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4.38 AVERAGE
4.38 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I NEED BOOK 2 THIS INSTANT.
Oh wow this was so good and that ending!! I feel so many things all at once.
I love the magic system and ugh so many characters to love. Really got me invested in this story so easily and I can’t wait for more.
Oh wow this was so good and that ending!! I feel so many things all at once.
I love the magic system and ugh so many characters to love. Really got me invested in this story so easily and I can’t wait for more.
⭐⭐⭐⭐
Do you like:
✅ Fated pairs
✅ Rivals to friends to lovers
✅ Alchemy
✅ Dark Academia
✅ Destroying the aristocracy
I love fantasy books and love when instead of magic it's alchemy. We love a switch up. The pacing of this book took a second to adapt to, I won't lie. The characters go through years and years within a few chapters before we get to our main story. Once you get past that trust me you'll enjoy every second reading.
I love McEwan's writing style and the way the characters are brought to life and given realistic traits. When I made a story asking why she would do this to me, the response was "idk I have issues" and THAT is how you make me fall in love with an author.
I can't wait for the (hopeful) other books that will follow after.
Do you like:
✅ Fated pairs
✅ Rivals to friends to lovers
✅ Alchemy
✅ Dark Academia
✅ Destroying the aristocracy
I love fantasy books and love when instead of magic it's alchemy. We love a switch up. The pacing of this book took a second to adapt to, I won't lie. The characters go through years and years within a few chapters before we get to our main story. Once you get past that trust me you'll enjoy every second reading.
I love McEwan's writing style and the way the characters are brought to life and given realistic traits. When I made a story asking why she would do this to me, the response was "idk I have issues" and THAT is how you make me fall in love with an author.
I can't wait for the (hopeful) other books that will follow after.
adventurous
mysterious
tense
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
adventurous
tense
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:
Complicated
adventurous
medium-paced
Thank you NetGalley for providing an ARC for my honest review.
I don’t know where to start with this review, I have many conflicting feelings.
If I could use one word to describe this book? It would be lukewarm.
I find that with books I much rather when an author trusts us to come to conclusions and shows us little breadcrumbs here and there throughout the story to pick up. This does not do that. This is very tell not show.
I felt the time jumps after the first initial testing unnecessary and would have been better to show in minor flashbacks, i think it would have been a lot more interesting if it had started with her capture.
Patrick and Nina acted like they were childhood friends who knew each other for 10 years and not barely half a day.
Theo, would have been better if he was remotely likeable. He kept showing up at random, it gave me whiplash.
The town and all the townspeople and what Patrick had accomplished was amazing and so beautiful, I really loved the family dynamic and Patrick himself was a gem.
Nina was a naive, hopeless little fool and while I did admire some parts… other times I just wanted to smack her.
I would have liked a lot more information on the magic system as well, it felt there was a lot left unsaid and a missed opportunity to show us how the magic works.
It also has probably the worst lines I have read in a book so far this year and was the one strike against dear Patrick’s name… “hoped you’d whine like that, too.”
Regardless of the tepid nature of my feelings, I am really interested to see where this goes and I will be picking up book two.
I don’t know where to start with this review, I have many conflicting feelings.
If I could use one word to describe this book? It would be lukewarm.
I find that with books I much rather when an author trusts us to come to conclusions and shows us little breadcrumbs here and there throughout the story to pick up. This does not do that. This is very tell not show.
I felt the time jumps after the first initial testing unnecessary and would have been better to show in minor flashbacks, i think it would have been a lot more interesting if it had started with her capture.
Patrick and Nina acted like they were childhood friends who knew each other for 10 years and not barely half a day.
Theo, would have been better if he was remotely likeable. He kept showing up at random, it gave me whiplash.
The town and all the townspeople and what Patrick had accomplished was amazing and so beautiful, I really loved the family dynamic and Patrick himself was a gem.
Nina was a naive, hopeless little fool and while I did admire some parts… other times I just wanted to smack her.
I would have liked a lot more information on the magic system as well, it felt there was a lot left unsaid and a missed opportunity to show us how the magic works.
It also has probably the worst lines I have read in a book so far this year and was the one strike against dear Patrick’s name… “hoped you’d whine like that, too.”
Regardless of the tepid nature of my feelings, I am really interested to see where this goes and I will be picking up book two.
I had no attachment or interest in this story
I think it'll be a 4.5 star rounded up.
Really loved the class systems and the angst/yearning was hitting well.
Gonna need the 2nd book like now though with that cliffhanger 🙃
Really loved the class systems and the angst/yearning was hitting well.
Gonna need the 2nd book like now though with that cliffhanger 🙃
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War
Minor: Suicide
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
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:
Yes