Reviews

Air Awakens by Elise Kova

smuttea_matcha's review against another edition

3.0

There's nothing special or different about this book on magic that makes it different from others. It has the usual girl with super special magic, the dark mysterious hot guy who likes her and is equally if not more powerful, the other random guys in the story who also have the hots for her, etc. It was an enjoyable and predictable read that I was hoping would come out with more. I don't see what makes Vhalla so special

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other than her wind affinity

, but everyone wanted a piece of her. It was the classic "I'm not pretty, but I have 3 hot guys after me", which is so overdone and not even believable.

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I didn't really understand how we got to the ending. Aldrik carries her injured body to the castle but they take her as prisoner because she tried to kill him?? Why didn't Aldrik just say, "JK, false alarm, I'm in love with her and I'm just concerned for her well-being so I took her home"? It really felt like Kova tried to create this fake drama just to get her to the ending that she wanted, which was for Vhalla to be sent to the war front. It was a sloppy and lazy ending that I didn't care for.

I stand by it being an enjoyable read, but it's nothing eye-opening or something that tries to do something that hasn't been done before.

emw_920's review

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

medootza's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

fixxon's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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? No

3.75

belle2022's review against another edition

4.0

Okay very pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. It was so fast paced, well written and super easy to understand and follow. There was no info dumping or plot holes that I could see. We have a lovely MC who I really started to admire once we hit the 70% mark. Sometimes she was a bit dim witted but hey. The male MC was a little bit annoying but he also left a lot to the questioned. I was quite satisfied by the ending and can not wait to binge book 2.

This was a lovely fast paced fantasy read, has my favourite librarian elements (guilty pleasure for me), we have some court rivalries, forbidden romance kinda thing, a dark haired prince ;). As much as the male MC annoyed me sometimes I could see how bound by relations he was. He isn’t free to do as he wishes. But their romance or budding romance is something so addicting that I can’t help but hope we see more of in book 2.

sarahskin's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring fast-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

3.75

reneec1's review against another edition

4.0

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There were a lot of typical tropes here like

library girl and prince

and the magic wasn’t particularly unique but the story is still interesting. 

The writing felt a bit immature at times, but the story kept me reading. Vhalla is a likable main character. 

I appreciated that

her friend Sareem died

just because everything didn’t turn out perfectly for the main characters. I hope Vhalla doesn’t just forget about it in the next book. 

dayamarie's review against another edition

4.0

This was a surprise find for me. I had never heard of it before but saw it recommended. I went into it a bit blindly but was sucked right in.

noeliacew's review against another edition

4.0

me ha gustado mucho, que pena que la protagonista me haya caído tan mal

piticu's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0