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Vesselless

Cortney L. Winn

4.01 AVERAGE

cristina_sc's review

4.0

adventurous 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

hezher's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 24%

I just wasn’t invested! It wasn’t bad and I might go back to it in the future

jennhesler's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious 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: Yes

This book was weird and cool and I really liked it. A great fall fantasy read. Spirits connecting with people to give them power, a literal shadow daddy, a competition to the death, trying to steal people souls, a tough FMC, and other craziness. The competition was the least interesting part for me. I am still kinda confused but the ending was so good and I need to know what happens now. I’m excited to read the next one!

molly_ohara's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

kendahljo's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

kendallkindlereader's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

cozysquib's review against another edition

4.0

slow-paced

Vesselless by Cortney L. Winn

Right off the bat, I loved the FMC and I loved the direction of the story.

The pacing felt a bit on the slower side, but not in a bad way. It felt, methodical and intentional in its slower pace.

I'm a big fan of stabby FMC's. Nizzara's perpetual fight between her inner rage and desire to do no harm spoke to my soul. I love that she could harbor so much violence and rage inside her while still choosing kindness and compassion.

The slow burn was slow burning, and the spice levels are minimal. I absolutely adore the way Dagen falls for Nizzara and his mental checks early on.

The magic system was VERY fun!! There were times when all the terminology fell through the sieve that is my brain, but the concept was fun and different.

My biggest gripe is with the naming convention for the kingdoms. With so many ze, zim, zar, zo, zum's, going on, it got muddled. I can confidently say I have no clue which goes where and who did what. That shit was zzzzzzooooo unnecezzzzzary!