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bookslucyking's review against another edition
5.0
This was great. I loved every single page. Full of action, full of magic, creatures, geists. The story and the settings were really cool. I even enjoyed the love part of the story. Normally I don´t like romance books, but here it was really mature, real, strong, no sickly sweet YA romance.
I found myself getting totally lost in the book and forgetting about the time. That didn´t happen for a long time, I had a bad luck with starting new series, lately. This one finally worked and I loved it.
It felt like a combination of Anthony Ryan´s books and The Legend of Eli Monpress. It felt medieval but also kinda steampunk at some point. The characters were funny, ironic but also real, with problems, I cared about all of them.
Incredible read for me. I am happy I didn´t listen this time to the reviews here. Sometimes I really shoud belive you guys but sometimes like this one I should NOT! Or I will miss on great reads.
I found myself getting totally lost in the book and forgetting about the time. That didn´t happen for a long time, I had a bad luck with starting new series, lately. This one finally worked and I loved it.
It felt like a combination of Anthony Ryan´s books and The Legend of Eli Monpress. It felt medieval but also kinda steampunk at some point. The characters were funny, ironic but also real, with problems, I cared about all of them.
Incredible read for me. I am happy I didn´t listen this time to the reviews here. Sometimes I really shoud belive you guys but sometimes like this one I should NOT! Or I will miss on great reads.
sarahdelucchi's review against another edition
5.0
Ok well this started off kind of slow for me but once I got into it, it was hard to put it down. This book is so interesting compared to a lot of other fantasy books out there - the steampunk aspect alone I think adds a whole other dimension that I really enjoy. And the fact that this starts out following someone who is in a broken marriage instead of a love story was great, felt more true to life then a lot of these OH THEY MEET AND FIGHT AND FALL IN LOVE. Much more on par with - nope shits just fucked up and relationships are complicated.
Really excited that this is a series!
Really excited that this is a series!
lauregul's review against another edition
1.0
Abgebrochen nach 100 Seiten
Das Buch hat mir nicht gut genug gefallen, als dass ich die Zeit investieren möchte, um es fertig zu lesen. Die Grundidee mit der Geistervertreibung ist zwar interessant, aber weder die Charaktere noch die Welt oder die Geschichte weckten mein Interesse.
Die folgende Passage, speziell der fett markierte Teil, hat mir dann einfach den Rest gegeben:
Das Buch hat mir nicht gut genug gefallen, als dass ich die Zeit investieren möchte, um es fertig zu lesen. Die Grundidee mit der Geistervertreibung ist zwar interessant, aber weder die Charaktere noch die Welt oder die Geschichte weckten mein Interesse.
Die folgende Passage, speziell der fett markierte Teil, hat mir dann einfach den Rest gegeben:
This man, this cursed man, had a flame in his core, a flame that was designed to draw people to him. Even those who weren’t Deacons would be unconsciously attracted to him; would find him good-looking, charming and very, very sexy.
guillejican's review against another edition
3.0
Geist is an example of a good and original idea with a bad development. Also, the way it goes through the story is also the opposite as someone normally would think: It goes from the top towards the darkest bottom.
The book starts incredibly well. The first chapter has everything, and is unbelievably hooking. As we read we meet very interesting characters that are not cliché, and they bring a new perspective to the fantasy novel. Everything about the characters is fine to me.
But, the books starts spiraling down when we reach the 75% mark. And I mean in a bad way. Characters go from here to there without any kind of transition, start doing weird things and only questions arise instead of answers. The final battle tried to be clymatic, but... The book ends with a kind of half-conclussion looking to be open to the following novels.
Good things about the book:
-Original magic system.
-Original characters and conflicts around them.
-Very hooking at the beginning.
-I liked the concept about geists and the Order, and the Active-Sensitive pairing.
Bad things about the book:
-Doesn't follow Sanderson's first law: We don't really know what magic does, and we can't compare Sorcha's powers to anyone. This makes resolution of problems via magic a bit cheesy. It's like: "OHMYGOD HE BROKE THAT SACRED LAW OF OURS" and we are like "what law you say?".
-So many secrets and things not foreshadowed: The author puts a lot of hidden tricks simply from the fold of her sleeve. She also tries to explain a lot of things in the wrong places but ends out without saying anything relevant.
-Nynnia. This character is awful, and only serves plot-purposes. In my opinion, the story would be better without it. It's also behaviorally erratic, and in the end we don't even know what she is (we get hints, but still).
-Lacks worldbuilding.
-The author teases so much about the secrets of the Sensitives. It's a hook to make you read book 2.
Conclusion: Decent book, with cool concept i hope it's better used in next books. If you like original characters and the ghost theme, it's a good choice.
The book starts incredibly well. The first chapter has everything, and is unbelievably hooking. As we read we meet very interesting characters that are not cliché, and they bring a new perspective to the fantasy novel. Everything about the characters is fine to me.
But, the books starts spiraling down when we reach the 75% mark. And I mean in a bad way. Characters go from here to there without any kind of transition, start doing weird things and only questions arise instead of answers. The final battle tried to be clymatic, but... The book ends with a kind of half-conclussion looking to be open to the following novels.
Good things about the book:
-Original magic system.
-Original characters and conflicts around them.
-Very hooking at the beginning.
-I liked the concept about geists and the Order, and the Active-Sensitive pairing.
Bad things about the book:
-Doesn't follow Sanderson's first law: We don't really know what magic does, and we can't compare Sorcha's powers to anyone. This makes resolution of problems via magic a bit cheesy. It's like: "OHMYGOD HE BROKE THAT SACRED LAW OF OURS" and we are like "what law you say?".
-So many secrets and things not foreshadowed: The author puts a lot of hidden tricks simply from the fold of her sleeve. She also tries to explain a lot of things in the wrong places but ends out without saying anything relevant.
-Nynnia. This character is awful, and only serves plot-purposes. In my opinion, the story would be better without it. It's also behaviorally erratic, and in the end we don't even know what she is (we get hints, but still).
-Lacks worldbuilding.
-The author teases so much about the secrets of the Sensitives. It's a hook to make you read book 2.
Conclusion: Decent book, with cool concept i hope it's better used in next books. If you like original characters and the ghost theme, it's a good choice.
yvsmovingcastle's review against another edition
2.0
Sadly, despite the interesting premise, the best this book could get out of me was "meh".
biddy_mackenzie's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
veronica87's review against another edition
3.0
Probably more like two and a half stars if I'm being honest. The premise was good, the world building was solid, and the magic system promising. My main issue was with the characters, who needed to be padded out a little more in my opinion. As written however they never really came alive for me. A natural consequence of one dimensional characters is none of the relationships felt true either, whether romantic or platonic in nature. They all felt rushed and unearned which is a pity. I was most interested in seeing the growth in the work relationship between two of the three main characters but that relationship seemed to get the least amount of attention. I may or may not give the second book a chance to see if things improve.
eososray's review against another edition
4.0
While a little more of an urban fantasy than I usually read, I liked the active defensive magic system and the partner characters.
crasscasualty's review against another edition
2.0
Had great potential, but it was never actually realized.
nakedsushi's review against another edition
3.0
An okay fantasy adventure. I liked the world building, but it was pretty confusing because everything was so new. I'm happy to read something where the characters are rational and make decisions with their heads and not their hearts most of the time. The plot was pretty predictable, but I mostly read it for the interactions between characters.