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4.22 AVERAGE
4.22 AVERAGE
adventurous
mysterious
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
where is book 3?
I recieved this book as an arc for my honest review.
I absolutely love this book! This series has been one of my favorites to read. Its kept me interested this wholeeeeee time in both books!
So book 2 has our main character Adalyn going to Chors to help create a peace treaty with the 2 places. She now being the leader of the Banneret needs to also take care of the troops finally be called back to Pieriun. Having to explain to the people of Chors they have been stuck in a frozen world for so long was a difficult thing for everyone. Adalyn finds out when making it to the king of Chors again that his son and him have been under control of his sons mistress to the point making peace was becoming difficult! Nolan and Bevin's relationship starts to flower. As Adalyn and Venlian's relationship seems to be taking a turn also! We get to see more of our amazing golem friends as well. We get to see dragons and lizard typed people which was something fun and new. Adalyn gets to see the past happen and also jumps more into some books and gets to see the pov of characters! Adalyns powers started to increase and get better as she world walked more often. At one point she gets stuck in spirit form and doesnt know what to do!
"I was broken for a long time, and have only recently found a new light in my life."
I highly recommend these books! They are so good, i love the character build and the world building in these. It's such a great fantasy to get sucked into.(Wouldn't it be nice to literally be pulled into it and just watch it all happen though?!)
I absolutely love this book! This series has been one of my favorites to read. Its kept me interested this wholeeeeee time in both books!
So book 2 has our main character Adalyn going to Chors to help create a peace treaty with the 2 places. She now being the leader of the Banneret needs to also take care of the troops finally be called back to Pieriun. Having to explain to the people of Chors they have been stuck in a frozen world for so long was a difficult thing for everyone. Adalyn finds out when making it to the king of Chors again that his son and him have been under control of his sons mistress to the point making peace was becoming difficult! Nolan and Bevin's relationship starts to flower. As Adalyn and Venlian's relationship seems to be taking a turn also! We get to see more of our amazing golem friends as well. We get to see dragons and lizard typed people which was something fun and new. Adalyn gets to see the past happen and also jumps more into some books and gets to see the pov of characters! Adalyns powers started to increase and get better as she world walked more often. At one point she gets stuck in spirit form and doesnt know what to do!
"I was broken for a long time, and have only recently found a new light in my life."
I highly recommend these books! They are so good, i love the character build and the world building in these. It's such a great fantasy to get sucked into.(Wouldn't it be nice to literally be pulled into it and just watch it all happen though?!)
Great book. Author has growth between the two books. Well written! Dislike the cliff hanger at end but it definitely makes me want book 3 now.
I absolutely loved this book. I literally couldn’t put this book down and read it within a day.
Just like the first book in this series I still definitely think that this book and series is unique. It definitely was not the same as other fantasy books that I’ve read and it was refreshing to read something mildly similar but also so different. Just like the first book in the series this book also had were elves, dwarves, as well magic and non-magic humans. And the romance? Well that was refreshing too – it wasn’t so completely smutty more along the lines of PG-13 or even PG.
I love how Jamie does her world building. To me she is a genius and she always makes me feel like im right there with the characters and in their world. As if I can envision it being right in front of me. I can feel each and every characters own personality in this book. I love how I was trying to figure out who you could trust and who you couldn’t trust.
The way she ended this book, ugh and omg!! Had me at the edge of me seat wanting me! I really hope that there is going to be a third book to this series and if there is I can’t wait to see what will happen and how far she takes this!
Just like the first book in this series I still definitely think that this book and series is unique. It definitely was not the same as other fantasy books that I’ve read and it was refreshing to read something mildly similar but also so different. Just like the first book in the series this book also had were elves, dwarves, as well magic and non-magic humans. And the romance? Well that was refreshing too – it wasn’t so completely smutty more along the lines of PG-13 or even PG.
I love how Jamie does her world building. To me she is a genius and she always makes me feel like im right there with the characters and in their world. As if I can envision it being right in front of me. I can feel each and every characters own personality in this book. I love how I was trying to figure out who you could trust and who you couldn’t trust.
The way she ended this book, ugh and omg!! Had me at the edge of me seat wanting me! I really hope that there is going to be a third book to this series and if there is I can’t wait to see what will happen and how far she takes this!
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
**I received an ARC copy of this book and this is my honest review**
I have mixed feelings about this book. I think it can easily be a favorite book for some people, but others aren't going to connect as well with it.
In short:
- Must read and remember book 1 to know what's going on in this one
- excellent worldbuilding and magic system
- Cast of characters all have strong voices
- Very fast-paced
- Very action focused
- I have a hard time connecting to the MC as she doesn't let us into her emotions often
- Love interest subplot is falling flat for me
- Adalyn uncovers new skills with her ability that are pretty awesome
First off, you cannot just jump into this book. You need to read the first one or you will be very, very lost if you pick this one up. It is a series that relies extremely heavily on the reader remembering what happened in the previous book. It's also fast paced. If you like to binge read your series then this would be the one to pick up.
On one hand we have a very vibrant world that has recently rediscovered magic and elements of space/time travel between two countries which used to be on the same plane of time. We have a young woman who is unwillingly thrown into leadership and its clear she's not convinced that she's cut out for that position or will continue leading if she's given another option. Each character has their own clear voice and personality.
On the other hand, I still can't seem to connect with Adalyn. I want to so badly though. This book has a lot of the elements that teen me and adult me enjoy. But I feel like I'm dragged along on Adalyn's journey and only catch brief superficial glimpses of who she is. I don't get a good understanding of her motives, her feelings, her weaknesses. All I get to see is a reluctant young woman who is doing what has to be done and not reacting much to the fact she's uncovered knowledge time and time again that will completely change everything in the world. She (view spoiler) Once in a while we see her internally struggle with "I have never been a leader and now lead this whole group" but we never see her really mad, or sad, or broken, or even happy. I think the last couple chapters, particularly the cliffhanger is where I really felt her emotion.
This is a YA book so I'm not expecting a ton of focus on the love interest. BUT its very clear that is a subplot point. The resolution we got with the love interest in this book fell flat for me. I think this was because I just can't seem to connect with Adalyn. At times she's just pushing through and then she suddenly opens up randomly to another character but it still doesn't help me connect the way I need to. The paragraph or so resolution we got felt odd considering her age and the situation of it being her first love.
I did like the epilogue. I felt like it added a alternative side to the story that we needed to round out what we had just uncovered at the end.
The author has improved since her first book, which already had strong prose. The writing flowed more smoothly and was cohesive. The jumps in time and space made sense. I didn't have any points where I didn't understand how we got there. It's a fantastic concept and if you enjoy fast paced YA fantasy this would be a great book to try.
I have mixed feelings about this book. I think it can easily be a favorite book for some people, but others aren't going to connect as well with it.
In short:
- Must read and remember book 1 to know what's going on in this one
- excellent worldbuilding and magic system
- Cast of characters all have strong voices
- Very fast-paced
- Very action focused
- I have a hard time connecting to the MC as she doesn't let us into her emotions often
- Love interest subplot is falling flat for me
- Adalyn uncovers new skills with her ability that are pretty awesome
First off, you cannot just jump into this book. You need to read the first one or you will be very, very lost if you pick this one up. It is a series that relies extremely heavily on the reader remembering what happened in the previous book. It's also fast paced. If you like to binge read your series then this would be the one to pick up.
On one hand we have a very vibrant world that has recently rediscovered magic and elements of space/time travel between two countries which used to be on the same plane of time. We have a young woman who is unwillingly thrown into leadership and its clear she's not convinced that she's cut out for that position or will continue leading if she's given another option. Each character has their own clear voice and personality.
On the other hand, I still can't seem to connect with Adalyn. I want to so badly though. This book has a lot of the elements that teen me and adult me enjoy. But I feel like I'm dragged along on Adalyn's journey and only catch brief superficial glimpses of who she is. I don't get a good understanding of her motives, her feelings, her weaknesses. All I get to see is a reluctant young woman who is doing what has to be done and not reacting much to the fact she's uncovered knowledge time and time again that will completely change everything in the world. She (view spoiler) Once in a while we see her internally struggle with "I have never been a leader and now lead this whole group" but we never see her really mad, or sad, or broken, or even happy. I think the last couple chapters, particularly the cliffhanger is where I really felt her emotion.
This is a YA book so I'm not expecting a ton of focus on the love interest. BUT its very clear that is a subplot point. The resolution we got with the love interest in this book fell flat for me. I think this was because I just can't seem to connect with Adalyn. At times she's just pushing through and then she suddenly opens up randomly to another character but it still doesn't help me connect the way I need to. The paragraph or so resolution we got felt odd considering her age and the situation of it being her first love.
I did like the epilogue. I felt like it added a alternative side to the story that we needed to round out what we had just uncovered at the end.
The author has improved since her first book, which already had strong prose. The writing flowed more smoothly and was cohesive. The jumps in time and space made sense. I didn't have any points where I didn't understand how we got there. It's a fantastic concept and if you enjoy fast paced YA fantasy this would be a great book to try.