Reviews

Air Awakens by Elise Kova

kistireads's review against another edition

3.0

✨3.5 stars ✨
This was compelling even though I didn’t love certain elements, however I will definitely be continuing on! I love a good dark prince character

oonagh_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense 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

4.0

inessova's review against another edition

4.0

4.5 stars



why haven't I heard of this book before??

bffbookclubkate's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Elemental magic (à la Avatar: The Last Airbender) with a cool library setting and a broody, morally grey love interest? You just get me! 

While I really enjoyed the premise of this book, the execution felt pretty clumsy to me. This book is this author’s debut novel and I think that comes across in the writing. That said, it wasn’t enough to turn me off completely and I’d pick up book 2 to see if I like it even more!

dienercontent's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-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

4.25

smilingsarah05's review against another edition

adventurous relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

3.0

cylen's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

lillmosen's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

hellodarling32's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

3.75

I am rating the entire series as i read it all together. Not my typical read but I really enjoyed this story. The magic was interesting. The plot never went in a direction I expected but it was good. 

allivenger's review against another edition

4.0

I know I said I was going to stop reading/listening to YA novels for awhile but that was obviously a lie. I got the whole air awakens series on audible and decided to start this next because it would give me hours and hours of listening over the summer. This was a solid four star book. I just didn’t find myself as invested in the characters at this point but that didn’t make the story bad.

Vhalla being a library apprentice was a wonderful start. She’s bookish and doesn’t really care to be the center of attention. She just wants to learn. But when the crowned prince needs help, Vhalla is drawn into a world she never wanted to be part of.

Vhalla was a wonderful change to the YA books I’m used to. She was able to rationalize her feelings and learn and grow past her own biases. It was SO REFRESHING, especially her conflicting feelings with her love interests. It’s avatar the last airbender with a much darker twist to it. I also love me a dark Prince and apparently Vhalla does too.

I can’t wait to read the next book and see how this story plays out. The only issue I had was the weirdness of the ending but it set the stage for the subsequent books so I can’t have too much of an issue with it.