spiral really well, the emotions and struggles so vivid and realistic that my heart hurt while reading. I completely felt his loss and hopelessness, and I was in tears more than once. Luckily, Kaiyo had a support system and with help he got better and managed to sort of move on from the pack and his past.
Kaiyo had some fantastic character development here, and I loved to see him grow and heal, finding his path in helping others. It was also that path that led him back to his old pack ten years after being exiled, and back to the pack leader Ahmik. Their romance was slow, and I loved seeing them reconnect and get to know each other again after all those years. Getting Ahmik’s version of the past also helped to piece together events from the beginning of the book, and showed things in a bit of a different light as well.
All That Has Flown Beyond was a gorgeous and captivating read, and I love this world that Marina Vivancos has created with this series! The language was almost poetic and I loved how rich these two stories were, both with the language and how they were written, but also with the history, mythology and ties that these characters have to their ancestors and lands. They’re both magical and emotional reads that I highly recommend!
Steam: 2
PoV: single, 3rd person
Genre: paranormal romance, MM
Main tropes: mental health, forced proximity, shifters
All That Has Flown Beyond didn’t quite pack the same punch as the first book in the series, but it was still a stunning and complex story, full of magic and emotions!
I have to admit that I was confused at the start of the story, as there was very little information about what was going on and the consequences Kaiyo had to face. It got clearer along the way, but I initially felt as if I was missing something as things happened quickly, and I didn’t get to know the pack before Kaiyo got kicked out of it.
Losing his pack and what he thought was his future had some major impacts on Kaiyo’s mental health, and it got pretty dark for a while. Marina Vivancos’ wrote his heartbreak and depressive spiral really well, the emotions and struggles so vivid and realistic that my heart hurt while reading. I completely felt his loss and hopelessness, and I was in tears more than once. Luckily, Kaiyo had a support system and with help he got better and managed to sort of move on from the pack and his past.
Kaiyo had some fantastic character development here, and I loved to see him grow and heal, finding his path in helping others. It was also that path that led him back to his old pack ten years after being exiled, and back to the pack leader Ahmik. Their romance was slow, and I loved seeing them reconnect and get to know each other again after all those years. Getting Ahmik’s version of the past also helped to piece together events from the beginning of the book, and showed things in a bit of a different light as well.
All That Has Flown Beyond was a gorgeous and captivating read, and I love this world that Marina Vivancos has created with this series! The language was almost poetic and I loved how rich these two stories were, both with the language and how they were written, but also with the history, mythology and ties that these characters have to their ancestors and lands. They’re both magical and emotional reads that I highly recommend!
beck22's review
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
storydarling's review
emotional
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.0
mirdiz's review
emotional
mysterious
reflective
slow-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? It's complicated
5.0
A well written book about the mysteries of this world, about depression and about finding yourself ❤️
ashlikes's review
dark
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.5
bronwynheeley's review
4.0
i enjoyed this book, actually enjoyed the second half more then the first, even if it had a bit of a... I want to say preach but that's not true, and it felt like a way to protect and help the only way he could.
i wasn't emotionally hit on this one like I was the first book.
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I also felt annoyed, angry at the fact that no adult helped them, ever it seemed. These kids where lost everything at a really young age and there was no help, they just had to work it out themselves, even tho they had a person who was a sharman no one ever mentioned or talked to him about it, about what happens. I get the why's of the kids motivations but his mum is a nurse, why didn't she get them help.i wasn't emotionally hit on this one like I was the first book.
januaryreads's review
3.0
3- stars, at best.
This… was a disappointment, after the first book in the series. We follow an entirely new set of characters here, the only overlap being the world this story is set in. Where book one was very light on world-building, this one veered into info-dumping territory too often. On top of that, this wasn’t so much a character-driven story, as it was an extended therapy-session-meets-PSA. (So much so that at times this felt almost like non-fiction).
All together, this made me care very little about most of the characters. Even less about the romance. I didn’t dislike this story, I just never stopped being aware of reading a book. Given how much I enjoyed the first book, this was quite a letdown.
This… was a disappointment, after the first book in the series. We follow an entirely new set of characters here, the only overlap being the world this story is set in. Where book one was very light on world-building, this one veered into info-dumping territory too often. On top of that, this wasn’t so much a character-driven story, as it was an extended therapy-session-meets-PSA. (So much so that at times this felt almost like non-fiction).
All together, this made me care very little about most of the characters. Even less about the romance. I didn’t dislike this story, I just never stopped being aware of reading a book. Given how much I enjoyed the first book, this was quite a letdown.