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The Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon

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amy_in_the_city's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

3.5

I didn't know going into this that it was a Reylo fanfic with the serial numbers filed off, but I figured it out about 50 pages in. There were a few issues I think were caused in part by it originally being a fanfic. First, the characters were underdeveloped in the beginning, and I didn't quite buy that they were really enemies. They were truly enemies because they were on opposite sides of a war, but I would have liked for there to be a more personal element to it. Maybe one or both of them could have personally killed someone the other one loved or he could have been responsible for destroying her village, or something like that. In a fanfiction, we have this backstory already because it's in the source material, but since these are new characters, we don't know what they've done to really cause them to hate each other.

The magic system also wasn't very well developed. The shadow magic and the light magic didn't do anything different from each other. They both just formed weapons that did the same things but in different colors. I chalk this up to this being adapted from Star Wars fanfiction where the characters originally probably used the same source of power (the Force) and the same type of weapon (lightsabers).

The pacing was off. It took almost 200 pages for the main characters to actually have a conversation and interact beyond a few fight scenes. It was so weird to have a romance book where the couple hardly interacts for the first half of the book. Once the romance got started, I did enjoy how it developed. I was put off a bit by the insta-lust. The characters would be in the middle of trying to kill each other and then they'd be thinking about how the other one's eyes are so beautiful. Despite the insta-lust, I'd say the romance itself is a slow burn. They started getting to some good character development towards the end as they began to really explore the differences in their ideologies and the conflict that causes in their relationship.

Overall, I enjoyed this well enough, and it definitely picked up towards the end. I'm not sure if I'll read the next book in the series as I'm not super invested in the plot or characters though.

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sfdogmom's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious sad 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

3.75

Good! One 🌶️

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booksthatburn's review against another edition

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Lots of infodumping.

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kittkat's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.25

Okay, ich hatte sooo viel Spaß mit diesem gefühlt eeeewig langem Buch. Mir ist erst beim Lesen klargeworden, wie sehr ich Romantasy vermisst habe und dass das eigentlich mit der Edelstein-Trilogie genau das Genre war, was mich damals überhaupt so ins Lesen gestürzt hat.

Talasyn ist unter anderem ein Lightweaver und in dieser Welt gibt es verschiedene Arten von anderen „Magiern“, die zum Großteil auf dem Continent leben. Hier brach vor Jahren ein Krieg zwischen den Lightweavern und den Shadowforged aus, was zur Ausrottung aller Lightweaver geführt hat. Nichtsdestotrotz eskaliert der Krieg immer weiter und die Shadowforged wollen den ganzen Continent erobern.
Nuuuun der Shadow Prince Alaric [Vampire Diaries flashbacks] kämpft natürlich an vorderster Front und clashed dabei auf Talasyn, die eigentlich nur undercover Lightweaver ist und sich im Kampf aber exposed…. Später finden wir aber heraus, dass eine noch viel größere Katastrophe naht und dafür werden die beiden widerwillig zusammen arbeiten müssen oder zumindest so tun als ob 🫣…

WORLDBUILDING

sehr viel los und ultra-komplex!!
man muss sich durch die ersten 100 Seiten durchkämpfen, danach wird‘s verständlicher
sehr abstrakt, oft hatte ich nur eine schwammige Vorstellung von dem Ganzen (und ich glaube, es lag nicht an mir)

PROTAGONISTEN

einzeln waren sie okay.
ich mochte sie am meisten, wenn sie gut miteinander auskamen - Alaric ist schon ein kleiner acts of service cutie UND tsundere dazu 🤭🫶
die beiden waren sich sehr ähnlich: hitzköpfig, stur, verzweifelt, traumatisiert
ich fand es nervig, aber glaubwürdig und realistisch, dass sie sich immer wieder erinnert haben, warum sie sich eigentlich hassen (endlich mal ein echter, legitimer Grund - 🌈völkermord🌈)

SCHREIBSTIL

zu 89% war ich TOTAL mit dabei, man konnte wirklich supergut in die Welt eintauchen ++
persöhnlicher er/sie-erzähler war gut geschrieben und auch interessant, weil die meisten Romane mittlerweile aus der ich-Perspektive erzählt werden
wechselnde Perspektiven zwischen Talasyn und Alaric fand ich richtig und wichtig!!
ich werde sterben, wenn ich JEMALS AUF DIESER ERDE NOCHMAL SO👇 EINEN CRINGE LESEN MUSS (UND DAS AUCH NOCH IN DER BAHN!!!):

⚠️ Anklicken auf eigene Gefahr ⚠️

„You‘re soaked, beautiful girl,“ he groaned into her mouth. „My wet little wife“

naauuurrrr 😭😭😭 (es war aber eigentlich voll random nach 400 Seiten, davor hat NIEMAND so geredet/ gedacht/ gelebt?!?!?)

Sonst habe ich‘s schamlos einfach geliebt und ich werde die Fortsetzung auf jeden Fall lesen 🤭!

(Übrigens zur Reylo-Fanfiction: Sie waren doch nicht Cousins, wie ich dachte, sondern TANTE UND NEFFE 🤡)

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lovelymisanthrope's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

I received a copy of this book as part of my FairyLoot subscription.
"The Hurricane Wars follows Talasyn and Alaric. Talasyn is an orphan who has only seen the devastation brought from the Hurricane Wars. She has found a family with her fellow soldiers, but even they do not know her secret: she has a special, old form of magic running through her veins. Alaric is a prince, and the only heir to the emperor. Alaric has worked hard to be the best he can be, and when he sees Talasyn burning with the ancient magic that took his grandfather from him, he knows he has to eradicate the source.
I probably would not have picked up this book on my own, but because I got it in my subscription, I gave it a shot. Overall, this book was fine. It did not do anything that really irked me, I was enjoying it fine throughout, but it feels unmemorable to me after. I do not remember much of what actually happened.
The enemies to lovers trope was done well, and was fine, but I never felt truly invested in Talasyn's and Alaric's relationship.
This book was fine, and I would probably recommend it to someone who REALLY enjoys fantasy and wants a side of romance mixed with the politics of war.

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

This was a superb start to the series!! I am excited to see how everything plays out in the next book!!
This book set up the series to have good potential- political intrigue, war, and some romance. The book itself kept me interested with all the vivid descriptions of the world and I hope there is more character development in the next book.

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evelynyle_88's review against another edition

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adventurous 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

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maregred's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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karly_ackley's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced

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

3.0

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sarahyjackson's review against another edition

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adventurous 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

4.75

It’s a little Star Wars derivative and I could have done with a bit more yearning in the first half BUT the second half was very fun, very spicy! I feel very invested in the political and personal dramas unfolding and will eager await the next installment.

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