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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
adventurous
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:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
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
I finished Furyborn over the weekend and the story is still running through my head. I will do my best to keep this review as spoiler free as possible. I received a very early copy in my November FairyLoot subscription box. I had heard nothing about the book at that point, so it wasn’t even on my radar. I set it aside and pretty much forgot about it for months. Then when I started seeing so many authors that I follow and adore receiving promotional boxes, I was reminded that I myself had a copy that I could read too! So it got bumped toward the top of my TBR pile. I had a few friends read it before me and all of them (except one or two) LOVED it. Which got me even more excited and I decided it would be my first read of May!
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Man, oh man! The prologue starts with an epic BANG. What an intense beginning. I expected the rest of the book to follow with this same intensity. It didn't but not in a bad way. I felt like the pacing was perfect. Enough action mixed with the back story to keep my interest. The book alternates between two separate POVs; one set (2 years) before the events of the prologue and another set 1000 years in the future. Every chapter basically ends on a cliffhanger in one timeline and it pushes you through the next chapter to get back and find out what happens next!
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FURYBORN is a high fantasy novel that I found to be brilliant and uniquely written. This was my first book by Claire and I really enjoyed her writing style and storytelling. The dichotomy of these two timelines and they way she made me like the "villain" and dislike the "heroine" was something I loved about this novel. I can see how someone might feel the story is slow or it doesn't make sense because you may not see how the two separate paths will ultimately converge. Keep in mind that in 100 pages of the book, you've really only gotten 50 pages of each person's story!
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Man, oh man! The prologue starts with an epic BANG. What an intense beginning. I expected the rest of the book to follow with this same intensity. It didn't but not in a bad way. I felt like the pacing was perfect. Enough action mixed with the back story to keep my interest. The book alternates between two separate POVs; one set (2 years) before the events of the prologue and another set 1000 years in the future. Every chapter basically ends on a cliffhanger in one timeline and it pushes you through the next chapter to get back and find out what happens next!
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FURYBORN is a high fantasy novel that I found to be brilliant and uniquely written. This was my first book by Claire and I really enjoyed her writing style and storytelling. The dichotomy of these two timelines and they way she made me like the "villain" and dislike the "heroine" was something I loved about this novel. I can see how someone might feel the story is slow or it doesn't make sense because you may not see how the two separate paths will ultimately converge. Keep in mind that in 100 pages of the book, you've really only gotten 50 pages of each person's story!
I think I've seen this film before... My main issues: structure and characters. 1) Structure- I love a good prologue. But this one gave away most of the plot. So we already know the ending of one of the two main characters, and it was so obvious that the second character is the first characters daughter. And the person who hid the daughter as a baby was revealed way too soon. So since I already knew what the arc of the characters was going to be, there was no suspense or mystery keeping me hooked. 2) the characters were also so insufferable. One is a spoiled rich girl. Okay. Other is a pick me. Boring.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I really enjoyed the dual POV with the time jump. Really kept me reeled in and wondering what comes next for each character
Couldn't get into it and the library check out time expired.