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This book was quite entertaining. It had decent world building and I loved the letters sent between the characters. The romance was also fun and I thought the story got better as the book went on. However, I felt like the author had a tough time with the delivery of exposition with characters, instead of it being spread out evenly in the story, having multiple pages of a singular monologue to explain everything which I found very bulky. I also think she had trouble finding the characters’ unique voices at times. At certain points in the book I had trouble distinguishing who was saying what, especially quick dialogue between Roman and Iris. Though overall, it’s a solid book.

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adventurous emotional 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

3.0

i have thought and thought how to rate and review this book and i don’t know. so the first thing i wanna say is that this is a personal review, with my opinions and how the book affected me. because i can see why so many people like it and enjoyed it and gave it 5 stars. i’ll give that to you. for me personally though, it didn’t shock me. it didn’t grip me, shake me, hold me. in fact, i was mostly unaffected.

well, if you leave out the fact that i almost started crying when lieutenant lark died.

the concept of the typewriters and the magical connection was really cool, but isabel, honey, i would’ve preferred if you didn’t convince rebecca to add roman’s pov. i felt like it kinda took away the tension. if we, along with iris, wouldn’t have known who she was writing to, i feel like it would’ve been a lot more ✨dramatic✨ (though it would’ve been really predictable).
the characters didn’t convince me, i mean, they were cool but they had nothing extraordinary about them.
calling them “enemies to lovers”? that is a discrimination to this trope. rivals i can live with, but honey, you invited him to have a sandwich with you in like, the second chapter. that isn’t very enemy-like of you.
the setting was quite interesting, i liked the historical aspect combined with the fantasy aspect. but i was confused. i have no clue what the gods are actually about and i feel like it was not explained thoroughly enough.
all in all, didn’t catch me. it was entertaining though, i finished it in nearly a day.

the end broke me.

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adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I liked the story, but I felt some of the larger plot points could’ve been longer and more descriptive

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dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

5.0

I LOVED this book. It falls outside of my usual preferences since it’s YA and the characters are so young, but it ended up being a wonderful and meaningful read. I’m so glad I picked it up and gave it a try! It’s a blend of fantasy and realism and the mythology of the story is seamlessly tied in.

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