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3.58 AVERAGE
3.58 AVERAGE
The North Wind is the first book in the Four Winds series, an interconnected standalone set of books about four immortal brothers about to meet their match. Alexandria Warwick's writing is mesmerising, and engrossing storytelling will keep you on the edge of your seat, flipping those pages until an ungodly hour in the morning. The North Wind's twisty plot spins a magical, perilous tale depicted against the backdrop of a wintry world with wonderous world-building shared by the living and dead.
Let's talk characters for a second. I adored all the secondary characters who were rich, full of quirks and made me smile (except Wren's sister is a brat!) in The North Wind. Alexandria Warwick is brilliant at making all her characters unique and stand out, but she's good at making you have a love-hate with her main characters, Wren and Boreas. Wren's a very coarse protagonist– her flaw list is a mile long; suffering from alcohol addiction, she's bolshy, stubborn, and has a massive attitude problem with everyone hiding her inner wounds! Boreas – he's brutal, cold, and, at times, you want to kneel him where it hurts because of how he treats his people, mortals, and Wren. Getting under that icy heart to see his good side and understand him as a complicated, emotionally scarred character is an uphill struggle.
As their character journeys and relationship develops, you get to know these characters and love them warts and all. Life hasn't been kind to this mortal or God – they have chips on their shoulders the size of glaciers and so much emotional baggage to unpack. It's only through challenging one another with sniping, bickering, and high-handedness that they can process the emotions and trauma they have hidden under the rug for far too long to find respect, companionship, and love with each other.
An exquisite, enchanting enemies-to-lovers retelling with dark romance, a vicious enemies-to-lovers trope at its core, incredible fantasy world-building, and frosty winter atmospheric descriptions that give you chills. It's the book-baby of Beauty and the Beast and the Greek legends of Hades and Persephone, forming the most delicious reads. If you love a real enemies-to-lovers with the bitterness etched on the page, fierce animosity, and a struggle to find common ground, acceptance, and trust on the path to love – this is the one romantasy I'll recommend again and again to you without fail every time.
Let's talk characters for a second. I adored all the secondary characters who were rich, full of quirks and made me smile (except Wren's sister is a brat!) in The North Wind. Alexandria Warwick is brilliant at making all her characters unique and stand out, but she's good at making you have a love-hate with her main characters, Wren and Boreas. Wren's a very coarse protagonist– her flaw list is a mile long; suffering from alcohol addiction, she's bolshy, stubborn, and has a massive attitude problem with everyone hiding her inner wounds! Boreas – he's brutal, cold, and, at times, you want to kneel him where it hurts because of how he treats his people, mortals, and Wren. Getting under that icy heart to see his good side and understand him as a complicated, emotionally scarred character is an uphill struggle.
As their character journeys and relationship develops, you get to know these characters and love them warts and all. Life hasn't been kind to this mortal or God – they have chips on their shoulders the size of glaciers and so much emotional baggage to unpack. It's only through challenging one another with sniping, bickering, and high-handedness that they can process the emotions and trauma they have hidden under the rug for far too long to find respect, companionship, and love with each other.
An exquisite, enchanting enemies-to-lovers retelling with dark romance, a vicious enemies-to-lovers trope at its core, incredible fantasy world-building, and frosty winter atmospheric descriptions that give you chills. It's the book-baby of Beauty and the Beast and the Greek legends of Hades and Persephone, forming the most delicious reads. If you love a real enemies-to-lovers with the bitterness etched on the page, fierce animosity, and a struggle to find common ground, acceptance, and trust on the path to love – this is the one romantasy I'll recommend again and again to you without fail every time.
Liked the writing style but felt like there needed to be more world building. Loved the side characters and would have liked to have seen more about how everything works.
The "antagonist" didn't really feel like the villain but a victim of his brother being stubborn. Especially if
The romance wasn't horrible and I did like Wren and Boreas together but some of the descriptions of the spice scenes made me laugh.
Overall I enjoyed the book well enough and will be picking up the next one about the brother.
The "antagonist" didn't really feel like the villain but a victim of his brother being stubborn. Especially if
Spoiler
everything he said was true about his lands being affected and if the previous wife did want to escape from Boreas with their child. If it did turn out it was just an unfortunate incident with bandits.The romance wasn't horrible and I did like Wren and Boreas together but some of the descriptions of the spice scenes made me laugh.
Overall I enjoyed the book well enough and will be picking up the next one about the brother.
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Can’t wait to read the next one in the series loved the mmc and fmc and the little bits of banta we got between them 🤍
adventurous
emotional
funny
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
⭐️4.5 rating
W̶i̶n̶t̶e̶r̶ The North Wind is Coming. The Frost King is like The Night King from GOT, but hotter.
Essentially this book was a GOT meets Beauty and the Beast meets Hades x Persephone enemies to lovers. With a looong slow burn. But it was worth it.
Wren felt like a mix between Feyre, Nesta and a little Poppy. Boreas was definitely all Hades.
While I know this is a standalone, I’m curious if Wren and Boreas will make an appearance at all in the next book.
Tropes:
- Enemies to lovers
- Who Hurt You
- Dominant Alpha
- Badass Heroine
- Forced Marriage
- One Horse
- One Bed
- Slow Burn
Spice:
W̶i̶n̶t̶e̶r̶ The North Wind is Coming. The Frost King is like The Night King from GOT, but hotter.
Essentially this book was a GOT meets Beauty and the Beast meets Hades x Persephone enemies to lovers. With a looong slow burn. But it was worth it.
Wren felt like a mix between Feyre, Nesta and a little Poppy. Boreas was definitely all Hades.
While I know this is a standalone, I’m curious if Wren and Boreas will make an appearance at all in the next book.
Tropes:
- Enemies to lovers
- Who Hurt You
- Dominant Alpha
- Badass Heroine
- Forced Marriage
- One Horse
- One Bed
- Slow Burn
Spice:
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
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:
Yes
slow-paced
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
adventurous
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:
No