1.19k reviews for:

A Forbidden Alchemy

Stacey McEwan

4.33 AVERAGE

connellydehaven's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous 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: Yes

maegenll's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous funny mysterious tense medium-paced

jlo615's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

rayy's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

sbruns1's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous mysterious tense medium-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

elisebrewer's review against another edition

3.5

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I skimmed a good majority of this- it was a slow start.  Also kind of insta-lovey and I don't love that.  But it picked up and was entertaining.  I get Nina is in a hard spot, but she makes dumb decisions.  I'll still be reading the follow-up!

jcastoro's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

tidestriders's review against another edition

1.0

adventurous tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The plot hung on by mere threads of barely-there worldbuilding, the pacing was terrible, and the characters only existed as vessels for banter

lorj's review against another edition

4.5

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Took a long time for me to get hooked in but I appreciate that now it was all about character and world building.

Agonising angst especially with the deception involved. I dreaded to read on in fear of the characters being caught or the betrayal becoming known. It was thrilling, especially towards the end. Really enjoyed it.

tbr_dragon's review

4.0

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated