790 reviews for:

A Forbidden Alchemy

Stacey McEwan

4.39 AVERAGE

madalorian's review against another edition

4.75

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

danni_readss's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark funny tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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4.25⭐️ | 1🌶️

First and foremost, thank you so much to @netgalley and @sagapress for the e-ARC in exchange for an honest review! 

The Peaky Blinders, Thomas Shelby fan in me is screaming. oh my goodness. Let’s just say I will most definitely be re-reading right before book 2 releases because the last half of the book was such a complete whirlwind of emotions. The plot twists were exquisite and man oh man, Patrick was ULTIMATE Thomas Shelby vibes 🤤 

Lately in Romantasies, I have been enjoying the romance sub-plot over the fantasy, BUT I have to admit that this time around, I really enjoyed the fantasy over the romance. Not to say that I didn’t enjoy the romance at all, the fantasy aspect was just super intriguing and really well thought out right down to the magic systems and revolutionary uproar. The characters were done so well. Nina was feisty, but not annoying at all, and all the sub-characters had their role and played their part rather perfectly. 

I only read the ending maybe like 13 times, to say the least. And yeah I guess i re-read the last 25% via audiobook to mimic the rollercoaster of emotions I had with my first read-through. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I, personally fell in love with this magic system and the Peaky Blinders world building was impeccable.

little_red_cover's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

mirandamichaela's review against another edition

5.0

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The ending was so fucking rude 🥺

misskris75's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional sad 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: Complicated

kikiliki's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

rsf086's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional 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

kassandran's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous 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: No

bexbringsbooks's review against another edition

4.0

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A peaky blinders coded world exploring the repercussions of what happens when hoarded power and intentional disenfranchisement are proven to be happening. Language became weirdly literary at points and didn’t necessarily feel like it fit the situation sometimes, but there were story related reasons it could have come off this way. I liked the dynamic between MCs but think Nina is probably too much of a realist and Patrick is too much of an idealist. I saw the ending from a mile away, but interestingly, have no idea what track book two will take or how they’ll resolve how things were left. Groundbreaking? No. But if romantasy with acquired magic, class warfare, and pesky blinders vibes sounds like your jam, give it a go.

bookswbec's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced