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Nina Varela

4.08 AVERAGE

adventurous emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

i need to read the sequel immediately
dark emotional tense medium-paced
adventurous relaxing
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
adventurous emotional tense
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

Some mixed feelings on this book. I really loved parts of it! I was totally engrossed in the world building and found myself really rooting for the protagonists. I loved the main characters, did wish they had a few more moments together, but I enjoyed the contrast between both Crier and Ayla. The writing is clear and I rarely, if ever, was confused by what I was reading. Vaerla is a very good writer!

But, some moments of this book made me scratch my head and think, really? This is the thing? To be honest the book felt like a lot of build up to the next one in the series. There wasn't nearly a big enough climax to be a solid stand alone novel. I can tell it was very much already planned to have more books in the series.

In my case the pros did outweigh the cons so I gave it 3 starts and am excited to continue the series! Thankfully the sequel is already released otherwise I would feel a bit more upset by lack of real climax/action.
adventurous mysterious 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

Couldn’t put it down because it was gay, but can’t pick up the second because it was slow.