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4.14 AVERAGE
4.14 AVERAGE
This book hooked me from the very beginning - I could not put it down. The female empowerment, the found family, the banter back and forth. Loved, loved, loved.
adventurous
funny
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Was it cliche?? Yes. Did I have a fantastic time reading it?? Also yes. Liked it enough to continue the series which is a big win for me!!
The vail is falling
Thea has three years to live. Three years to become a Warsword of Thezmarr. Three years to prove to herself and everyone else she isn’t just a lowly orphan abandoned to live an ordinary life. But Thea is anything but ordinary.
I often find myself having a hard time getting engrossed in a new fantasy series. All the names and information get jumbled until I am at least midway through the book. In Blood & Steel, I was immediately engrossed. This story has so much depth and action in the first book, I found myself only putting it down because I had read until my eyes closed.
Thea is such a lovable character. She knows who she is, what she wants, and nothing is going to stop her. Women being banned from bearing arms won’t stop her. The contempt of the shieldbearers won’t stop her. More than anything a hulking, brooding, hunk of a Warsword named Wilder Hawthorne will not stop her.
She faces every challenge head on with fierce detemination and I wanted nothing more than for her to succede. She finds her place with a few others in her cohort and we see her completely bloom.
Wilder Hawthorne is the Hand of Death. The youngest Warsword ever but he has a weakness by the name of Althea Zoltaire. From the moment he met her, he knew there was something different about her that would change him.
I think I loved Wilder’s chapters the most. Throughout the whole story we see this uncaring, brooding, terrifying man but when we read his chapters, he is so different than we ever expected. He is hot and cold and tends to do the wrong things for the right reasons. I wonder how long he can hold out?
Kipp and Cal have such a place in my heart. Kipp is my darling and I will protect him at all costs. The friendship that has bloomed has throughly warmed my insides.
This is a definite slow burn with a bang! It has action, both known and unknown threats, and a story of a woman finding her place in the world knowing nothing of whence she came. I am immediately diving into book two!
Thea has three years to live. Three years to become a Warsword of Thezmarr. Three years to prove to herself and everyone else she isn’t just a lowly orphan abandoned to live an ordinary life. But Thea is anything but ordinary.
I often find myself having a hard time getting engrossed in a new fantasy series. All the names and information get jumbled until I am at least midway through the book. In Blood & Steel, I was immediately engrossed. This story has so much depth and action in the first book, I found myself only putting it down because I had read until my eyes closed.
Thea is such a lovable character. She knows who she is, what she wants, and nothing is going to stop her. Women being banned from bearing arms won’t stop her. The contempt of the shieldbearers won’t stop her. More than anything a hulking, brooding, hunk of a Warsword named Wilder Hawthorne will not stop her.
She faces every challenge head on with fierce detemination and I wanted nothing more than for her to succede. She finds her place with a few others in her cohort and we see her completely bloom.
Wilder Hawthorne is the Hand of Death. The youngest Warsword ever but he has a weakness by the name of Althea Zoltaire. From the moment he met her, he knew there was something different about her that would change him.
I think I loved Wilder’s chapters the most. Throughout the whole story we see this uncaring, brooding, terrifying man but when we read his chapters, he is so different than we ever expected. He is hot and cold and tends to do the wrong things for the right reasons. I wonder how long he can hold out?
Kipp and Cal have such a place in my heart. Kipp is my darling and I will protect him at all costs. The friendship that has bloomed has throughly warmed my insides.
This is a definite slow burn with a bang! It has action, both known and unknown threats, and a story of a woman finding her place in the world knowing nothing of whence she came. I am immediately diving into book two!
adventurous
challenging
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Interesting and kinda typical at this point in the rom-fantasy reading.
Not many new twists or turns with the MMC and MFC.
MFC doesn't know who she is or where she and sister are actually from.
MMC is a brooding tough warrior.
MFC has wait for it-Magic! Has to be kept hidden/safe and to train to save the realm.
Off to fight a war and safe the world all in a 4 book series doing a lot of fighting with a little of the back stories sprinkled in.
I really needed more story and less fighting.
Not many new twists or turns with the MMC and MFC.
MFC doesn't know who she is or where she and sister are actually from.
MMC is a brooding tough warrior.
MFC has wait for it-Magic! Has to be kept hidden/safe and to train to save the realm.
Off to fight a war and safe the world all in a 4 book series doing a lot of fighting with a little of the back stories sprinkled in.
I really needed more story and less fighting.
adventurous
dark
medium-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:
Complicated
adventurous
emotional
funny
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
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No