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4.26 AVERAGE
4.26 AVERAGE
THIS BOOK
Holy shit this book was so good!
It's very hefty on lore and world building so the first 200-300 pages took me a long time to get through but they are so worth it! The lore of this world is incredible. Tané and Ead were my favourite characters. The only thing I wished was that the end fight would have been a bit longer? Also how dare they end with that cliffhanger on Tané??? Is she okay?? I need answers!
5/5 Can't wait to start in the prequel book!
Holy shit this book was so good!
It's very hefty on lore and world building so the first 200-300 pages took me a long time to get through but they are so worth it! The lore of this world is incredible. Tané and Ead were my favourite characters. The only thing I wished was that the end fight would have been a bit longer? Also how dare they end with that cliffhanger on Tané??? Is she okay?? I need answers!
5/5 Can't wait to start in the prequel book!
holding back horrible tears i could’ve taken an extra 500 pages. the promise of a sequel is keeping me on edge i cant believe people were satisfied with the ending i want more like i’m so sad DON’T GET ME WRONG the ending is amazing actually it’s the most amazing it can get i’m just so devastated not everyone has gotten the ending they desired and there will be more omg i actually really want a sequel or i’ll reread this… i have the prequel anyway but i want more of eadaz and sabran and idk if the prequel includes them.
anyways this was a GENIUS story. i adored it and i can’t understand anyone who wouldn’t
anyways this was a GENIUS story. i adored it and i can’t understand anyone who wouldn’t
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Roos should not have lived
adventurous
inspiring
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
It's over. I can't quite believe it.
First of all, 10/10 on the world building. It reminds of LOTR, to be honest. Except with more humans and dragons. God, how amazingly she made up the different cultures and religious beliefs for the 4 different regions. It felt a bit confusing at first because it was like learning geography haha. I had to study the maps a bit (but I loved it) to really have a feel of all the journeying they did.
I know Ead was basically the MC even though there were several POVs but I wish Tané and Seiiki were explored a bit more because - dragons! I'd have thought that being a Miduchi would be explored further - how they protect Seiiki and its seas and things. Kinda sad the dragon scenes were so little (I mean, for a book supposedly about dragons... so I was a little disappointed)
Btw I hated Roos. I couldn't even see the point of him in the story. He honestly does nothing but betray everyone (while somehow justifying it to himself) and I /do not/ understand why Shannon was so desperate to give him this redemption arc.
Add this to a slew of characters that aren't really interesting - and they die, too, but you don't really care. Also, for Loth, I'm sorry, but I honestly don't care about him. He's such a non-character I'm surprised he took up lots of chapters.
First of all, 10/10 on the world building. It reminds of LOTR, to be honest. Except with more humans and dragons. God, how amazingly she made up the different cultures and religious beliefs for the 4 different regions. It felt a bit confusing at first because it was like learning geography haha. I had to study the maps a bit (but I loved it) to really have a feel of all the journeying they did.
I know Ead was basically the MC even though there were several POVs but I wish Tané and Seiiki were explored a bit more because - dragons! I'd have thought that being a Miduchi would be explored further - how they protect Seiiki and its seas and things. Kinda sad the dragon scenes were so little (I mean, for a book supposedly about dragons... so I was a little disappointed)
Btw I hated Roos. I couldn't even see the point of him in the story. He honestly does nothing but betray everyone (while somehow justifying it to himself) and I /do not/ understand why Shannon was so desperate to give him this redemption arc.
Add this to a slew of characters that aren't really interesting - and they die, too, but you don't really care. Also, for Loth, I'm sorry, but I honestly don't care about him. He's such a non-character I'm surprised he took up lots of chapters.
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
slow-paced
Wow, where do I start?
Story telling excellent, despite the fact that there were 4 main story tellers, the story kept moving and didn't get confusing.
Length too long. This is at least two books in one. It didn't have to be 804 pages long.
World building lazy. Ok, a book about women doing awesome things, including a line of queens that has been unbroken for 1000 years. Why are the nobles (in that court) wearing corsets and many petticoats? Nice that women can and do occupy all sorts of roles in the story (soldiers, guards, doctors, pirate lords, etc), but why didn't the author consider what this would mean to fashion for those women? In a non-Christian world, why is queerness not fully accepted? Where are the disabled people, and the trans and gender diverse people? Nice that not everyone was white though. Weird blend of technology. 1000 years since the last cataclysm and we're now at the level of muscats, but with people preferring melee weapons. Anatomy is well understood and doctors are decently qualified, but we're not at the level of steam technology. That just doesn't make sense. Human technological development moves pretty quickly and it's generally plagues, political instability and war that keeps nations from moving forward. There is no indication that since the cataclysm that any of those have happened in a manner which would slow the technology growth.
Anyway, read for the story but make sure your brain is fully disengaged so you don't ask lots of questions.
Story telling excellent, despite the fact that there were 4 main story tellers, the story kept moving and didn't get confusing.
Length too long. This is at least two books in one. It didn't have to be 804 pages long.
World building lazy. Ok, a book about women doing awesome things, including a line of queens that has been unbroken for 1000 years. Why are the nobles (in that court) wearing corsets and many petticoats? Nice that women can and do occupy all sorts of roles in the story (soldiers, guards, doctors, pirate lords, etc), but why didn't the author consider what this would mean to fashion for those women? In a non-Christian world, why is queerness not fully accepted? Where are the disabled people, and the trans and gender diverse people? Nice that not everyone was white though. Weird blend of technology. 1000 years since the last cataclysm and we're now at the level of muscats, but with people preferring melee weapons. Anatomy is well understood and doctors are decently qualified, but we're not at the level of steam technology. That just doesn't make sense. Human technological development moves pretty quickly and it's generally plagues, political instability and war that keeps nations from moving forward. There is no indication that since the cataclysm that any of those have happened in a manner which would slow the technology growth.
Anyway, read for the story but make sure your brain is fully disengaged so you don't ask lots of questions.
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It should not have taken 380 pages (out of 804) for the book to start getting interesting.
There was a lot of repetitive scenes and arguements, and personally a good 250 pages could've been deleted for it's uselessness. Made the book longer and dragged for no reason.
I wish there was more time on page with Tanè, she was important to the plot too yet with how little page time she had, it was almost like she was a filler character. Even plain jane Sabran had more pages than her. Tanè is and will forever be that badass bitch, all hail Tanè 🙇🏽♀️
Also the way the end battle with The Nameless One was given soooooo much hype and how difficult it would be, and then he just ends up being defeated in like 40 pages in the easiest way possible was dumb.
If I rate the characters without giving away anything it would be as so:
Tanè and Ead - 5*
Meg, Loth and Nicalys - 4*
Sabran - 3*
Kalyba - girlie get a life honestly - 2*
The Nameless One - overhyped and underwhelming, especially because of how easily he was defeated - 1*
Special mentions to daddy Chassar
To conclude, I will not be continuing on the series.
There was a lot of repetitive scenes and arguements, and personally a good 250 pages could've been deleted for it's uselessness. Made the book longer and dragged for no reason.
I wish there was more time on page with Tanè, she was important to the plot too yet with how little page time she had, it was almost like she was a filler character. Even plain jane Sabran had more pages than her. Tanè is and will forever be that badass bitch, all hail Tanè 🙇🏽♀️
If I rate the characters without giving away anything it would be as so:
Tanè and Ead - 5*
Meg, Loth and Nicalys - 4*
Sabran - 3*
The Nameless One - overhyped and underwhelming, especially because of how easily he was defeated - 1*
Special mentions to daddy Chassar
To conclude, I will not be continuing on the series.