Reviews

Beasts of War by Ayana Gray

amomthatreadsbooks's review against another edition

4.0

I think this book wrapped up the story well and gave more of the insight we wanted. In addition to that, we got a beautiful epilogue. I was very happy with it.

amzy's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful 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

kayyreadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I wanted so much more for this story! The first half of the book was good and as always I love Ayana Gray’s writing. The ending was not it. To much was convenient in the last half of the book and the epic battle was very anticlimactic. Overall a let down after how great the first two books were. 

kaylagraphy's review against another edition

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

I’m not sure if I hyped myself up too much or what, but the ending of this left me disappointed.

Now that my initial disappointment has worn off, I realize that I was being a little unfair. This is a good book. It is my least favorite in the series, but if you take away the last 20ish pages, it’s phenomenal. I’m not going to knock a book that much for something that is ultimately my fault — since I did not tamper my expectations appropriately. There were a lot of gut punches in this book.

bearded_and_bookish's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring tense slow-paced

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

3.5

ashleibby613's review against another edition

adventurous reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

gretchenr94's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

3.75

booksmarty's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

Honestly, as much as this book is driven by the plot... I couldn't really tell you what the purpose of the plot is. But I also could not stop reading and this is one of my favorite YA fantasy series so I honestly don't really know how I feel about this book!

karty_v's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring tense slow-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

4.75

Honestly I love the trilogy as a whole. I just didn't like how the final battle was so rushed 🤷🏽‍♀️

hckilgour's review against another edition

I got 49 pages in before dnf’ing.

I do want to start by saying this book has a lot going for it, but it just isn’t really for me.

I remember liking Beasts of Prey when that came out. But then Beasts of Ruin fell so flat. To the point I don’t actually remember what happened in that book. Which majorly played into me dnf’ing this book.

I don’t connect with Koffi at all. To me she just reads as very juvenile. Fedu reads as a creep, but seeing as he’s this villain, I feel like that’s more intentional. For Ekon he has anxiety and a very specific way of dealing with it.

I love the world with its African setting and base. It’s great. But it doesn’t make up for the characters for me.