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3.75 AVERAGE
3.75 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
informative
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
dark
emotional
inspiring
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:
Complicated
I can already tell that I will be thinking about Riftborne by Grenwich & Lennox for a while, especially after THAT ENDING.
I’ve truly been fortunate to read some fantastic debut romantasy books this year, and this book is officially part of that list.
If you like romantasy books set in a darker world filled with power struggles and a healthy dose of tension (especially if it’s a forbidden one), then you should add Riftborne to your TBR.
What to expect:
✨ New adult dark romantasy series (incomplete)
✨ 1st person, single POV
✨ Magical special ops
✨ Class divide
✨ Found family // female friendships
✨ Forbidden romance
✨ Slowwww burn
Available on KU ✨
The atmosphere of this book is perfection — I love that everything feels cloaked in shadows, especially the way the FMC (Fia) is described (white hair, ghostly complexion, haunting eyes). She would easily fit into a Tim Burton movie (in the best ways).
I LOVE that Fia is the focal point of this book. I’m used to reading books where it’s 50/50 with the FMC and MMC, but this was refreshing where it felt Fia was given center stage so I could get to know her and emotionally invest in her character. Don’t get me wrong, the General is a babe with his face scar, but I definitely am going to continue this series for Fia.
My reasonings for giving this a 4/5 are due to writing style and dialogue choices (aka very subjective reasons), so I won’t go into more detail than that. Absolutely recommend reading this book!
A sincere thank you to the authors for gifting me a physical copy of the book. I chose to switch between reading my physical copy and KU to further support the authors 💚
I’ve truly been fortunate to read some fantastic debut romantasy books this year, and this book is officially part of that list.
If you like romantasy books set in a darker world filled with power struggles and a healthy dose of tension (especially if it’s a forbidden one), then you should add Riftborne to your TBR.
What to expect:
✨ New adult dark romantasy series (incomplete)
✨ 1st person, single POV
✨ Magical special ops
✨ Class divide
✨ Found family // female friendships
✨ Forbidden romance
✨ Slowwww burn
Available on KU ✨
The atmosphere of this book is perfection — I love that everything feels cloaked in shadows, especially the way the FMC (Fia) is described (white hair, ghostly complexion, haunting eyes). She would easily fit into a Tim Burton movie (in the best ways).
I LOVE that Fia is the focal point of this book. I’m used to reading books where it’s 50/50 with the FMC and MMC, but this was refreshing where it felt Fia was given center stage so I could get to know her and emotionally invest in her character. Don’t get me wrong, the General is a babe with his face scar, but I definitely am going to continue this series for Fia.
My reasonings for giving this a 4/5 are due to writing style and dialogue choices (aka very subjective reasons), so I won’t go into more detail than that. Absolutely recommend reading this book!
A sincere thank you to the authors for gifting me a physical copy of the book. I chose to switch between reading my physical copy and KU to further support the authors 💚
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Yeah, wow, I hated this. I keep trying Romantasy and it keeps being really really disappointing.
When did it become so formulaic? Where did the fun go?
I still found this much more palatable than anything I've read by SJM so take that as it is
When did it become so formulaic? Where did the fun go?
I still found this much more palatable than anything I've read by SJM so take that as it is
The pacing for the first 80% is very slow. Then you get bombarded with information the last 10% and ends on a cliff hanger.
The pacing of this book was absolutely wild
Still enjoyed it but I feel like this should’ve been two separate books with A LOT more information in between - first book should’ve focused solely on the academy and the FMCs training and second book could’ve been all the shit that happened so randomly fast in the last 90 pages
Also feel like the relationships between all the characters especially the FMC and MMC were very superficial like it’s bad when I didn’t even care when they finally kissed (maybe bc he was MIA for 80% of the book and idk how they “were obsessed with each other”) but maybe he’s not the love interest so we’ll see with the sequel
Still enjoyed it but I feel like this should’ve been two separate books with A LOT more information in between - first book should’ve focused solely on the academy and the FMCs training and second book could’ve been all the shit that happened so randomly fast in the last 90 pages
Also feel like the relationships between all the characters especially the FMC and MMC were very superficial like it’s bad when I didn’t even care when they finally kissed (maybe bc he was MIA for 80% of the book and idk how they “were obsessed with each other”) but maybe he’s not the love interest so we’ll see with the sequel
fantasy war college tends to be a hit with me. i just like the vibes