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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
fast-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
I'm always all about the end of a book, and this one had me until about the last chapter, where it started to get too romance-y and too predictable in the "I'm just a girl but now I have to reluctantly save the world while I flirt with a cute boy and try to get him in bed" trope that's so popular right now. I'm fine with alluding to it - I know what I got myself into when starting the book - but literally the last paragraph was exactly that and just.....ick.
Otherwise, I frickin loved this book. I loved switching perspectives and jumping timelines the whole time, even though it got to be a bit much to track before I got the hang of what was going on. It was very well written (up until that last chapter) and the story was told really well, with interesting twists throughout. I can't wait to start in on the next one.
Otherwise, I frickin loved this book. I loved switching perspectives and jumping timelines the whole time, even though it got to be a bit much to track before I got the hang of what was going on. It was very well written (up until that last chapter) and the story was told really well, with interesting twists throughout. I can't wait to start in on the next one.
Great fun! Most of the characters had a 3-dimensional, flawed, kind of broken-but-still-trying thing going on that I really enjoyed. The magic and the world-building was pretty excellent, too.
DNF @ 40%
You know when you want to read something and sit down with your book, get through a few pages and just want to stop? Or you sit down, pick it up and end up on your phone because you just don’t want to read but do? Yeah this is that book in a nutshell. I just kept thinking about all the other books I have on my tbr piles and my tbr shelf on goodreads and realized that I didn’t want to read this.
I wanted to like it, I really did. It has so much of what I should have liked and the premise is so cool but it just doesn’t land. The duel POVs and plot-lines that are meant to be connected just do not flow together - especially when the prologue gives everything away. And the prologue was so good.
Eliana is horrible. I like morally gray characters, I really do and I love women in fiction that will be blood thirsty and harsh around the edges. But Eliana is just horrible. And it just made me uncomfortable reading her chapters when they bring her and her brother to the refugee camp and she just wants to kill them. Like she keeps talking about how she wishes she had her knives to kill them and hurt them and it’s like - I can’t stomach that at all. Like she looks down her nose at these people trying to survive the Empire and it’s just - girl, who died and made you king?
Also, by looking at some reviews, there’s explicit smut in this and - aren’t these characters teenagers? That’s a HARD PASS from me. And … isn’t Simon the kid that brings baby Eliana into the future? Why are they being made into a couple - like it’s obvious that’s what is happening from the moment they meet. He was there when she was born and they’re being shoved together?
Gross.
Last thing - the bisexual rep in this is horrible. There’s two passing comments from both POV’s about flirting with women or sleeping with women and that’s it. It’s never expanded on, it’s never made to be anything else but ~ I flirt with whoever ~ and it’s like, I’m going to have to skip out of the stereotype that bisexual people are promiscuous and, again, HARD PASS.
You know when you want to read something and sit down with your book, get through a few pages and just want to stop? Or you sit down, pick it up and end up on your phone because you just don’t want to read but do? Yeah this is that book in a nutshell. I just kept thinking about all the other books I have on my tbr piles and my tbr shelf on goodreads and realized that I didn’t want to read this.
I wanted to like it, I really did. It has so much of what I should have liked and the premise is so cool but it just doesn’t land. The duel POVs and plot-lines that are meant to be connected just do not flow together - especially when the prologue gives everything away. And the prologue was so good.
Spoiler
I was so interested in seeing how Rielle ends up as this villain, as the Queen of Blood, but I don’t know, it’s not interesting enough to stick through. I was also so interested in her relationship with that angel, that ends up in her head but again, it’s not grabbing me. Like she seems like she'll become this Anakin like character and I was ready - I stan Anakin, like I was ready. But ... I can't do it.Eliana is horrible. I like morally gray characters, I really do and I love women in fiction that will be blood thirsty and harsh around the edges. But Eliana is just horrible. And it just made me uncomfortable reading her chapters when they bring her and her brother to the refugee camp and she just wants to kill them. Like she keeps talking about how she wishes she had her knives to kill them and hurt them and it’s like - I can’t stomach that at all. Like she looks down her nose at these people trying to survive the Empire and it’s just - girl, who died and made you king?
Also, by looking at some reviews, there’s explicit smut in this and - aren’t these characters teenagers? That’s a HARD PASS from me. And … isn’t Simon the kid that brings baby Eliana into the future? Why are they being made into a couple - like it’s obvious that’s what is happening from the moment they meet. He was there when she was born and they’re being shoved together?
Gross.
Last thing - the bisexual rep in this is horrible. There’s two passing comments from both POV’s about flirting with women or sleeping with women and that’s it. It’s never expanded on, it’s never made to be anything else but ~ I flirt with whoever ~ and it’s like, I’m going to have to skip out of the stereotype that bisexual people are promiscuous and, again, HARD PASS.
" Two queens will rise. One of blood. One of light. " - Claire Legrand, Furyborn
After accidentally revealing her magical abilities, Rielle is forced to complete 7 trials for each elemental magical ability she possesses. Passing the trials will prove that she is the Sun Queen savior, and not the Blood Queen, destroyer. She must pass the trials, or die trying.
1,000 years later, Eliana is the Dread of Orline, killing for the government to get money for her family. When her mother is taken away like so many other women and girls, Eliana is ready to do anything to get her back. But is joining a rebel group really a good idea?
I give it 4.5/5 stars. I really enjoyed FURYBORN. The characters are very unique and relatable, while Rielle and Eliana are so vivid. The plot was very unusual and interesting. It took me a while to get through the beginning part of the book, but it was totally worth it. The writing is truly incredible, I really enjoyed how Legrand portrayed the setting and the characters. Overall, this book was a really good fantasy, and you should make sure to read it once it comes out 5/22/18.
After accidentally revealing her magical abilities, Rielle is forced to complete 7 trials for each elemental magical ability she possesses. Passing the trials will prove that she is the Sun Queen savior, and not the Blood Queen, destroyer. She must pass the trials, or die trying.
1,000 years later, Eliana is the Dread of Orline, killing for the government to get money for her family. When her mother is taken away like so many other women and girls, Eliana is ready to do anything to get her back. But is joining a rebel group really a good idea?
I give it 4.5/5 stars. I really enjoyed FURYBORN. The characters are very unique and relatable, while Rielle and Eliana are so vivid. The plot was very unusual and interesting. It took me a while to get through the beginning part of the book, but it was totally worth it. The writing is truly incredible, I really enjoyed how Legrand portrayed the setting and the characters. Overall, this book was a really good fantasy, and you should make sure to read it once it comes out 5/22/18.
Omg I loved this book the plot twist had jealous shock. I love the evil. And the magic system.
Even though I've been in a bit of a reading slump, I'm glad I stuck with this. The world-building is fantastic, the magic system is fascinating (drawn from the earth's elements), and the two main characters are morally dubious but loveable. The novel is very fast-paced, so you sort of need to just hang on for the ride. I loved the magic system, and you slowly figure out what the deal is about the angels.
I did get a little frustrated by the short chapters (every chapter changes POV from Rielle to Eliana), and the nonstop action, but I have high hopes for the rest of the series.
I did get a little frustrated by the short chapters (every chapter changes POV from Rielle to Eliana), and the nonstop action, but I have high hopes for the rest of the series.
adventurous
dark