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3.93 AVERAGE
3.93 AVERAGE
3,5/5⭐️
Alors j'avais vu passé des avis un peu mitigé sur ce roman mais pour ma part je n'ai pas du tout été déçue ! J'ai beaucoup aimé l'univers lié au Faes des éléments, le rapport aux humains, la présence des sorcières et autres créatures. J'ai trouvé le personnage principale très bien construit, pas du manichéen, elle fait ce qu'elle peut avec sa nature profonde et joue avec sa conscience. Ce n'est pas que une tueuse de sang froid, je l'ai trouvé vraiment plus que ça. Je me suis beaucoup attaché à certains autres personnages secondaires que j'ai hâte de revoir. Mais ce qui m'a convaincue c'est surtout le rythme qui permet à l'intrigue d'avancer tranquillement sans aller trop vite et je n'ai pas du tout vu venir les révélations finales. La "romance" est présente mais sans trop prendre le pas sur le reste, elle arrive vraiment à la fin et j'ai trouvé cela agréable. Une très belle surprise avec cette lecture.
Alors j'avais vu passé des avis un peu mitigé sur ce roman mais pour ma part je n'ai pas du tout été déçue ! J'ai beaucoup aimé l'univers lié au Faes des éléments, le rapport aux humains, la présence des sorcières et autres créatures. J'ai trouvé le personnage principale très bien construit, pas du manichéen, elle fait ce qu'elle peut avec sa nature profonde et joue avec sa conscience. Ce n'est pas que une tueuse de sang froid, je l'ai trouvé vraiment plus que ça. Je me suis beaucoup attaché à certains autres personnages secondaires que j'ai hâte de revoir. Mais ce qui m'a convaincue c'est surtout le rythme qui permet à l'intrigue d'avancer tranquillement sans aller trop vite et je n'ai pas du tout vu venir les révélations finales. La "romance" est présente mais sans trop prendre le pas sur le reste, elle arrive vraiment à la fin et j'ai trouvé cela agréable. Une très belle surprise avec cette lecture.
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
I didn’t dislike it but I also wouldn’t recommend it. Rollercoaster of emotions and not in a good way. I went from being intrigued, I don’t get it, okay here we go, and wtf was that.
I didn’t feel the “I would do anything for my sister” connection which is probably why I didn’t buy into it. I loved the concept but not the story.
I do love the way she describes the flavors of emotions. The twists were great too
I didn’t feel the “I would do anything for my sister” connection which is probably why I didn’t buy into it. I loved the concept but not the story.
I do love the way she describes the flavors of emotions. The twists were great too
adventurous
mysterious
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
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
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
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
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
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Orphan Saoirse is a siren, a member of a dangerous and hated species that is supposed to be extinct. She spends her life hiding in plain sight, graduating from a preeminent training academy at the top of her class.
Directly after, she is courted by the royal family to be a member of crown prince Hayes's royal guard but rejects the offer.
Beneath an extortion threat, however, Saoirse is forced to swallow her pride and revisit the king's offer. In this way she can gain information to protect her adopted younger sister, Rain.
In the palace, Saoirse learns the king's darkest secrets and her country's unimaginable past that only reinforces her reasons for loathing the royals.
The longer Saoirse stays in the palace, the more she falls beneath Prince Hayes' charm, the riskier her situation, for the prince will have her killed in a heartbeat if he discovers what she is.
This was a decent YA fantasy with an interesting magic system and high stakes. The story, however, was repetitive and slow and though there was a cliffhanger, I'm not curious or emotionally invested enough to want to read it.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
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
Dnf at 30%, couldn’t get into it
Also got really annoyed that the MC kept calling the prince ”Sir”. Which is a disrespectful honorific to use for a prince and it didn’t feel intentional which I would have found funny if any of the characters actually reacted to it.
Also the MC being 17 and seducing men to their deaths is a little weird, could have been aged up a little.
Also got really annoyed that the MC kept calling the prince ”Sir”. Which is a disrespectful honorific to use for a prince and it didn’t feel intentional which I would have found funny if any of the characters actually reacted to it.
Also the MC being 17 and seducing men to their deaths is a little weird, could have been aged up a little.