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4.21 AVERAGE
4.21 AVERAGE
adventurous
medium-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:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-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
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-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:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
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:
Yes
Im soooooo sad it's over!!!!! Ugh wow!
Basically this duology was so so so perfect and each and every character was so well developed and amazing UGH. Altair and Kifah and Nasir and Zafira :,)))
The aroace rep was perfect and no notes! No notes! I lovvvveeeee Kifah so so so much WAAAH
1000000% recommend !!!!
I wish i had more to write but there's just too much to say so i won't say it all. Hafsah Faizal you did it!
Basically this duology was so so so perfect and each and every character was so well developed and amazing UGH. Altair and Kifah and Nasir and Zafira :,)))
The aroace rep was perfect and no notes! No notes! I lovvvveeeee Kifah so so so much WAAAH
1000000% recommend !!!!
I wish i had more to write but there's just too much to say so i won't say it all. Hafsah Faizal you did it!
I have found a Six of Crows level new favourite series. I cannot believe that it took me so long to pick these books up but I am so glad that I finally did. This series snatched me out of my reading slump and put me right back into the reading mood and despite finishing it only 30 minutes ago I cannot wait to reread it and obsess even more. Obsessed.
Second and final part if the series. I have read the first part almost a year ago - and i didnt like it very much. I didnt hate it, but i thought that except for its setting, there was nothing extraordinary about it, just a bunch of overdone cliches in nice writing. So imagine my surprise when I picked up this book and became absolutly obessed with it.
What changed? Maybe my taste has gotten better. Maybe its gotten worse. Maybe it's just because I havent read good fantasy in quite some time and this was a refreshing welcome back. But it was all in all a very good read for me, a little too long maybe, but exciting, moving and romantic.
One thing I heavily criticised about the first book was the romance. I didn't like Zafira nor Nasir very much, and didnt feel the chemistry between them at all. That changed drastically this book. Their chemistry was amazing and although they have the wirst communication you will ever read, their actions make up for that. Its also really good that we can hear the story from both sides, not just Zafiras. Otherwise we would probably not even know that Nasir loves her. But now, most of the book is just those two pining over each other but not saying anything because of various reasons. And I loved it.
I also really liked to plot. It was less of a quest like the first one and had more politics, a lot of different sceneries as very interesting side stories for our main cast. I did think that it was a little slow paced and the plot did not need to take so long to get through, but at least, no important scenes where rushed and we really got to explore the characters more deeply and see sides to them, that we wouldn't have expected in the first book.
All in all, great book, awesome setting, with a really exciting and nuanced romance. Can recommend.
What changed? Maybe my taste has gotten better. Maybe its gotten worse. Maybe it's just because I havent read good fantasy in quite some time and this was a refreshing welcome back. But it was all in all a very good read for me, a little too long maybe, but exciting, moving and romantic.
One thing I heavily criticised about the first book was the romance. I didn't like Zafira nor Nasir very much, and didnt feel the chemistry between them at all. That changed drastically this book. Their chemistry was amazing and although they have the wirst communication you will ever read, their actions make up for that. Its also really good that we can hear the story from both sides, not just Zafiras. Otherwise we would probably not even know that Nasir loves her. But now, most of the book is just those two pining over each other but not saying anything because of various reasons. And I loved it.
I also really liked to plot. It was less of a quest like the first one and had more politics, a lot of different sceneries as very interesting side stories for our main cast. I did think that it was a little slow paced and the plot did not need to take so long to get through, but at least, no important scenes where rushed and we really got to explore the characters more deeply and see sides to them, that we wouldn't have expected in the first book.
All in all, great book, awesome setting, with a really exciting and nuanced romance. Can recommend.
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
slow-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
adventurous
emotional
funny
medium-paced