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4.12 AVERAGE
4.12 AVERAGE
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Moderate: Infertility, Violence, Kidnapping
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Overall liked it byt it was slow to start
adventurous
emotional
medium-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
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Old World Scotland meets earth magic while exploring mysterious disappearances.
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
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
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-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
Take me back to the Isle of Cadence...
A River Enchanted immediately establishes its atmosphere with beautiful writing and descriptive language that paints a perfectly clear image in your mind. Then, once the characters are introduced, they take a violent hold of you and they never let you go. Jack and Adaira have my heart, but this duology has some of the best side characters I've read in a really long time. I've always had a soft spot for depictions of step-parents and step-children, and Sidra's love of Maisie gutted me.
A River Enchanted immediately establishes its atmosphere with beautiful writing and descriptive language that paints a perfectly clear image in your mind. Then, once the characters are introduced, they take a violent hold of you and they never let you go. Jack and Adaira have my heart, but this duology has some of the best side characters I've read in a really long time. I've always had a soft spot for depictions of step-parents and step-children, and Sidra's love of Maisie gutted me.
The evolution of Jack and Adaira's relationship felt very natural, with the reader being fed very clear signs that even during the days of their youthful antagonism of each other, there was an obvious fondness for one another. Ex:
"She had hated him as a lass. But she was coming to learn that it was hard to hate what made her feel the most alive."
Jack and Adaira thus part ways in their youth after Jack is sent away from the Isle for ten years, but even that helps their relationship evolve.
TLDR: I dearly loved this book and the characters it introduced. Jack, Adaira, Sidra, and Torin, they are all very dear to me now.