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Qicksilver by Callie Hart

128 reviews

the_reading_lisa's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I have very complicated feelings about this book. I strongly disliked the first 65% of it to the point where I just continued listening because I had spent money and I was gonna try my best to get my moneys worth.
The plot got a lot better on the last 35% which is why the book went up in my rating from 1 ⭐️ to 2.50 ⭐️

So, why did i struggle so much with this book?
Well, nothing really happens for the better part of it. But the time isn’t used to build the world (which does sound i retesting and I am actually sad to not know more about it), but rather for the fmc to drool over the mmc for the same 4 attributes over and over again and curse for NO REASON! And their hatred for each other in the first 2/3 of the book feels almost as forced as

the then rushed romance to mated trope.

The spice was out of nowhere and then way too explicit. I am not a fan of space in general and this took it way too far.
One other thing that bothered me a lot is that the most interesting plotlines (which were developed in the last third of the book) felt borrowed from a few other books which were great hits.
(Mainly but not only ACOTAR)

BUT when the book picked up pace and I decided to ignore the borrowed aspects of things and skip the Pickering and unnecessary spice, it began to be quite an interesting story. Plus a few ideas (like the role of Quicksilver and alchemy) was cool.

I don’t think I will continue this series though. Unless someone gifts me the book I am not willing to spend more money to then feel obligated to continue something that was hyped for no reason i can understand…

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ashwoodbooks's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous dark emotional funny tense 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: No

This was a mid book for me with the last 2 chapters really putting in overtime for book 2's setup.

Some of the characters are charming and the twist was mostly well executed as there wasn't a lot of hints, but enough information to make it believable. The overall plot felt typical very 2000's YA with an extra-special girl entering a magical world with some enemies-to-lovers thrown in. Not bad, but it also didn't feel like anything special to me either.

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stuffed_with_books's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

The grip this book had on me was nuts. The characters were enjoyable and the world building was great. I hope there's a sequel and a copy editor for next time!

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hrleeth's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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shelbypie's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I struggled with find the love interest likable for a large portion of the beginning and middle of book. While I understand why, I just think it was off-putting for me. Loved him by the end. Every other part of the book is fantastic. Very descriptive in the most poetic way.

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smutloverdelight's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

Throw in some forbidden love, enemies to lovers, faes, vampires, and a badasss fmc alchemist, and some spice, then you’ve got yourself a 6 star read! Kingfisher has became my newest book boyfriend. Saeris and Kingfisher now live rent free in my heart.

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thereadingnookau's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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thebooknymph's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

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kowalskepie's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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: Complicated

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sunflower_13's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

The beginning was slow and the dialogue was absolutely painful at times, but the plot and the world-building really improved as the story went on. I’m definitely interested in reading the next book.

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