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marineb09's review against another edition
5.0
SO GOOD !!!
It's not my first Emma Hamm's book so I knew what I was getting into, and even if its her very FIRST book I was not disappointed one bit !
the story is really good, the characters and the places are well described. The story isn't going too slow or too fast ... The Goblin's world is mesmerizing and after this ending I need book 2 in my life RIGHT NOW =)
It's not my first Emma Hamm's book so I knew what I was getting into, and even if its her very FIRST book I was not disappointed one bit !
the story is really good, the characters and the places are well described. The story isn't going too slow or too fast ... The Goblin's world is mesmerizing and after this ending I need book 2 in my life RIGHT NOW =)
alexperc_92's review against another edition
5.0
Review can be found on *Milky Way of Books*
Jane lives in a world where mining can offer you a chance to go and live in the City, but it comes with costs and danger. Desperate to feed and raise her two siblings, she will disguise as a man and go to work in the mines. An accident will lead her to the discovery of another race, the Goblins.
Beautiful and terrifying at the same time, the Goblins take her as a prisoner and a warrior, Ruric becomes her guardian. There is double POV so we know both their thoughts and the descriptions of this world are amazing.
I had read firstly the other books by Emma Hamm, "Heart of Fae" and "Veins of Magic", which were amazing, and in this book, I could see how the author's writing evolved. There is a slow pace, as Jane and Ruric try to learn each other. In some cases, they try to communicate and in others, Jane acts kind of stupid, since her growing feelings and fear of her family collide and she doesn't think in a logic way.
The first book concludes with a kind of cliffhanger which opens the way into the second book.
Jane lives in a world where mining can offer you a chance to go and live in the City, but it comes with costs and danger. Desperate to feed and raise her two siblings, she will disguise as a man and go to work in the mines. An accident will lead her to the discovery of another race, the Goblins.
Beautiful and terrifying at the same time, the Goblins take her as a prisoner and a warrior, Ruric becomes her guardian. There is double POV so we know both their thoughts and the descriptions of this world are amazing.
I had read firstly the other books by Emma Hamm, "Heart of Fae" and "Veins of Magic", which were amazing, and in this book, I could see how the author's writing evolved. There is a slow pace, as Jane and Ruric try to learn each other. In some cases, they try to communicate and in others, Jane acts kind of stupid, since her growing feelings and fear of her family collide and she doesn't think in a logic way.
The first book concludes with a kind of cliffhanger which opens the way into the second book.
ipsita's review against another edition
3.0
A quick read!
I wanted to read this book as soon I read the title and the blurb. It seemed so interesting and something new and wild to read on.
Humans and Goblins! Both leaving, breathing and having their own space and civilized yet bloodthirsty of each other. Not one species knew the other to be anything other than an animal.
But when it comes to save their kind from extinction, the goblins left with no other choice how to save their race in the future with their females number so scrace and near to death. Or maybe they haven't found all that they searched for before.
Then Jane, a human from above world suddenly left with the responsibility of both her siblings.is forced to work in the mines with other men while pretending to be a man as no woman can work in there
When a sudden accident in the mines brings Jane face to face with the creature she had only heard of and whom all the humans feared and then being abducted by them to the Below, to the world of goblins. But what she finds in the world Below, she could never have imagined.
A bargain. A bondage for life.
Will the goblins finally find a way to save them all from extinction? Or will Jane help them; the goblin species and to understand them as different from the animals she thought before of?
This book was short and took me less time to finish it. I liked the plot and story before I started reading it. But what I found was even better than what I thought. There were sometime when I was really annoyed with if all though. The story starts off with a good pace then it gets kinda slow in the middle with Jane's getting comfort with the surroundings and all. And her character also annoyed me a lot. I liked Ruric though, but still he proved to disappoint me further towards the end.
But even with all that the story got it's pace back after sometime and as it was a really short book I didn't mind it much. However the ending is one I had not really hoped for and now I'm a little more excited to read the next book.
Hope it doesn't disappoint me this time!!! I couldn't afford getting into another slump.
I wanted to read this book as soon I read the title and the blurb. It seemed so interesting and something new and wild to read on.
Humans and Goblins! Both leaving, breathing and having their own space and civilized yet bloodthirsty of each other. Not one species knew the other to be anything other than an animal.
But when it comes to save their kind from extinction, the goblins left with no other choice how to save their race in the future with their females number so scrace and near to death. Or maybe they haven't found all that they searched for before.
Then Jane, a human from above world suddenly left with the responsibility of both her siblings.is forced to work in the mines with other men while pretending to be a man as no woman can work in there
When a sudden accident in the mines brings Jane face to face with the creature she had only heard of and whom all the humans feared and then being abducted by them to the Below, to the world of goblins. But what she finds in the world Below, she could never have imagined.
A bargain. A bondage for life.
Will the goblins finally find a way to save them all from extinction? Or will Jane help them; the goblin species and to understand them as different from the animals she thought before of?
This book was short and took me less time to finish it. I liked the plot and story before I started reading it. But what I found was even better than what I thought. There were sometime when I was really annoyed with if all though. The story starts off with a good pace then it gets kinda slow in the middle with Jane's getting comfort with the surroundings and all. And her character also annoyed me a lot. I liked Ruric though, but still he proved to disappoint me further towards the end.
But even with all that the story got it's pace back after sometime and as it was a really short book I didn't mind it much. However the ending is one I had not really hoped for and now I'm a little more excited to read the next book.
Hope it doesn't disappoint me this time!!! I couldn't afford getting into another slump.
coraotf's review against another edition
2.0
It was ok. A pre-reader would be good to catch some of the grammatical errors, but the story itself held my attention. I may not have liked the way some things went, but it isn't my story.
alexandra_92's review
5.0
Review can be found on *Milky Way of Books*
Jane lives in a world where mining can offer you a chance to go and live in the City, but it comes with costs and danger. Desperate to feed and raise her two siblings, she will disguise as a man and go to work in the mines. An accident will lead her to the discovery of another race, the Goblins.
Beautiful and terrifying at the same time, the Goblins take her as a prisoner and a warrior, Ruric becomes her guardian. There is double POV so we know both their thoughts and the descriptions of this world are amazing.
I had read firstly the other books by Emma Hamm, "Heart of Fae" and "Veins of Magic", which were amazing, and in this book, I could see how the author's writing evolved. There is a slow pace, as Jane and Ruric try to learn each other. In some cases, they try to communicate and in others, Jane acts kind of stupid, since her growing feelings and fear of her family collide and she doesn't think in a logic way.
The first book concludes with a kind of cliffhanger which opens the way into the second book.
Jane lives in a world where mining can offer you a chance to go and live in the City, but it comes with costs and danger. Desperate to feed and raise her two siblings, she will disguise as a man and go to work in the mines. An accident will lead her to the discovery of another race, the Goblins.
Beautiful and terrifying at the same time, the Goblins take her as a prisoner and a warrior, Ruric becomes her guardian. There is double POV so we know both their thoughts and the descriptions of this world are amazing.
I had read firstly the other books by Emma Hamm, "Heart of Fae" and "Veins of Magic", which were amazing, and in this book, I could see how the author's writing evolved. There is a slow pace, as Jane and Ruric try to learn each other. In some cases, they try to communicate and in others, Jane acts kind of stupid, since her growing feelings and fear of her family collide and she doesn't think in a logic way.
The first book concludes with a kind of cliffhanger which opens the way into the second book.
tessa_hamberlin's review
4.0
Enjoyed this book. Liked the idea and the main character. I’ve got a thing for human and different species couples.
jiba's review
4.0
I enjoyed this much more than I thought I would going into it. I am not a fan of cliff hangers so of course it made me a bit grumpy. I look forward to reading the next installment.
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