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indigo_ewenicorn's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Book 5 finished this series beautifully!
The story takes you through many very emotional and heart wrenching parts.
I love how everything wrapped up and I'm looking forward to read more books in this world.
We start the story with Vhalla having lost her magic. The kingdom is in turmoil with Victor taking over. There are many heartbreaking moments in this book. Learning of Jax's backstory is enlightening and heartbreaking.
Vhalla's miscarriage is so emotional and bittersweet as she regains her magic.
There is so much loss in this book but also so much found and gained back.
I knew at the end that Vhalla would be pregnant with twins. I want to read their story and see where the kingdom goes 15-20 years after this story.
The story takes you through many very emotional and heart wrenching parts.
I love how everything wrapped up and I'm looking forward to read more books in this world.
Vhalla's miscarriage is so emotional and bittersweet as she regains her magic.
There is so much loss in this book but also so much found and gained back.
I knew at the end that Vhalla would be pregnant with twins. I want to read their story and see where the kingdom goes 15-20 years after this story.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, and War
lisashelves's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-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
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Death of parent
morriganlefaye's review
dark
funny
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
4.0
These characters had to fight very hard for their happy ever after.
In the end, it was a bit much pain and suffering for me, but it made the ending that much sweeter.
In the end, it was a bit much pain and suffering for me, but it made the ending that much sweeter.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail
aseel_reads's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
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 really liked how this book series ended, I thought it was done in a pretty consistent way of the whole world
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail
koistyfishy's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-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? It's complicated
3.5
No one is sadder than me, that I am not rating this higher! Crystal Crowned is the final book in the series and as such is the epic conclusion of the AMAZING journey I have been on with the Air Awakens Series but overall I am pretty disappointed. I am not sure if I was emotionally broken after the events of Water's Wrath, but I battled to finish this book and find the drive to push through to that final neat "bow" conclusion I knew was waiting for me at the end.
There are numerous things that I didn't like in this instalment - which LARGELY attributed to the great aversion I had to complete this book... I had contemplated to DNF this (or even soft DNF), but I like a sense of completion so I finally grit my teeth and accepted my agony.
I did not like that there was no clear villain in this book, whilst we did have Victor as the main antagonist, he isn't really physically present until the final battle and is more of a presence that felt while the heroes battle his lackeys. Victor is also just a pale comparison to the vile sadistic villain of the previous Emperor.
Vhalla ANNOYED THE CRAP OUT OF ME!!! She quickly became too stupid to love/live and made annoying decisions. On top of this, her mood swings due to *certain events* felt repetitive and overall, even though she should have grown in the last "2 years", she felt more and more like a child.
There was hardly ANY romance in this book, it was miscommunication after miscommunication and then just an utter lack of communication on things. Aldrik and Vhalla felt like they were constantly fighting with each other, instead of for each other and after dealing with 4 books to get them to this point, I felt annoyed.
A lot of what happens in this book is not very clearly explained, I am still not sure how Crystal Magic works or how Crystal corruption worked. There was a vague prophecy in this book that isn't explained or elaborated on and many loose ends are just left dangling, and since this is the last book - we won't ever have this resolved.
There was a little too much just "talking politics and war" that I was bored, feeling like I was in school again in a history class. I love some political intrigue, but this felt draggy, unnecessary, and a little too much.
This leads me to the last thing I didn't like and it's more a comment on this series, I think towards the end it felt a little too dragged out for no reason. I was surprised initially that book 4 occurred when the "first war" was over in book 3, BUT the story continued and I am not sure if Elise Kova had a 5 book deal so HAD to write 5 Books, but halfway through this I just lost interest.
DISLIKES ASIDE... I am glad that I did finish this!!!! I have a special place in my heart for the side characters too... I love Jax and his story and understand him a little more; Fritz is too precious for this world! Elecia with her hard stone exterior but soft inside is the friend we all wish we had...and poor poor Daniel - he deserved better.
In the end and looking back at the series as a whole, the Air Awakens series will always be memorable and I did enjoy my adventures with Vhalla and her found family. It was easy to read with romance, action, epic fight scenes, and fantastic characters and had an interesting magic system muddled in with thrilling fantasy elements. The series was one of the few that made me ugly-cry in a bathtub for 30 minutes, so I will NEVER FORGET the great emotional connection I have to these characters and the ordeals they went through.
I do not think this series is for everyone, as it heavily revolves around the romance - but for me...for me it was just what I needed.
I will miss my time spent in the Solaris Empire.
Long Live Solaris
There are numerous things that I didn't like in this instalment - which LARGELY attributed to the great aversion I had to complete this book... I had contemplated to DNF this (or even soft DNF), but I like a sense of completion so I finally grit my teeth and accepted my agony.
I did not like that there was no clear villain in this book, whilst we did have Victor as the main antagonist, he isn't really physically present until the final battle and is more of a presence that felt while the heroes battle his lackeys. Victor is also just a pale comparison to the vile sadistic villain of the previous Emperor.
Vhalla ANNOYED THE CRAP OUT OF ME!!! She quickly became too stupid to love/live and made annoying decisions. On top of this, her mood swings due to *certain events* felt repetitive and overall, even though she should have grown in the last "2 years", she felt more and more like a child.
There was hardly ANY romance in this book, it was miscommunication after miscommunication and then just an utter lack of communication on things. Aldrik and Vhalla felt like they were constantly fighting with each other, instead of for each other and after dealing with 4 books to get them to this point, I felt annoyed.
A lot of what happens in this book is not very clearly explained, I am still not sure how Crystal Magic works or how Crystal corruption worked. There was a vague prophecy in this book that isn't explained or elaborated on and many loose ends are just left dangling, and since this is the last book - we won't ever have this resolved.
There was a little too much just "talking politics and war" that I was bored, feeling like I was in school again in a history class. I love some political intrigue, but this felt draggy, unnecessary, and a little too much.
This leads me to the last thing I didn't like and it's more a comment on this series, I think towards the end it felt a little too dragged out for no reason. I was surprised initially that book 4 occurred when the "first war" was over in book 3, BUT the story continued and I am not sure if Elise Kova had a 5 book deal so HAD to write 5 Books, but halfway through this I just lost interest.
DISLIKES ASIDE... I am glad that I did finish this!!!! I have a special place in my heart for the side characters too... I love Jax and his story and understand him a little more; Fritz is too precious for this world! Elecia with her hard stone exterior but soft inside is the friend we all wish we had...and poor poor Daniel - he deserved better.
In the end and looking back at the series as a whole, the Air Awakens series will always be memorable and I did enjoy my adventures with Vhalla and her found family. It was easy to read with romance, action, epic fight scenes, and fantastic characters and had an interesting magic system muddled in with thrilling fantasy elements. The series was one of the few that made me ugly-cry in a bathtub for 30 minutes, so I will NEVER FORGET the great emotional connection I have to these characters and the ordeals they went through.
I do not think this series is for everyone, as it heavily revolves around the romance - but for me...for me it was just what I needed.
I will miss my time spent in the Solaris Empire.
Long Live Solaris
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, and War
Moderate: Animal death, Violence, and Death of parent
Minor: Alcoholism
nikinem's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
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? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: War
Moderate: Miscarriage
Minor: Incest, Rape, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Colonisation
kittyemma9's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Miscarriage
Moderate: War
psydneigh's review
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I really enjoyed this ending. I liked seeing Vhalla and Sehra form a good relationship. I enjoyed the ending, I felt like it did a pretty good job wrapping up everyones stories. Can’t wait to continue with Vortex Visions!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Incest, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Torture, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and War
crypticparchment's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Physical abuse, Torture, and War
Minor: Child abuse and Sexual violence
blue_dip's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
sad
medium-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
2.0
I really wish I hadn't read this book. Somehow I could stand it up til the last 100 pages. I literally thought I was going to DNF right then and there. I sifted through to the end and the epilogue, but even with closure, this book sadly left a foul taste in my mouth. divine intervention? Are you seriously playing that card? And bonding through a wall, while sure, vhalla got the military prowess from her previous bond, she didn't half turn into him, and he didn't have the ability to poke into her mind while she noticed. I think it's a weak way to give Victor any advantages, and a poor way to work in more exposition.
I felt like I joined the Fanclub when these books were still romance driven, with a war in the background, but Elise decided to put the war very much in the foreground in this book, and it was not at all the type of romance I needed.
I felt like I joined the Fanclub when these books were still romance driven, with a war in the background, but Elise decided to put the war very much in the foreground in this book, and it was not at all the type of romance I needed.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Miscarriage
Moderate: Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, and War