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its_tara's review
4.0
Review:
I didn’t realize when requesting this that this was the third book in a series. Probably a bit of bad planning on my part, but the synopsis sounded good, so I thought I’d go for it. I wasn’t actually all that lost, given that I hadn’t read the first two books, and I was glad for that, because this one was actually a fairly enjoyable, if a little surreal, read.
Kiri Palger is the main character of this book – a budding game designer/developer who has just moved to a new home in Mystic Circle. She’s looking to get a job at the HQ of Fairies and Dragons, which is what I imagined to be a World-of-Warcraft-eque MMO style game. To be fair, this was what attracted my inner video game nerd to this book in the first place.
Kiri doesn’t get the job, but does get a job on another project… a much more realistic one.
I very much enjoyed the storyline of this book, but I sometimes felt a little lost when the story ran away from me. That said, I very much enjoyed the characters – they were easily imaginable, especially Kiri herself. I also liked the romance between Kiri and Lathyr, I felt like it worked.
Overall, I enjoyed this, and it’s made me want to go and get the previous two books in the series – I enjoyed the writing mostly, and I definitely enjoyed the storyline – it was original and it generally made my inner MMO nerd pretty happy in the process! Definitely one for anyone interested in gaming or a different take on fantasy novels!
Overall rating: 4/5
Writing: 4/5
Originality: 5/5
Characters: 4/5
My Enjoyment: 4/5
I didn’t realize when requesting this that this was the third book in a series. Probably a bit of bad planning on my part, but the synopsis sounded good, so I thought I’d go for it. I wasn’t actually all that lost, given that I hadn’t read the first two books, and I was glad for that, because this one was actually a fairly enjoyable, if a little surreal, read.
Kiri Palger is the main character of this book – a budding game designer/developer who has just moved to a new home in Mystic Circle. She’s looking to get a job at the HQ of Fairies and Dragons, which is what I imagined to be a World-of-Warcraft-eque MMO style game. To be fair, this was what attracted my inner video game nerd to this book in the first place.
Kiri doesn’t get the job, but does get a job on another project… a much more realistic one.
I very much enjoyed the storyline of this book, but I sometimes felt a little lost when the story ran away from me. That said, I very much enjoyed the characters – they were easily imaginable, especially Kiri herself. I also liked the romance between Kiri and Lathyr, I felt like it worked.
Overall, I enjoyed this, and it’s made me want to go and get the previous two books in the series – I enjoyed the writing mostly, and I definitely enjoyed the storyline – it was original and it generally made my inner MMO nerd pretty happy in the process! Definitely one for anyone interested in gaming or a different take on fantasy novels!
Overall rating: 4/5
Writing: 4/5
Originality: 5/5
Characters: 4/5
My Enjoyment: 4/5
jennkei's review
4.0
Despite the two (?) appearances of 'kewl' that made me wince, this was actually quite an enjoyable book that managed to somehow cram quite a lot into the pages.
etoiline's review
3.0
Even though this is the third book in a series, I didn't feel too lost. If I get a chance, I'd like to read the other two books. The writing here threw me off a little: using sentence fragments to convey action, and head hopping from paragraph to paragraph. The story was fun, though, of predictable (the cover sort of gives it away). I enjoyed hearing about Mystic Circle and its inhabitants, and it was fun to have my hometown of St. Louis mentioned. There's not a huge amount of romance in this one, but the magic system is unique. This made for a fun and fast read, which was what I was looking for at the moment.
Received as a digital ARC via Netgalley.
Received as a digital ARC via Netgalley.
pauliree's review
3.0
I read this book out of order not realising it was book 3 in a series, but it didn't really matter much to the story and I got a sense of the backstory so that didn't affect my enjoyment. This series isn't as compelling as her Heartmate series but I still like it. I thought the idea of being able to be turned from human to mermaid one that really appealed. I am now going back to read the first two.
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