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The Book of Azrael by Amber V. Nicole

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camillemarsan's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

maisonmarcela's review against another edition

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This book fell so flat. I know that oftentimes books take awhile with the story building to find their way but man oh man was this book just so poorly written. Honestly this felt like some YA for middle schoolers. I wanted to try and see if it got any better but this book is long as hell and I did not have it in me to keep reading.

darsucks's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.0

winsergracie's review against another edition

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adventurous dark 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? N/A

4.5

whendevreads's review

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1.0

I received a copy of the Book of Azrael from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

This one unfortunately fell victim to the DNF. I just could not get into it. The book sounded interesting, which is why I wanted to read it, but I just do not think it was executed well. There is a lot of world building in this, like any fantasy novel, but a lot of it wasn’t explained enough. I don’t really understand the difference between the ancient gods and the celestials, I don’t understand what this big fight between the two sides is over, and I don’t understand the whole “world ender” idea. As well, there’s a lot of other mythology in the book that feels misrepresented, from the banshees to the vampires.

As well, I did not care for Dianna. I was super interested in the idea of a morally gray female villain, as those aren’t very common. However, she lacked depth as a character. Her main strengths were that she knew how to fight and was sarcastic/snarky. We heard a lot about how she had sacrificed everything to save her sister, I just didn’t feel that anguish in the book. She seemed very flat to me.

Because of these reasons, I just couldn’t force myself to continue reading the book. If I’m not immediately sucked in then I have a very tough time connecting to the characters or the storyline, which is what happened here. I have heard that this book is getting a series, so it will be interesting to see people’s reactions to the rest of the books.