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18.7k reviews for:
O despertar da lua caída – Edição especial em capa dura com pintura trilateral
Sarah A. Parker
3.99 AVERAGE
18.7k reviews for:
O despertar da lua caída – Edição especial em capa dura com pintura trilateral
Sarah A. Parker
3.99 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
adventurous
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
tense
slow-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
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
You know that phrase “we lost the plot”? In this one I don’t think she ever had a clear enough plot to lose
Just infuriatingly long and if I have to read another book where “male” and “female” are used strictly instead of “man” and “woman” I will know the end has truly begun bc who finds that attractive
Synopsis
Raeve knows how to look and act to make a decently comfortable life in the underground rings of the city. Beneath her seemingly docile disguise she is a cardshark who also happens to be wickedly skilled with a blade (plus the pesky guy in her head isn’t too kind either). In this land of Fae, thw inhabitants can be cruel, and her connections end up getting her best friend killed. To avenge her friend’s death and develop her powers she sets off to kill the man she suspects…and is immediately caught and imprisoned, awaiting her punishment: execution by dragon. Luckily, Kaan, one of three brother-kings and a fae aligned with the powers of two gods springs her from her captors just as she has prepared for death.
We follow 3 different main perspectives (though a few others do pop up) as Raeve begins to unravel her view of the kingdom Kaan represents and why he looks at her in a way that seems much too familiar.
Review
In all 500+ pages of this book I could hardly find a reason to care about anything but the poor dragons (I mean that is why I picked it up in the first place, but I really expected better). Unfortunately the plot didn’t deliver what I was hoping and the repetitive, and often standardly boring writing did nothing for the story or its characters.
I really did want to like this. The prologue had a promising creation story where the gods were characterized and the creatures were unique but the characters were the typical Sassy Ex-Slave against the Power girl, Daddy Didn’t Love Me how else Would you Expect a Boy to Act guy, Nebulous Entity that Gives Power out for Some Reason magic in her head and it all just ended up being boring. There was so much description but it still felt like the World wasn’t fully actualized and I couldn’t connect much with the characters.
I predicted the “twist” about her origin in the latter half that surprises Raeve. There were just so many elements that were partially explored and I came out still confused as to why much if the book was written? There action scenes were interesting but pretty much any of these scenes could have been removed and I suspect the book would still have remained unnecessarily long. I remember consciously thinking “this is taking so long to get through” while also not being able to verbalize what I was actually reading? Yes there is a general plot but the movement felt pointless and the best/most interesting parts were the descriptions of smaller items or places.
I guess it was pretty cute, but I am not itching to read the next and the sex scenes were the best part which is (in my opinion) never something I’d outwardly promote in a book with different breeds of dragons and cool elemental magic
Basically cut like 200 pages, and possibly get a better writer and I think there really would be something here, sadly there just isn’t a feature in this book that would have me interested in returning.
{sidenote: worldbuilding goes a long way for me and I normally like when there are certain new or foreign terms added into the characters’ dialogue but HOLY SHIT these were some of the dumbest changes and I just have to list a few of them because it seemed like the Parker was hell-bent on using her thesaurus and it was laughable how silly it sounded sometimes}
Keep in mind this refers to any time you’d use one of the “real words”, not just sometimes. Like in the sentence ‘I need to know what other people think of me’ would ALWAYS HAVE TO BE ‘I need to know what other folk think of me’ and idk it just pissed me off ok?
Chair= “seater” 😆
People= “folk”
Man= “Male”
Cigarette= “smoke stick”
Quotes
Some of the writing was decent and I liked this sad but deep excerpt from the journal of one of the POV’s journals. I like the way the tortured princess’s words show the bonds fae can form with dragons
𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝑰’𝒎 𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐 𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆, 𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒐𝒄𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒍𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒐𝒇𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝒂 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒐𝒇 𝑯𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒐𝒏’𝒔 𝑴𝒐𝒐𝒏. 𝑰 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒊𝒕 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌. 𝑳𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒊𝒕’𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆. 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒍 𝒖𝒑 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑺𝒖l𝒂𝒕𝒓𝒂, 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝑰 𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒓, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝑰 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒈𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆, 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑴𝒂 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑷𝒂 𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒅
Content Warnings
Moderate: Confinement, Torture, Violence, Blood
Minor: Animal cruelty, Classism
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Writing was gorgeous. You will be so confused for so long but it is so worth it. adored the characters, the dragons and the magic!
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This book is celery with peanut butter. Functional, edible, crunchy, fine…but no one has ever said “oh hell yeah, celery.”
Pacing (2.5/5): Imagine two trains on separate tracks — one labeled “romance” and one labeled “plot.” Neither ever runs at the same time. When the romance is trudging forward (3/5 pacing), the plot is like “nah, imma nap.” When the plot is finally grinding ahead (2/5 pacing), the romance faceplants in the mud. They never overlap. It’s chaos, but not the fun kind.
Characters (2/5): These people are cardboard cutouts duct-taped to a Segway. FMC: “I want revenge, I want freedom!” proceeds to do nothing convincing. MMC: Broody Broodman, occasionally shirtless, occasionally “I saved you, be grateful.” Respect is handed to her like it’s DoorDash, even though she earned approximately none of it.
Setting/Worldbuilding (4/5): Credit where it’s due — the vibes are immaculate. Dragons? Magic? Rivers everywhere? Yeah, cool. It’s painted well enough that I know where they are, even if I’m not tasting the grains of riverbed on my tongue.
Themes (1/5): The only theme is: “Love is happening, accept it.” No deep questions, no moral dilemmas. Just “look, they’re hot and sad.”
Emotional Impact (2.5/5): Sometimes I laughed. Mostly at sarcasm, not at plot twists. Did I ever clutch my chest and whisper “how dare you”? No. Did I ugly cry? Absolutely not. Did I read dramatic death scenes while cackling? Yes. It’s like watching a soap opera muted, with subtitles in Comic Sans.
Style (1/5): Reads smooth enough, but nothing remarkable. Could’ve been written by a caffeinated AI or a very earnest raccoon.
Personal Enjoyment (3.75/5): Against my will, I vibed. I rolled my eyes, sighed, muttered “shut up,” and still turned the pages. Call it Stockholm syndrome or call it background-noise serotonin — either way, I kept reading.
Would recommend to: anyone who needs a romance fantasy soap opera audiobook while folding laundry. Do not hand this to someone looking for a “soul-crushing, tattoo-this-on-my-heart” experience. Hand it to someone looking for celery. Crunch crunch, baby.
Pacing (2.5/5): Imagine two trains on separate tracks — one labeled “romance” and one labeled “plot.” Neither ever runs at the same time. When the romance is trudging forward (3/5 pacing), the plot is like “nah, imma nap.” When the plot is finally grinding ahead (2/5 pacing), the romance faceplants in the mud. They never overlap. It’s chaos, but not the fun kind.
Characters (2/5): These people are cardboard cutouts duct-taped to a Segway. FMC: “I want revenge, I want freedom!” proceeds to do nothing convincing. MMC: Broody Broodman, occasionally shirtless, occasionally “I saved you, be grateful.” Respect is handed to her like it’s DoorDash, even though she earned approximately none of it.
Setting/Worldbuilding (4/5): Credit where it’s due — the vibes are immaculate. Dragons? Magic? Rivers everywhere? Yeah, cool. It’s painted well enough that I know where they are, even if I’m not tasting the grains of riverbed on my tongue.
Themes (1/5): The only theme is: “Love is happening, accept it.” No deep questions, no moral dilemmas. Just “look, they’re hot and sad.”
Emotional Impact (2.5/5): Sometimes I laughed. Mostly at sarcasm, not at plot twists. Did I ever clutch my chest and whisper “how dare you”? No. Did I ugly cry? Absolutely not. Did I read dramatic death scenes while cackling? Yes. It’s like watching a soap opera muted, with subtitles in Comic Sans.
Style (1/5): Reads smooth enough, but nothing remarkable. Could’ve been written by a caffeinated AI or a very earnest raccoon.
Personal Enjoyment (3.75/5): Against my will, I vibed. I rolled my eyes, sighed, muttered “shut up,” and still turned the pages. Call it Stockholm syndrome or call it background-noise serotonin — either way, I kept reading.
Would recommend to: anyone who needs a romance fantasy soap opera audiobook while folding laundry. Do not hand this to someone looking for a “soul-crushing, tattoo-this-on-my-heart” experience. Hand it to someone looking for celery. Crunch crunch, baby.
adventurous
challenging
inspiring
reflective
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
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes