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eleina's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
cmillerteach's review against another edition
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
2.0
*The mixed/ third person pov was difficult for me.
*The characters needed to build their personalities. I still feel like I'm missing SO much key information to actually understand the book. Maybe this all comes in the other books, but every time information was needed the characters would basically say "I'm not telling!".
*Do they have gods or a religion? They seem to, but I'm not really sure... who are the villagers praying to for all these years?
*Why are the villagers so afraid of the queens?!
*The Glacian battle was insanely easy given their power and immortality.
Not a bad read, but not the best either. There were parts I enjoyed and parts I really had to trudge through to finish the book.
nixieee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
xtinetreasure's review against another edition
Veeery overdue at the library so will hopefully come back to it later.
bea_g_i's review
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
kquinn1712's review
adventurous
dark
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Dawsyn is an inspiring MC if nothing else. Headstrong and thrown into a life she only heard of in stories from her grandmother, she shows irrefutable strength while also being allowed to expose the weight she carries in the form of her people’s suffering. She must place her trust in her most unlikely ally whose drive to change his own life echoes her own. When affection and need rises between them, they each hope the other will not be their downfall.
maggieluong's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
tense
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? No
4.75
mustlovedragons's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
fast-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
4.0
Interesting plot, good romance, and a beautiful black man. Thw main character is a badass whose weapon of choice is a woodcutting axe. The bad guys are called Glacians. They are like translucent, white bat people that get immortality and magic by drinking a magic water that feeds on souls. Dawson is the main character. She is a princess who's grown up on the ledge to be used like cattle to slaughter. She falls in love with a 1/2 glaciaN named Ryon. lots of action at the beginning. Some good spicy bits and a little cliffhanger ending. I really liked it.
brittanica_bold's review against another edition
4.0
This book was good enough that I’m going to give it the benefit of the doubt it was all set-up work for the next two books in the trilogy. This means I will likely be reading book two when it comes out, which means I’ll be reading the final book because I have the compulsive need to finish things.
If you enjoy books by Sarah J. Maas and Laura Thalassa, you may enjoy this one!
What I liked about the book:
1. This book had Game of Thrones vibes. I’m not sure if it was because I imagined the Ledge to basically be the Wall or because of all the political tomfoolery, but I absolutely adored it and imagined the setting from the GoT world while reading.
2. This book also had a lot of the same things I loved about Laura Thalassa’s Four Horsemen series. It had the collapsed civilization, the warrior heroine with a smart mouth, the hulking hero with supernatural abilities, and even some winged vigilantism (shout out to Daddy Death from "Death"!).
3. Ryon had wings! That automatically promises he’s a 5/10 in my book. Unfortunately, he stayed there, but I’d still take him for a ride!
4. There were moments I was like “What the hell is she doing? She’s acting like an uncontrollable child”, but then I thought this through and realized it was actually great character insight on the part of the author. You have this woman, who has grown up in a wasteland with very little adult guidance in her formative years. You can’t expect her to act like a functioning adult. Through her bouts of childishness and her yearning for the familiarity Ryon’s group of friends had with one another, the author definitely knew this character.
5. Because I didn’t like or dislike any of the characters (everyone was pretty meh), the end scene was exactly what this book needed to give it an extra spark. I won’t spoil it, but if I had liked the characters I would have been devastated. Instead, my indifference brought the evil villain in me out: “Yes, kill [insert person here]. KILL [HIM/HER]!”
What could have been better:
1. This book is definitely not instalove, but how fast they went from enemies (lite) to falling for one another was a bit unrealistic. I think I feel this way because the story told us so rather than having actually let us experience them forming a close bond. I feel there was a lot of potential between these two characters and it ultimately did not manifest as well as I had hoped.
Also, the steamy scenes had good buildup but were ultimately…unsatisfactory. We got a bunch of delicious sexual tension and playful banter, to get like two lines of good times. This was the written equivalent of when your partner finds the G-spot and then quickly loses it and doesn’t find it again. RIP orgasm and, therefore, my sanity.
2. I felt this book had a lot of potential for worldbuilding, and it just wasn’t there. The magic wasn’t expanded on, the history of the Glacians was non-existent, and the characters were surface level at best.
Special thank you to NetGalley, the publishers Angry Robot, and Stacey McEwan for this gifted copy! My opinions expressed above are honest and voluntary.
3.5 I’m-on-the-ledge stars
If you enjoy books by Sarah J. Maas and Laura Thalassa, you may enjoy this one!
What I liked about the book:
1. This book had Game of Thrones vibes. I’m not sure if it was because I imagined the Ledge to basically be the Wall or because of all the political tomfoolery, but I absolutely adored it and imagined the setting from the GoT world while reading.
2. This book also had a lot of the same things I loved about Laura Thalassa’s Four Horsemen series. It had the collapsed civilization, the warrior heroine with a smart mouth, the hulking hero with supernatural abilities, and even some winged vigilantism (shout out to Daddy Death from "Death"!).
3. Ryon had wings! That automatically promises he’s a 5/10 in my book. Unfortunately, he stayed there, but I’d still take him for a ride!
4. There were moments I was like “What the hell is she doing? She’s acting like an uncontrollable child”, but then I thought this through and realized it was actually great character insight on the part of the author. You have this woman, who has grown up in a wasteland with very little adult guidance in her formative years. You can’t expect her to act like a functioning adult. Through her bouts of childishness and her yearning for the familiarity Ryon’s group of friends had with one another, the author definitely knew this character.
5. Because I didn’t like or dislike any of the characters (everyone was pretty meh), the end scene was exactly what this book needed to give it an extra spark. I won’t spoil it, but if I had liked the characters I would have been devastated. Instead, my indifference brought the evil villain in me out: “Yes, kill [insert person here]. KILL [HIM/HER]!”
What could have been better:
1. This book is definitely not instalove, but how fast they went from enemies (lite) to falling for one another was a bit unrealistic. I think I feel this way because the story told us so rather than having actually let us experience them forming a close bond. I feel there was a lot of potential between these two characters and it ultimately did not manifest as well as I had hoped.
Also, the steamy scenes had good buildup but were ultimately…unsatisfactory. We got a bunch of delicious sexual tension and playful banter, to get like two lines of good times. This was the written equivalent of when your partner finds the G-spot and then quickly loses it and doesn’t find it again. RIP orgasm and, therefore, my sanity.
2. I felt this book had a lot of potential for worldbuilding, and it just wasn’t there. The magic wasn’t expanded on, the history of the Glacians was non-existent, and the characters were surface level at best.
Special thank you to NetGalley, the publishers Angry Robot, and Stacey McEwan for this gifted copy! My opinions expressed above are honest and voluntary.
3.5 I’m-on-the-ledge stars
entre_paginas_infinitas's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
3.5⭐️
Me ha gustado 😳. No es lo mejor que he leído en la vida, pero ha estado bien. Al menos no ha estado lleno de escenas subidas de tono.
La trama política también me ha gustado y eso que no soy fan de lo político.
Lo que menos me ha gustado ha sido el personaje de Dawsin. Qué tía más plasta 🤦♀️. Las escenas entre ella y el personaje masculino me daban de entera. Los diálogos muy absurdos entre ellos, sin sentido y el nivel de cringe estaba por las nubes.
Dicho esto, estoy esperando el siguiente 😋
Me ha gustado 😳. No es lo mejor que he leído en la vida, pero ha estado bien. Al menos no ha estado lleno de escenas subidas de tono.
La trama política también me ha gustado y eso que no soy fan de lo político.
Lo que menos me ha gustado ha sido el personaje de Dawsin. Qué tía más plasta 🤦♀️. Las escenas entre ella y el personaje masculino me daban de entera. Los diálogos muy absurdos entre ellos, sin sentido y el nivel de cringe estaba por las nubes.
Dicho esto, estoy esperando el siguiente 😋