4.1k reviews for:

Blood & Steel

Helen Scheuerer

4.14 AVERAGE

ebert714's review

3.0

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I liked the story and appreciated that it didn’t feel like many similar books currently making the rounds, but the pacing felt a bit uneven and it failed to make an emotional impact so I was never fully engaged.

jazziereads92's review

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

alli_iceberg's review

3.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

just_a_weeb's review

3.0

adventurous funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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a fun ride. nothing earth shattering. the stakes felt a little low and nothing really... happens. I will be reading the second one... hopefully it's a little more eventful. It looks like there's a more even spit with his chapters which is nice since his chapters were kinda my favourite.

anywho it was fun. would recommend but dont be expecting anything earth-shattering. Also for a fantasy book it didn't feel like there was much fantasy 🤔🫣

redrealm's review

3.5

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring 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: Yes

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Again, a little biased coming off another book high. Althea does grow on you, if anything you need to get through the constant i-need-to-be-a-warrior thing she has going. To be fair, given that she has an expiry date, and it sort of feels like she's trapped in her own skin, I can't quite blame her. 

There are parts of the story that I felt were relatively slower than it needed to be, however I do recognise that it was necessary so that we could really delve into their mindsets and watch how Althea grows out of being a little self centred - harsh but also true.

The only thing that's stopping me from giving this a higher rating is the relationship. I couldn't see it beyond lust, and maybe this is something that grows further down the line. I certainly hope so. 

keetotheley's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging emotional funny tense fast-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

afoolsingenuity's review

3.5

adventurous medium-paced

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It took me forever to get through this. It’s been a while since I’ve read a book over 500 pages and I think it showed when I started this one. It was so slow to develop. I respected Thea’s determination but I didn’t connect to her character so it really took time to feel invested. Wilder also didn’t wow me. He just came across as a bit bland. He was angry and a loner and that’s all I knew. It was only once Thea began her training I truly felt invested and even that took time. 

In the end, this was a good story but it did feel unnecessarily long. Like a lot of the world billing and things that happened could have been condensed down. It was too much repetition at the beginning that had me questioning if I really wanted to keep reading. I am intrigued and might finish the series since it’s on KU. 

speders's review

4.5

adventurous mysterious

lilaknitsandreads's review

4.0

adventurous

kylie_t's review

4.25

adventurous emotional