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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
"Sometimes we must take drastic measures if we are to endure the worse of what's to come."
"Music is grief, yet it is also healing, wonder, and joy. Remember that. Remember the ways it has shaped you, remember how it nurtures and heals."
Big thanks to Saga Press to for the physical arc! This is my first read by this author and it did not disappoint! I really enjoyed this a lot and I love the way the story flows and has similarities of reimagining / retellings of sleeping beauty and greek mythology (Daphne / Apollo.) This story is extremely fleshed out and the well roundedness of Princess Sarai, I love that her character is strong and so intelligent and very in tune with what is going on around her. She was always thinking on her feet and always ready for what was happening next. I like that she is an intellectual thinker and a fighter as well. The way this story focuses on grief and Princess Sarai journey of realizing her trauma and opening up / acknowledging her feelings / growth was beautiful to read! I think the connection between Notus and Princess Sarai was intentional and extremely evident, their banter and strong love for one another was felt throughout the entire story.
I loved the twists and turns and all of the bread crumbs throughout the story in terms of the dead walkers, the labyrinth, the beast, the curse, and more. I like the way music is woven into the story and how music is another important theme that helped drive the story as well. This was definitely an enjoyable read and the voice narrator did a wonderful job.
"Music is grief, yet it is also healing, wonder, and joy. Remember that. Remember the ways it has shaped you, remember how it nurtures and heals."
Big thanks to Saga Press to for the physical arc! This is my first read by this author and it did not disappoint! I really enjoyed this a lot and I love the way the story flows and has similarities of reimagining / retellings of sleeping beauty and greek mythology (Daphne / Apollo.) This story is extremely fleshed out and the well roundedness of Princess Sarai, I love that her character is strong and so intelligent and very in tune with what is going on around her. She was always thinking on her feet and always ready for what was happening next. I like that she is an intellectual thinker and a fighter as well. The way this story focuses on grief and Princess Sarai journey of realizing her trauma and opening up / acknowledging her feelings / growth was beautiful to read! I think the connection between Notus and Princess Sarai was intentional and extremely evident, their banter and strong love for one another was felt throughout the entire story.
I loved the twists and turns and all of the bread crumbs throughout the story in terms of the dead walkers, the labyrinth, the beast, the curse, and more. I like the way music is woven into the story and how music is another important theme that helped drive the story as well. This was definitely an enjoyable read and the voice narrator did a wonderful job.
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The Four Winds series has enraptured me. I love how each of the Four Winds standalone books is full of richly unique storytelling, vibrantly beautiful worldbuilding, and distinctive characters who are wonderfully flawed, possessing complex emotional baggage, relatable insecurities, feelings of inadequacy, and regrets of bad decisions that haunt their hearts.
The South Wind is the most heart-wrenching and emotionally intense read of the series yet. Alexandria Warwick’s writing is enthralling and beautifully interprets Greek mythology and fairy tales to spin a unique new tale from something old, with emotionally profound themes that left me with tears in my eyes and made me incredibly moved.
The raw energy that you feel while reading Sarai and Notus makes you ache as you read about their emotional turmoil, unresolved pain, and longing for what was lost between them. Sarai’s grief, struggle, and repression of herself emotionally broke me. Their love story is genuinely a swoony, captivating masterpiece that has yanked my heart from my chest, torn it to shreds, and put it back together with inlays of gold, just as the Japanese do to repair cherished, broken pottery.
Thank you to Simon Schuster UK Alexandria Warwick for gifting me a physical proof of The South Wind. I can’t wait for the East Wind to blow up and tell me another incredible story. I’ll be counting down the days!
The South Wind is the most heart-wrenching and emotionally intense read of the series yet. Alexandria Warwick’s writing is enthralling and beautifully interprets Greek mythology and fairy tales to spin a unique new tale from something old, with emotionally profound themes that left me with tears in my eyes and made me incredibly moved.
The raw energy that you feel while reading Sarai and Notus makes you ache as you read about their emotional turmoil, unresolved pain, and longing for what was lost between them. Sarai’s grief, struggle, and repression of herself emotionally broke me. Their love story is genuinely a swoony, captivating masterpiece that has yanked my heart from my chest, torn it to shreds, and put it back together with inlays of gold, just as the Japanese do to repair cherished, broken pottery.
Thank you to Simon Schuster UK Alexandria Warwick for gifting me a physical proof of The South Wind. I can’t wait for the East Wind to blow up and tell me another incredible story. I’ll be counting down the days!
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
reflective
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:
Yes
emotional
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
medium-paced
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
"Here is what I know: grief never truly lifts. It may alter its shape, it may shed its skin, but no matter the attempts to live your life around the hole of what was, inevitably, the pain penetrates the shield you have erected yourself."
Similar to the previous The Four Winds books, this one was beautifully written as well. It had a bit of a boring start, but luckily it did not last long. I found reading the interactions between Sarai and her father difficult to digest because he was unjustly cruel to her which is a sentiment I'm personally familiar with. However I'm unable to relate to her compliance. She is a strong willed character and her development arc was much needed purely in the name of justice.
Similar to the previous The Four Winds books, this one was beautifully written as well. It had a bit of a boring start, but luckily it did not last long. I found reading the interactions between Sarai and her father difficult to digest because he was unjustly cruel to her which is a sentiment I'm personally familiar with. However I'm unable to relate to her compliance. She is a strong willed character and her development arc was much needed purely in the name of justice.
A great book with a (in my opinion) not so loveable FMC (until close to the end)
Story: 4/5
I loved the forced marriage but loving another trope. I really wish that I was more intrigued by the time it got to the parts inside the labyrinth. I found the build up to be fun but the ending to be somewhat weak. It was still a fun and overall enjoyable story!
Writing: 5/5
I HAVE to go back and read the other books in the series because I really enjoyed the author's writing style. She does a wonderful job of showing instead of just telling and the spicy scenes were also very well written.
Characters/Romance: 3/5
Notus has so much patience, I could never deal with someone like Sarai. She says hurtful things and then is upset that he takes them to heart. By the end I saw her as pretty redeemable but for 75% of the book I did not like her as a FMC.
I enjoyed the idea of the characters have a past romantic history. I think it makes relationships in books more believable and not as much "insta love", without having to build up the romance so much in a single book.
Overall I loved and would recommend this book! thank you to Netgalley (Saga Press) for allowing me to review this book as an ARC.
Story: 4/5
I loved the forced marriage but loving another trope. I really wish that I was more intrigued by the time it got to the parts inside the labyrinth. I found the build up to be fun but the ending to be somewhat weak. It was still a fun and overall enjoyable story!
Writing: 5/5
I HAVE to go back and read the other books in the series because I really enjoyed the author's writing style. She does a wonderful job of showing instead of just telling and the spicy scenes were also very well written.
Characters/Romance: 3/5
Notus has so much patience, I could never deal with someone like Sarai. She says hurtful things and then is upset that he takes them to heart. By the end I saw her as pretty redeemable but for 75% of the book I did not like her as a FMC.
I enjoyed the idea of the characters have a past romantic history. I think it makes relationships in books more believable and not as much "insta love", without having to build up the romance so much in a single book.
Overall I loved and would recommend this book! thank you to Netgalley (Saga Press) for allowing me to review this book as an ARC.