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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
hopeful
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I really wanted to like this book, but it never really hooked me. It got incredibly repetitive after a while and it was tough to get to the ending, which I didn’t find satisfying. Lots of loose ends were tied up, but the payoff wasn’t as big as I had hoped. This book is also LONG. I was committed to finishing, so I did, but it could have trimmed a lot of extraneous and repetitive description.
This book was also advertised to me on the author’s instagram account as inspired by characters from Avatar the Last Airbender, a show I LOVE. I usually don’t have issues with books taking character inspiration from other media. However, I found the similarities and references in this book to be too obvious and rampant in part one, only to disappear completely by part 2. The author never found the sweet spot of integrating inspiration and original work.
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
at first i thought it was interesting so i kept reading, but i honestly couldn’t really get into it and care?
near the end i was lowkey over it, and just wanted to finish
i couldnt fall in love with the cast and the pacing was off to me
the first three parts were slow imo and like everything happened at the end of the book
theres also a huge lack of information on the witches, we only really know about the main character Ranka, and her blood magic, i wouldve loved to hear just more about the different covens and what witches do/their past
i also wasnt expect the amount of description for the violence, it was surprising when the first description came up about the first witch Ranka saw while traveling
i wish we had gone more in depth about some characters like Foldrey, and more on Ongrum too
i also felt like some “plot twists” were expected, and if they werent, just underwhelming because i couldnt really care about the situation in the book
near the end i was lowkey over it, and just wanted to finish
i couldnt fall in love with the cast and the pacing was off to me
the first three parts were slow imo and like everything happened at the end of the book
theres also a huge lack of information on the witches, we only really know about the main character Ranka, and her blood magic, i wouldve loved to hear just more about the different covens and what witches do/their past
i also wasnt expect the amount of description for the violence, it was surprising when the first description came up about the first witch Ranka saw while traveling
i wish we had gone more in depth about some characters like Foldrey, and more on Ongrum too
i also felt like some “plot twists” were expected, and if they werent, just underwhelming because i couldnt really care about the situation in the book
adventurous
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
I had to claw my way through this book for the first half. I enjoy the idea but it is not written very well.
At one point a character said that the place he was from was made from stone and then in the next line he said that it burned down...
At one point a character said that the place he was from was made from stone and then in the next line he said that it burned down...
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
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
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
I beta read a VERY early copy of this book, and it was just as good then as it is now. Every character is easy to fall in love with—even (especially?) himbo Ranka and her failure to feel any emotion like a normal witch.
This book is angsty and delightful and horrific and tender. Everything about it makes me smile. I CANNOT WAIT to set Ranka on my shelves in November to join all of my other favorite heroines (don’t tell Ranka I called her a hero…and especially don’t tell Percy.)
If you haven’t put this on your TBR, what are you even waiting for??
This book is angsty and delightful and horrific and tender. Everything about it makes me smile. I CANNOT WAIT to set Ranka on my shelves in November to join all of my other favorite heroines (don’t tell Ranka I called her a hero…and especially don’t tell Percy.)
If you haven’t put this on your TBR, what are you even waiting for??
I beta read a VERY early copy of this book, and it was just as good then as it is now. Every character is easy to fall in love with—even (especially?) himbo Ranka and her failure to feel any emotion like a normal witch.
This book is angsty and delightful and horrific and tender. Everything about it makes me smile. I CANNOT WAIT to set Ranka on my shelves in November to join all of my other favorite heroines (don’t tell Ranka I called her a hero…and especially don’t tell Percy.)
If you haven’t put this on your TBR, what are you even waiting for??
This book is angsty and delightful and horrific and tender. Everything about it makes me smile. I CANNOT WAIT to set Ranka on my shelves in November to join all of my other favorite heroines (don’t tell Ranka I called her a hero…and especially don’t tell Percy.)
If you haven’t put this on your TBR, what are you even waiting for??
I watched this author’s process via social media sporadically as her videos were fed to my explore page and always was interested. My library finally got a copy and I must say that this book was incredible. Emotional, intriguing, and kept me guessing the entire time. Loved it.