4.07 AVERAGE

adventurous dark emotional tense 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: Complicated

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adventurous dark lighthearted tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I enjoyed it enough to finish but not enough to feel a need to read the next book. The character development for me was lacking a bit. I didn’t fall in love with any.

HOWEVER. MMC had one line in there that literally made me scream hahaha.

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Even though it took me eons to finish, I loved this book so much!!! The beginning was definitely slower than what I’m used to, but that’s ok! Definitely worth it ☺️

The first half of this book was great. The second half felt like it was written by a different person entirely. Considering the characters are supposed to be older than time, they were very immature, especially in the second half of the book. 3.5 stars only because of how much I enjoyed the beginning of the book.
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Two stars feels GENEROUS

4.5 ⭐️

First of all THE BETRAYAL
dark emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Holy fucking shirt balls - that ending and cliffhanger had me gagged!

This was such a well done high stakes fantasy that has incredible complex characters that are so well fleshed out. 

I loved Dianna as our main character - she was such a morally grey bad ass that you couldn't help but root for. I loved her relationship with her sister and I loved seeing her grappling with her change of allegiances and I loved seeing her slow burn relationship play out. 

The way the world and backstories were woven throughout out this plot was so well done, it perfectly sets up an overarching plot whilst still focusing on the main task of this book. The transition from enemies to lovers was absolutely flawless - and I was worried because we truely do start off as enemies. The payoff was fantastic. The banter between them was on point and I was living for it. 

Kaden was such a great villain as well. So many times I have read a fantasy book and the villain feels very one dimensional this is not the case here and I'm so intrigued to get more of his back story in the next books. 

I wish we got more of backstory with other side characters but I'm assuming that will come along with the rest of the series. There was a few scenes or moments that didnt make complex sense especially the catacombs journey. 
adventurous dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes

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