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mikareads's review
fast-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? No
3.0
thewalkingpityparty19's review
adventurous
mysterious
medium-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
2.0
_bookishbella's review
1.0
I couldn't finish it - I couldn't help noticing too many things that annoyed me or made no sense, or were too unrealistic even for me. Review to come, possibly.
wordsofclover's review
1.0
God this book just had me shouting a very long, very exasperated NOOO!!
I hated it. I truly just couldn't like it...
For starters....Eva was a pain. I mean...first she decided that because she was gifted with super intelligence,normal school wasn't good enough for her...and then there was this thing where guys just had to fancy her and she couldn't cope with telling them no. She had to get expelled to get away from the 'torture' of mundane teaching and being an object of attraction for apparently every male in her schools!
And then Sethos Leontis....sigh,nice guy...I just couldn't take the world of the gladiators seriously. I mean yes, he was a slave but I feel like the reality of that could have been portrayed a little bit more. And Livia...suddenly they are irrevocably in love without ever having a decent conversation. All she did was mop some sweat off his brow...give me something here man..
And here it is...this book is about Eva and Seth falling in love(apparently without ever having an actual conversation and just sharing a few burning looks across rooms). Eva and Seth...not Livia and Seth and yes she may be the reincarnated version but she is still Eva and not Livia in 2013. And they didn't even meet until page 271!! PAGE 271!!!
And the mysterious Fever and Parallon and all of that was never explained at all...I know there is going to be another book but the author could have given us a little bit to go on.
So to sum it all up in one word....just no.
I hated it. I truly just couldn't like it...
For starters....Eva was a pain. I mean...first she decided that because she was gifted with super intelligence,normal school wasn't good enough for her...and then there was this thing where guys just had to fancy her and she couldn't cope with telling them no. She had to get expelled to get away from the 'torture' of mundane teaching and being an object of attraction for apparently every male in her schools!
And then Sethos Leontis....sigh,nice guy...I just couldn't take the world of the gladiators seriously. I mean yes, he was a slave but I feel like the reality of that could have been portrayed a little bit more. And Livia...suddenly they are irrevocably in love without ever having a decent conversation. All she did was mop some sweat off his brow...give me something here man..
And here it is...this book is about Eva and Seth falling in love(apparently without ever having an actual conversation and just sharing a few burning looks across rooms). Eva and Seth...not Livia and Seth and yes she may be the reincarnated version but she is still Eva and not Livia in 2013. And they didn't even meet until page 271!! PAGE 271!!!
And the mysterious Fever and Parallon and all of that was never explained at all...I know there is going to be another book but the author could have given us a little bit to go on.
So to sum it all up in one word....just no.
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