3.91 AVERAGE

adventurous emotional funny mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Loveable characters: Yes

Der packende Auftakt einer Fantasy-Serie, wie ich sie noch nie gelesen habe! Eine schusselige, sympathische Heldin führt uns in eine Welt, die man so schnell nicht wieder verlassen möchte: Ophelia kann die Vergangenheit von Gegenständen sehen und durch Spiegel reisen. Doch ihr gemütlicher Alltag auf der fliegenden Insel Anima endet jäh, als sie auf den Pol ziehen und dort einen Adligen heiraten soll. Sie gerät mitten in einen Strudel aus Geheimnissen und Intrigen und merkt, dass nicht alles stimmt, was ihr über ihre Welt beigebracht wurde...
emotional mysterious reflective 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: Complicated
adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

evesn's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 0%

Paused.

okay I’m so excited for this series IF there’s a love triangle
Or a slow burn

Pretty cool world building with Bridgerton vibes
adventurous dark inspiring mysterious tense slow-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: No
dark mysterious tense slow-paced
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The book started strong but fell flat - there wasn't a clear 3 or 5 act structure. Like what exactly was the climax? What was the plot building up to??
I thought it would end with the wedding and some big plot twist but that weirdly didn't happen
. I also became very disappointed with Ophelia - this girl does not have strong agency. There were a few times when she broke protocol or pushed back a little but I had hoped to see some more fight from her by the end. Having a strong will and being stubborn are not the same thing.
I had really, really hoped that Ophelia would escape through a mirror at the end - or just do something drastic 😒
. None of the characters were likeable, and the main leads had zero chemistry -
not sure how Ophelia mistakened some of Thorn's words as "falling in love" - I was thinking she was just inexperienced but when Thorn questioned it, I was even more confused. 🤔
🤷🏻‍♀️
adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Maybe it was because of the woman reading the audiobook but I LOVED IT. The narrator had me hooked from the beginning and did such an amazing job switching voices and accents and acting everything out. If you have the chance to listen to the audiobook, do it!