3.82 AVERAGE

dark medium-paced
dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I was absolutely hooked by the first book in this series, To Bleed A Crystal Bloom. An easy read with multiple POVs with some more captivating (hello kai) than others. Whilst some blanks were filled in I'm a little sad it didn't keep me awake until 4am like the first book did. Although, that ending... my kindle is still recovering from the glare I fed my screen! 😱

This was such a love hate book. There were times when I hated Orlaith but I always, always loved Rhordyn.

The FMC had this constant back and forth with her decisions and it was frustrating.
How did she even just listen to Cain once and decide to kill Rhor? Like how?
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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
dark emotional mysterious 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

scarliebo's review

3.75
slow-paced
adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark mysterious sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes