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saeruh's review against another edition
dark
fast-paced
4.0
I would first like to say that Furyborn is NOT ya. Despite its marketing as such, this is much more of a New Adult fantasy novel. I would not recommend this for pre/younger teen readers because it does not feel appropriate for them, in my opinion. While things are necessarily graphically described, the actions within most/all scenes are still very much geared to an adult audience.
That being said and once I figured that out for myself, I enjoyed this much more than I thought I would. I’ve had Furyborn in my tbr for a while but decided I wanted to read a fantasy for a bit of a change of pace/plot/etc. The first 50 pages were a little rough but once I got past those, I was INVESTED. I LOVED the dichotomy between the two main female characters with one being a prideful but seeming harmless/sweet at the beginning until we learn more about her powers and start her slow decent into her villianhood and one being a confident, seeming heartless killer-for-hire who becomes our story’s hero. I thought the concept of angels and the magic system was interesting and well thought out. I liked all of the lore too.
However, there was somethings I really wasn’t a fan of. I didn’t like the dual timelines, I sometimes wanted to know much more about the one that just ended rather than go into the past/future.I thought it was REALLY easy to guess that Eliana would be Rielle’s daughter but maybe that was the entire point LMAO Most of the time when Rielle’s powers/the empirium stuff was described, my brain glossed over all of it and couldn’t really seemed to catch any details. I was not a fan of the love triangles for both narrators. I’m assuming Harkan will come back in a later book but he was so unnecessary in general. I wish the characters’ ages had been clearly stated - I couldn’t exactly tell if Eliana was supposed to be 17 or 18 which is not that big of a difference but I really would have liked to known she was the basic age of consent before the romance with Simon started since he’s 8 years her senior. . I think some scenes could easily have been taken out/written a different way Ex: the scene in the first 50 or so pages when Eliana and Harkan bring in a family of poor people trying to escape the city to their master and then one of the CHILDREN is brutally DECAPITATED??? you could have shown the rebellion being squashed out in so many, way less horrific ways .
This novel reminded me of a LOT of other similar fantasy series, included but not limited to Shadow and Bone, the Hunger Games, the Lunar Chronicles, Crier’s War, and Throne of Glass. If you like any of those, you’ll probably like this. I think I will try to pick the next few books in this series at the library.
That being said and once I figured that out for myself, I enjoyed this much more than I thought I would. I’ve had Furyborn in my tbr for a while but decided I wanted to read a fantasy for a bit of a change of pace/plot/etc. The first 50 pages were a little rough but once I got past those, I was INVESTED. I LOVED the dichotomy between the two main female characters with one being a prideful but seeming harmless/sweet at the beginning until we learn more about her powers and start her slow decent into her villianhood and one being a confident, seeming heartless killer-for-hire who becomes our story’s hero. I thought the concept of angels and the magic system was interesting and well thought out. I liked all of the lore too.
However, there was somethings I really wasn’t a fan of. I didn’t like the dual timelines, I sometimes wanted to know much more about the one that just ended rather than go into the past/future.
This novel reminded me of a LOT of other similar fantasy series, included but not limited to Shadow and Bone, the Hunger Games, the Lunar Chronicles, Crier’s War, and Throne of Glass. If you like any of those, you’ll probably like this. I think I will try to pick the next few books in this series at the library.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Grief, Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Sexual content
Minor: Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault
andatherrin's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Death
Minor: Genocide and Domestic abuse
fierceandlittle's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
It was a little difficult to keep everything straight throughout the story and I feel like some things were left unexplained. It’s also important to note that this book switches points of view and time periods every chapter. I felt that it wasn’t the best choice to do so and that it would have been better to have 2 separate books with both POV as their own book. That way it could go into more detail and it might have been easier to keep things straight.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, and Sexual content
thecourtofreading's review against another edition
adventurous
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
4.75
"we live in a world where good kings die and those foolish enough to hope for something better are killed where they stand."
i quite literally could NOT put this book down, and i love when this happens, because this book was good. i'll admit, the prologue made me want to dnf it a little, but i was intrigued enough to keep going and honestly i'm so glad i did because this book delivered.
at first, i thought it was going to be some wacky time travel thing and i was thinking how the heck that was going to work, but it wasn't and i was pleasantly surprised with the turn this took and what happened. it's split into dual povs, and usually this annoys me because there's always one pov where it's like "oh great it's this person again", but honestly each storyline kept me gripped and i don't even think there was a dual chapter. the pacing was amazing.
i would definitely continue this series, however my tbr (and wallet) are YELLING at me to not buy anymore books, so i'll listen until i've read a few more and then i'll splurge out on the two sequels.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture, Blood, Death, Death of parent, and Violence
Moderate: Sexual content and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Child abuse
angstifies's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
i really loved the world building and the magic in this book and everything surrounding Rielle’s story. i kinda disliked Eliana at times especially when she was randomly rude to people who absolutely did nothing to deserve that and i did not care for any of the couples.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Death, Death of parent, and Violence
Moderate: Cursing, Kidnapping, Sexual content, and Torture
Minor: Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and War
alices13thdiary's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
fast-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? No
3.0
if the book had 200-300 more pages to actually flesh out the characters, world, and plot more, it would've easily been a 5/5. Or even better, 2 different books that then converge/combine to make the rest of the series.
someone described it as 2 aelin's (from tog), so yay. but it's more like 1 aelin and 1 celaena (if celaena was unable to make up her mind and was a hypocrite.)
the big "plot twist" doesn't happen until 70%? so i get why people are voting medium pace. But with that being said, i have never wanted a book to slow down more. as i said, would have been so much better as 2 books or even just if it was a bit longer. the constant switching between characters and timelines is a lot. on top of that, chapters are short, so as soon as i was invested in one timeline, we're back to the other one.
also the plot twist is obvious if you think about it, butthe only thing stopping it from being obvious is the 1,000 year jump.
someone described it as 2 aelin's (from tog), so yay. but it's more like 1 aelin and 1 celaena (if celaena was unable to make up her mind and was a hypocrite.)
the big "plot twist" doesn't happen until 70%? so i get why people are voting medium pace. But with that being said, i have never wanted a book to slow down more. as i said, would have been so much better as 2 books or even just if it was a bit longer. the constant switching between characters and timelines is a lot. on top of that, chapters are short, so as soon as i was invested in one timeline, we're back to the other one.
also the plot twist is obvious if you think about it, but
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Violence
Minor: Sexual content
sadanxiousandconfused's review against another edition
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence, Death of parent, Death, and Sexual content
k_menard1129's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Violence, War, and Murder
kaseybereading's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Animal death, Blood, Death, Gaslighting, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Sexual content
taelights's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Honestly I really enjoyed this one and will definitely be continuing with the series. It took me awhile to get into the book because the beginning was a bit slow and then the animal death scene towards the beginning was very graphic and difficult for me to listen to. But once the paced picked up and I made sense of some things that had confused me at first I was very hooked.
I am not overly attached to either of the main girls to be honest but their stories still managed to intrigue me. While the romances did provide me some sexy inspiring quotes I could care less about them. The only one I'd care to see more of is Rielle and Corien but that's mostly because Corien is interesting to me and I want to see how his story plays out.
I am not overly attached to either of the main girls to be honest but their stories still managed to intrigue me. While the romances did provide me some sexy inspiring quotes I could care less about them. The only one I'd care to see more of is Rielle and Corien but that's mostly because Corien is interesting to me and I want to see how his story plays out.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Toxic relationship, War, Sexual content, Child abuse, Violence, Animal death, Gore, and Grief
Moderate: Infidelity