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3.62 AVERAGE

adventurous emotional funny reflective 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: No
emotional 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 tense

I love a good fairytale retelling, and so far this has not disappointed!
With an Arabian Nights feel, mixed with a few other fairytales, this book had me hooked!!
There were twists and turns I DID NOT see coming.
So well written, with characters you just can’t help but love or loathe.
adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I think this is a great concept and the world building is there but the plot is a mess. I couldn't engage with the characters at all. The main MC, Kiran, is a blank slate. Other than being an elf and massive you know nothing about him. You get no time in his head to understand why he all of the sudden goes from hating all human females to being possessive and thinking positively about the FMC.

I read almost 400 pages and I'm still pretty confused about the various plot lines. I may pick this back up and finish it but I would just be skimming it to get to the end.

I think the author has potential but she needs a much better editor.
adventurous emotional medium-paced
adventurous challenging dark emotional 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: Complicated

So I really enjoyed this stand alone fantasy.  It had a mix of so many different fantasy elements.  It was a little slow to get into but once it took off I couldn’t put it down.  At one point I threw my kindle across the couch.  I really enjoyed Asha as a FMC and I really enjoyed Kiran’s growth.  I would love to read another book with these characters as some things at the end were still left up in the air a bit.

it was 5 stars

Immediately after finishing this book it was a 5 star read for me. Then I realized it’s a stand-alone and it has bothered me ever since. Now that I know Asha and Kiran are done the ending bothers me. It feels rushed, and incomplete. I wanted a little more time of them in a good place in their lives. The ending is what led me to believe there would be more for them. Now I’m sad. I don’t generally like series that are made of interconnected stand alone books so I’m not sure I will be reading the next one.
challenging emotional inspiring mysterious medium-paced
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costelme2012's review

3.0
adventurous slow-paced

Interesting magic system, I wasn’t feeling it