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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
wayy too rushed and definitely needed more editing before was sent out for publishing:/
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
hopeful
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
cool premise, execution could've been better. needed more polish going into trad publishing
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I really liked the book. I'm not sure what to think of the storyline, but the writing style and the atmosphere of the entire book were completely captivating. A Mix of coziness, adventure, love and fantasy
When I read it, I could see everything unfolding before my eyes; it was magical.
The plot twist at the end was really crazy, I wouldn't have expected it, but if you pay attention throughout the book, you notice that something just doesn't feel right.
I'm really looking forward to the second book. can't wait!!
When I read it, I could see everything unfolding before my eyes; it was magical.
The plot twist at the end was really crazy, I wouldn't have expected it, but if you pay attention throughout the book, you notice that something just doesn't feel right.
I'm really looking forward to the second book. can't wait!!
First off, thanks NetGalley for the arc!
It's a duology
I'm halfway through and thinking: how do you choose between them...
Everything she did, she did it for her family.
I liked the style from the get-go, it's light but well-written, you can tell a lot of effort went into it.
The atmosphere is wow, and the family's a real crazy house. Reminded me of the family in "A Winter's Promise," but at least some of them turned out good in the end.
By the end, I was shouting, "How could you trust them?"
Then I realized I'm kinda like that too, so I get her.
I loved how the Fernglove family's magic hides someone with wings, horns, and tails.
By the end, the plot had me hooked; I couldn't sit still!
I felt a bit detached from the characters, but that's just me.
Can't wait for part two!
A girl with the magical power to heal at the cost of her own life threads, a family needing healing, brothers who are infected—everyone has the same goal, but there are always sacrifices. People can be toxic, no one to trust, but feelings will lead to decisions.
It's a duology
I'm halfway through and thinking: how do you choose between them...
Everything she did, she did it for her family.
I liked the style from the get-go, it's light but well-written, you can tell a lot of effort went into it.
The atmosphere is wow, and the family's a real crazy house. Reminded me of the family in "A Winter's Promise," but at least some of them turned out good in the end.
By the end, I was shouting, "How could you trust them?"
Then I realized I'm kinda like that too, so I get her.
I loved how the Fernglove family's magic hides someone with wings, horns, and tails.
By the end, the plot had me hooked; I couldn't sit still!
I felt a bit detached from the characters, but that's just me.
Can't wait for part two!
A girl with the magical power to heal at the cost of her own life threads, a family needing healing, brothers who are infected—everyone has the same goal, but there are always sacrifices. People can be toxic, no one to trust, but feelings will lead to decisions.
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I need to say something before I get into my review. This is the second book I’ve read in as many days that has the main male character have visible piercings. This is absolutely wild to me. Not because it’s an outlier but because I am older than dirt and I remember having facial piercings and losing out on jobs because I was too “edgy”. (I was an artist. No, the irony was not lost on me.) Body and facial piercings, even visible tattoos, used to be a whole underground community of like-minded weird people against the normies. (Any olds out there remember BME? No? Just me?) That this is now considered a totally mainstream thing as a plot point (Enchantra) or just as part of a description of someone (House of Blight) is just absolutely wild to me and I love to see it!
Unfortunately that is the most interesting thing about the book. It had all the right ingredients, magical creatures, magic, a fated curse, a bargain made under duress… and nearly 100 pages in to a 367 page book and nothing interesting is happening. Even the reveal that the matriarch of the magical non-humans is ill made barely a ripple in the narrative. And all the men keep propositioning her? Like the day after they met her? She’s so fluttery and helpless and it’s just not vibing with me at all. Why are you simpering. Stop that! There is a whole being with a mfing TAIL and we get a paragraph on their red eyes. Ma’am. There is a TAIL. Talk about the tail!
I’m struggling to figure out how the story at the start with death and the crossroads comes into play. It’s not obvious by the 1/3 mark in the book. Surely this plays in…somewhere? (Is it the Evers? The threadmenders? Who else is there?!?) It kind of says that it’s the Evers but it’s absolutely buried in the whole library segment with the journals.
The whiplash from saucy Edira to meek and fluttery Edira happens on the same page, and it’s jarring to read. Either give her claws or don’t, the back and forth is killing me. It’s making her flightier than she already is. This book is so frustrating! It can’t decide which version it wants to be so it’s all of them, all at once.
I’m calling it now: The Evers are the blight, not just Mavis. That’s why the flowers don’t smell and they won’t drop glamours and be seen by their threads. They are the disease. One of you that finished this, tell me if I’m right? I can’t keep reading it, it’s going to the DNF pile.