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4.18 AVERAGE
4.18 AVERAGE
A great conclusion (I know there’s more books) to the battle and Kakias. I can’t wait for the rest of the story to unfold - especially regarding the angels plans because I’m very confused what they want and who this ‘master’ is. Malakai oh malakai, I’m so glad he found himself in this book, he provided such raw emotions to add to the story and I loved reading his chapters. Tolek once again is just the best book boyfriend and perfect in so many ways. At times I was getting frustrated with the writing, I’m not sure if it’s the style but it feels repetitive in the way the characters talk to each other and often times cringy (especially when it’s their inner dialogue talking about the person they love) so this is the only reason it’s not 5 ⭐️
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
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:
Complicated
this book would have been so much better without the malakai pov chapters in my opinion, it was really hard to get through. love tolek <3
I devoured this book! It has been over 24 hours now since I finished and I wish I had the next book in my hands already because I need to know what happens!
Trials didn’t completely rip my heart out & smash it to tiny pieces like Curse & Shards did but man did I still feel all the feels. I feel like Nicole does an AMAZING job at truly digging down into characters feelings & flaws. The vulnerability & emotional growth in this book is so beautifully done. Each character has some kind of emotional trauma that they confront in this book & Nicole presents it in such a raw, authentic way.
Plus, that Sapphire scene?? *chef’s kiss*
My new goal in life is to be a badass Mystique warrior & ride a Pegasus.
Trials didn’t completely rip my heart out & smash it to tiny pieces like Curse & Shards did but man did I still feel all the feels. I feel like Nicole does an AMAZING job at truly digging down into characters feelings & flaws. The vulnerability & emotional growth in this book is so beautifully done. Each character has some kind of emotional trauma that they confront in this book & Nicole presents it in such a raw, authentic way.
Plus, that Sapphire scene?? *chef’s kiss*
My new goal in life is to be a badass Mystique warrior & ride a Pegasus.
Where do I start.
What an emotional Rollercoaster.
Ok, so there are no enemies to lovers but perfectly natural friends to lovers showing Ophelia exactly how it feels to be truly loved.
I love the way the friends are portrayed, pushing when they know they can and holding back when necessary.
It is hard to describe exactly how good these books are. The emotional damage and healing process depicted for multiple characters is so well written that you can feel the pain as they heal. No one character is immune to the broken feeling and you cannot help but go alone for the ride.
I honestly cannot wait to see what happens next!
I received an advanced reader copy and these thoughts and feelings are my own.
What an emotional Rollercoaster.
Ok, so there are no enemies to lovers but perfectly natural friends to lovers showing Ophelia exactly how it feels to be truly loved.
I love the way the friends are portrayed, pushing when they know they can and holding back when necessary.
It is hard to describe exactly how good these books are. The emotional damage and healing process depicted for multiple characters is so well written that you can feel the pain as they heal. No one character is immune to the broken feeling and you cannot help but go alone for the ride.
I honestly cannot wait to see what happens next!
I received an advanced reader copy and these thoughts and feelings are my own.
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
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:
Complicated
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️{5}
🌶️🌶️🌶️{3}
Okay this is officially my new favorite of the series so far!! I don’t want to spoil anything for those who may read this and haven’t read the others yet.. so I’ll just drop general thoughts here (and maybe avoid the quotes!).
This found family is quite possibly my favorite ever. I’m so attached to every single one of these characters 🥹🥹 I just want them all to be happy but SHEESHHH does Nicole put them through it 😅 the freaking healing journey some of them go through in this book was so incredibly well done though!! Some of the best character development I’ve ever read! And the cave scene my lawddd 🥵🥵🌶️ and Sapphire is my girlll, I will protect her to my last breathe 😤
If you’re looking for a new romantasy series with meddling angels, unique magic, and incredible world building and character development, look no further!! Go pick this series up folks!!
𝓡𝓮𝓪𝓭 𝓲𝓯 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮:
🗡️found family
🗡️slow burn with a spicy payoff 🥵
🗡️mental health/ptsd rep
🗡️political intrigue
🗡️”who did this”
🗡️multiple pov
𝓕𝓪𝓿𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓮 𝓺𝓾𝓸𝓽𝓮𝓼:
“𝘛𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦.”
“𝘠𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘪𝘵.”
“𝘏𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘺. 𝘓𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘱𝘶𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘴’ 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴. 𝘏𝘦’𝘥 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘩 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰, 𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘴.”
“𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩. 𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.”
“𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘥.”
I can’t get enough of these characters!! ♡
Overall: 5/5 ✰✰✰✰✰
Vibes: 5/5 ✰✰✰✰✰
Spice: 5/5 ✰✰✰✰✰ - level:
Overall: 5/5 ✰✰✰✰✰
Vibes: 5/5 ✰✰✰✰✰
Spice: 5/5 ✰✰✰✰✰ - level:
After coming off the cliffhanger in Shards, I was so ready to start Trials. It did not disappoint. Even though we still have a very nebulous outside force driving we still have strong character driven development as well. It was really nice seeing the treatment of trauma in multiple characters. It wasn't pushed aside and they didn't just "get over it" when they needed to, but there was work and growth and better people that came out of it.
We still got to see a few POVs as we did in Shards which was nice, especially with multiple relationships that we got to see develop. There were also a few things that stuck out that I really liked
1. Sapphire (enough said here if you've read previous books in the series)
2. The friendship between Tol, Malakai and Cyph
3. The quest aspects of this book
4. Reconnecting with siblings
I'm looking forward to book 4 (and also book 3.5!)
We still got to see a few POVs as we did in Shards which was nice, especially with multiple relationships that we got to see develop. There were also a few things that stuck out that I really liked
1. Sapphire (enough said here if you've read previous books in the series)
2. The friendship between Tol, Malakai and Cyph
3. The quest aspects of this book
4. Reconnecting with siblings
I'm looking forward to book 4 (and also book 3.5!)
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
tense
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:
Complicated
Since this is book three in the series I am going to keep it brief to avoid any spoilers!
This series is for people who like friends to lovers, multiple magic systems, found family, politics, war, he falls first, divine powers, mental health rep, and highstakes quests.
I am very impressed with how this series is progressing and love the immense character growth that takes place in this book. The character development is really phenomenal, not just with the main characters (3 POV), but with the supporting characters as well.
I've also noticed that the scene building is getting better and the writing becoming more refined, not that it was bad to begin with, but it flows more smoothly.
Some fun new mythical creatures have been introduced so I'm super happy about that! Mythical creatures and animals are always my favorite 😍
The story is moving in an interesting direction and I'm excited to see where the next book goes!