Reviews

The Teras Trials by Lucien Burr

bookishsystem's review against another edition

5.0

An honestly amazing book. I was hooked from the beginning and it kept me hooked every page after! I hope this is a series because i will be the first to buy the sequel!

bluebloodari's review against another edition

5.0

The mere synopsis of this book drew me in and the book really kept me hooked through it all. There really wasn't a moment where I got bored or wanted to stop reading at all! I cannot wait for more, if there is going to be.

The warning tags are there for a reason, and I like when an author puts forth the effort to put them in, just in case.

I did get a review copy of the book for free so I could leave a review on it and I'm glad I did.

khiobe's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

cluttered_mind's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

venti's review

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

*slams credit card on table* next book NOW 

ampiet_fred's review

adventurous 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? No

4.5

vaguefizzle's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This is a book series I’ll be following closely. I adored the characters and the setting, but I think the pacing could certainly benefit from slowing down just a bit—it would be nice to be given more insight into other characters (if they look scared, amused, etc) rather than it being so heavily focused on the inner monologue of Cassius. As for the ending, which is the main reason I didn’t give this 5 stars, it felt extremely lackluster. The final battle was the worst in the book, which was incredibly disappointing when the previous two were a joy to read and kept me on the edge of my seat.

Not to mention that killing off Silas in such a way felt very… lame? As if it were a last ditch effort to make the ending have the impact it frankly doesn’t. Silas was one of my favorites, but his death didn’t have any weight to me. It just seemed like an “oh yeah I was going to kill him off” moment. Somehow more unsatisfying is that A) the manticore died in book 1, and B) Cassius wasn’t even the one to slay it. It’s important to make clear the group are not graduates and didn’t stand a chance, I understand, but I think it would’ve been nicer if they’d been creative about it and perhaps escaped by a self-made hair… Or better yet, the fight should’ve been kept for later in the series altogether. That included the appearance of the You-Know-What.

All in all, I think it’s a good book and a series that I’m very interested in following along. However, I do think the ending could’ve been so much better. While yes, it is a series, I stand firm that each entry in a series should still complete itself nicely and satisfy the reader. This one made me feel like it should’ve had a few more chapters and more than once I thought to myself I should resume reading it, only to remember I had already finished it.

app_ll's review

medium-paced

3.75

coceleste's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

anyasprinkles's review

2.5

1. where did Cass got all those cigarettes?
2. "it's the end of my tabacco." - f*cking finally man
3. I don't fully get Cass at all, and why horny in the worst possible moments
4. the action scenes were really good, the gore was pretty explicit
5. the final death was so unnecessary (imo)
6. I want more character interaction T ^T
7. what the hell was that ending??? hellooou??! wtf?
8. yes, I will read the next book