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4.02 AVERAGE
4.02 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫{4.5}
🚫👉🏻🌶️
KU✅
Starts off a little slower but definitely had me wondering where the story was going to go and how all the little pieces that seemed so important were going to end up becoming significant. Kara did a wonderful job weaving all of those pieces of the story together in a way that had me aching for more by the end!! Immediately had to dive into book 2, Illuminance!
I felt for our FMC so much!!! Good lord that poor girl has had a rough life growing up in the soldier’s training camp. Her dad is the utter worst and sets her up to go to the palace where the drunken King is hosting guests for the first time in a long time to arrange marriages. Amira has never been anything but a pawn and a servant to her father and longs for freedom and to escape her current life. However, there’s more at play here and can she leave everything she’s ever known behind.. and who can she trust?
𝓡𝓮𝓪𝓭 𝓲𝓯 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮:
✨ strong fmc
✨ broody, morally gray mmc
✨ fake engagement
✨ character driven
✨ slow burn
✨ found family
𝓕𝓪𝓿𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓮 𝓺𝓾𝓸𝓽𝓮𝓼:
“𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥.”
“𝘖𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵.”
“𝘈𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘴, 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵.”
“𝘏𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘻𝘭𝘦: 𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘱𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘏𝘦’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘸, 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘮.”
🚫👉🏻🌶️
KU✅
Starts off a little slower but definitely had me wondering where the story was going to go and how all the little pieces that seemed so important were going to end up becoming significant. Kara did a wonderful job weaving all of those pieces of the story together in a way that had me aching for more by the end!! Immediately had to dive into book 2, Illuminance!
I felt for our FMC so much!!! Good lord that poor girl has had a rough life growing up in the soldier’s training camp. Her dad is the utter worst and sets her up to go to the palace where the drunken King is hosting guests for the first time in a long time to arrange marriages. Amira has never been anything but a pawn and a servant to her father and longs for freedom and to escape her current life. However, there’s more at play here and can she leave everything she’s ever known behind.. and who can she trust?
𝓡𝓮𝓪𝓭 𝓲𝓯 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮:
✨ strong fmc
✨ broody, morally gray mmc
✨ fake engagement
✨ character driven
✨ slow burn
✨ found family
𝓕𝓪𝓿𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓮 𝓺𝓾𝓸𝓽𝓮𝓼:
“𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥.”
“𝘖𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵.”
“𝘈𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘴, 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵.”
“𝘏𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘻𝘭𝘦: 𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘱𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘏𝘦’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘸, 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘮.”
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
I really enjoyed this book! I hadn’t read about it before starting, so I didn’t know what to expect. The book kept me totally engaged the whole time.
I loved how Lu (Amira) developed such strong relationships as she went along her journey. Opal, Avery, Sarah and Linnick all seemed to really care about her, and played an important role in her feeling some semblance of home, despite her awful father.
Not to mention the complexity of the love triangle!
From the beginning, Graylen was way more intriguing than Adrian. Blame it on Adrian’s blonde hair but it was over for him (in my eyes) once we met Graylen 😂 The way that he protected Amira/Lu showed that he was clearly the one who had her back. Adrian sucks and there were hints of it throughout that made me sure he was not going to be a good fit for Lu.
Overall, loved the book and I’m off to read the next one!
I loved how Lu (Amira) developed such strong relationships as she went along her journey. Opal, Avery, Sarah and Linnick all seemed to really care about her, and played an important role in her feeling some semblance of home, despite her awful father.
Not to mention the complexity of the love triangle!
Overall, loved the book and I’m off to read the next one!
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
medium-paced
Wowwww… this book was insanely good. I experienced all the emotions. Also…. Graylen >>>>>>>
1000/10
P.S. It’s on kindle unlimited right now so go read it please
1000/10
P.S. It’s on kindle unlimited right now so go read it please
What an amazing debut novel!!! I am so thankful that I was lucky enough to receive an ARC of this book, and I'm so hooked!!
Without spoilers, I loved a few things. The love triangle that developed was very well done, I haven't read a fantastic love triangle in a while, and I liked this one. The flower and plant references and chapter names were on point, loved it. The foreshadowing throughout the entire book up to the shocking cliffhanger,
Without spoilers, I loved a few things. The love triangle that developed was very well done, I haven't read a fantastic love triangle in a while, and I liked this one. The flower and plant references and chapter names were on point, loved it. The foreshadowing throughout the entire book up to the shocking cliffhanger,