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missbliss's review
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Renewing What Can't Be Remembered
This story is an in depth look at Stacy/Pashov as they navigate the events post earthquake and Pashov's injury and subsequent memory loss. Some of this was detailed in the short ebook 'Aftershocks' but this stand alone dives much deeper into this emotional ride of a relationship. Ruby's excellent world building and character driven writing continues. I love how each individual feels so real because these stories don't feel formulaic. Real emotions and relationship/community struggles feel portrayed despite this being a total far flung fantasy dimension. The characters feel relatable and the situation devastating and difficult. There is some spice here which again is well written and adds to the characters themselves so the way these individuals are intimate with each other is both driven by and reveals more about the people they are. The pace on the story moves along but has a bit of a slower feel than some of the others, not in a bad way but more because I think we are seeing two individuals trying to slow down after their lives blew up. You also see two individuals working through personal struggles (Stacy with panic attacks around fear of heights and Pashov dealing with PTSD/night terrors post near death experience). Ruby really seems to care about her characters which might seem odd to say but sometimes in genre work books can fall into formulas where the story's people can feel like card board cut outs the author is using to write some spicy scenarios that are also pretty repetitive and formulaic but I feel none of that here. I continue to be pleased with the narrators for the story who do a good job bringing the tales to life and imbuing the dialogue with emotion and life. This story does feel different than others in the series and some might not find it as exciting but I enjoyed the change in pace especially given the intensity of the recent events in the world and acknowledging the need for healing. Also highly recommend getting the ebooks in addition to the audiobooks as the author also has notes after the story telling her process on writing the book, explanations of all the names of characters and their relationships, as well as author recommendations for other books.
This story is an in depth look at Stacy/Pashov as they navigate the events post earthquake and Pashov's injury and subsequent memory loss. Some of this was detailed in the short ebook 'Aftershocks' but this stand alone dives much deeper into this emotional ride of a relationship. Ruby's excellent world building and character driven writing continues. I love how each individual feels so real because these stories don't feel formulaic. Real emotions and relationship/community struggles feel portrayed despite this being a total far flung fantasy dimension. The characters feel relatable and the situation devastating and difficult. There is some spice here which again is well written and adds to the characters themselves so the way these individuals are intimate with each other is both driven by and reveals more about the people they are. The pace on the story moves along but has a bit of a slower feel than some of the others, not in a bad way but more because I think we are seeing two individuals trying to slow down after their lives blew up. You also see two individuals working through personal struggles (Stacy with panic attacks around fear of heights and Pashov dealing with PTSD/night terrors post near death experience). Ruby really seems to care about her characters which might seem odd to say but sometimes in genre work books can fall into formulas where the story's people can feel like card board cut outs the author is using to write some spicy scenarios that are also pretty repetitive and formulaic but I feel none of that here. I continue to be pleased with the narrators for the story who do a good job bringing the tales to life and imbuing the dialogue with emotion and life. This story does feel different than others in the series and some might not find it as exciting but I enjoyed the change in pace especially given the intensity of the recent events in the world and acknowledging the need for healing. Also highly recommend getting the ebooks in addition to the audiobooks as the author also has notes after the story telling her process on writing the book, explanations of all the names of characters and their relationships, as well as author recommendations for other books.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Mental illness
shannnne_reads_words's review
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Pregnancy
kbairbooks's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I honestly feel bad for Pashev. Stacy is a terrible, emotional, scaredy-cat, annoying person. I am just about done with my audiobook and I kinda can’t wait for it to be over. Nice that the tribe is at the new living quarters though. Yay for toilets.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Excrement, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Grief
thenerdybookwitch's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Really loved this one a lot! It is one of the more sadder ones. I’m very curious as to how the rest of the books are going to be like at this point.
Content Warnings that weren’t available - Graphic Amnesia and Memory Loss
Content Warnings that weren’t available - Graphic Amnesia and Memory Loss
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Mental illness, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Pregnancy
Minor: Sexism and Misogyny
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