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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
funny
medium-paced
adventurous
lighthearted
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:
No
I really enjoyed this book. Within the first ten pages I was hooked on the writers writing. The characters were developed really well and it made me wish I was apart of the story line.
The story is similar to hunger games type themes to evil king type villainy.
It was absolutely scrumptious, every second of reading.
The story is similar to hunger games type themes to evil king type villainy.
It was absolutely scrumptious, every second of reading.
It took a reeeeeally long time to get hooked. Honestly I still don’t know how I feel about it. When I think about the story, I really liked it but I was never actively enjoying reading it 😂 This was also my first true fantasy so maybe I just don’t like fantasy with fighting and stuff 🤷🏼♀️ I also felt like it wasn’t very original. I felt like it was Hunger Games meets Psych with a splash of Love Island😂Nevertheless, I will be finishing the rest of the series at some point.
Narrative wasn’t compelling enough. Characters lacked chemistry, banter felt forced. Weird pacing: 40% in and the trials haven’t even happened yet. Kai felt like a copy-paste version of every romantasy male lead ever, rendering him completely boring and borderline cringe. Paedyn’s character had potential, but it was brought down by the overall lack of personality of the book.
World building lacked foundation, and the writing itself wasn’t that remarkable at all (and the naming lacked imagination). I still don’t get why they have the Trials, or why they killed off “the Ordinaries”. It seemed like a shortcut way of adding tension without proper history. A character-centred fantasy romance could’ve worked if the characters were written better, but they literally meet and instantly fell in love/felt attraction to each other. Kinda defeats the purpose of an ‘enemies to lovers’.
Also the book was just littered with so many typos and errors I couldn’t handle it. This book needs an editor so badly.
World building lacked foundation, and the writing itself wasn’t that remarkable at all (and the naming lacked imagination). I still don’t get why they have the Trials, or why they killed off “the Ordinaries”. It seemed like a shortcut way of adding tension without proper history. A character-centred fantasy romance could’ve worked if the characters were written better, but they literally meet and instantly fell in love/felt attraction to each other. Kinda defeats the purpose of an ‘enemies to lovers’.
Also the book was just littered with so many typos and errors I couldn’t handle it. This book needs an editor so badly.
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
OMG OMG OMG IM OBSESSED WITH THIS BOOK!
This was my first ever romance book and i now am reading more romance stuff. This book gave a good impression with enemies to lovers trope and now im hunting to find more books of this trope. Loved it 10/10
This was my first ever romance book and i now am reading more romance stuff. This book gave a good impression with enemies to lovers trope and now im hunting to find more books of this trope. Loved it 10/10
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Death of parent
Minor: Cursing
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It’s essentially a rip off of the Hunger Games but with magic.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-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:
Yes