4.07 AVERAGE

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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: Yes
adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad 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

This was our July book club book and while it took time to get into it. It was a surprisingly good read in the second half of the book.
adventurous dark 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: Yes
slow-paced

Soooo much potential, but the execution murdered this story. The pacing was immensely slow and all the sudden rushed the plot forward before slowing down again. The characters are bland and stereotypical, the magic system is never really explained at all. The whole book is about Dianna saving her sister that she loves so much or whatever but their bond is nonexistent and only exists through the reader being told it exists. Eh just poor writing, romance was cheesy and had me rolling my eyes. Only finished it because of the high reviews but save your time- this is just another tiktok romantasy book, you’re not missing anything by not reading this.
adventurous dark tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous dark emotional fast-paced
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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: Yes
dark emotional tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Slow start but I really liked the dynamic between the FMC and MMC. Supposed to be mortal enemies to lovers in a 7 book series so I was a little disappointed the lovers part happened so fast. With that being said, I love their banter and how they feel about each other, just wished it would’ve happened in another book. 

Listened to this one on Audio. The narration was really good. Loved it and can’t wait to listen to the next one.