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3.95 AVERAGE
3.95 AVERAGE
All the POVs took me a bit to get used to and follow who was who but then I caught up. Really enjoyed it, I like high seas adventures and magic and quests which this one has all the above. I also love Amie Kaufman so there you go. I'm anxious to see what will happen in the sequel!
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
The Isles of the Gods is a Young Adult fantasy novel by Amie Kaufman. When Selly’s father abandons her, she decides to continue her life at sea. Her plans are changed drastically when a handsome stranger boards her ship with an unusual mission, to sail undetected across the Crescent Sea to the Isles of the Gods. When the stranger is revealed to be the Prince of Alinor, Leander. Shelly begins to realize this simple life on the ocean is about to become very complicated.
This book feels very average for a lot of the beginning of the story to me. I felt like there wasn’t really anything new and interesting and I almost put it down. I also really don’t like books that have large portions at sea. But reading all the reviews, I decided to give it until the 30 percent mark just to see what happened and I’m glad I did! This story takes a little while to take off but once all the characters are established and we really start learning more about the world, it became a very fascinating read. There are also tons of chapters and they are relatively short most of the time which makes this a very fast paced read.
I have read several science fiction books by Amie Kaufman but they have always been co-authored so I was really excited to see what she would do with a fantasy book all on her own and I think she was mostly successful. This has politics involving religions, a clash of two cultures based on gods, a love story that never feels forced, and an ending that really surprised me. I didn’t realize how emotionally invested I was in the story until the last chunk when I was worried about what might happen.
We get five perspectives we read from and some are definitely more important than others. There is a character named Jude that I really wish we would have gotten more from. Either that or I wish we would have just had two or three perspectives. I got confused more than once about who I was reading from and had to look it up. The character voices feel very similar.
I would recommend this to anyone who likes young adult fantasy because this is a fun one. But it feels very young adult so if you don’t regularly enjoy that age range/genre, this won’t be the book for you.
Huge thank you to Netgalley and Random House Children’s for the arc in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
This book feels very average for a lot of the beginning of the story to me. I felt like there wasn’t really anything new and interesting and I almost put it down. I also really don’t like books that have large portions at sea. But reading all the reviews, I decided to give it until the 30 percent mark just to see what happened and I’m glad I did! This story takes a little while to take off but once all the characters are established and we really start learning more about the world, it became a very fascinating read. There are also tons of chapters and they are relatively short most of the time which makes this a very fast paced read.
I have read several science fiction books by Amie Kaufman but they have always been co-authored so I was really excited to see what she would do with a fantasy book all on her own and I think she was mostly successful. This has politics involving religions, a clash of two cultures based on gods, a love story that never feels forced, and an ending that really surprised me. I didn’t realize how emotionally invested I was in the story until the last chunk when I was worried about what might happen.
We get five perspectives we read from and some are definitely more important than others. There is a character named Jude that I really wish we would have gotten more from. Either that or I wish we would have just had two or three perspectives. I got confused more than once about who I was reading from and had to look it up. The character voices feel very similar.
I would recommend this to anyone who likes young adult fantasy because this is a fun one. But it feels very young adult so if you don’t regularly enjoy that age range/genre, this won’t be the book for you.
Huge thank you to Netgalley and Random House Children’s for the arc in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
medium-paced
I did not like this book while I was reading it. I forgot it when I put it down.
I’ve loved everything Amy Kaufman has written collaboratively, so it only fits that I loved her solo YA debut. The magic system is so interesting, and she managed to make a boat-centric story so enjoyable despite me being a historic pirate-book hater. Not that these are pirates, but still an achievement for her anyway.
I don’t know how I’m gonna handle waiting SO LONG for the next one after that ending. I just want my boy Leander to be okay!!!
Thank you RHC for the ARC!
Merged review:
I’ve loved everything Amy Kaufman has written collaboratively, so it only fits that I loved her solo YA debut. The magic system is so interesting, and she managed to make a boat-centric story so enjoyable despite me being a historic pirate-book hater. Not that these are pirates, but still an achievement for her anyway.
I don’t know how I’m gonna handle waiting SO LONG for the next one after that ending. I just want my boy Leander to be okay!!!
Thank you RHC for the ARC!
I don’t know how I’m gonna handle waiting SO LONG for the next one after that ending. I just want my boy Leander to be okay!!!
Thank you RHC for the ARC!
Merged review:
I’ve loved everything Amy Kaufman has written collaboratively, so it only fits that I loved her solo YA debut. The magic system is so interesting, and she managed to make a boat-centric story so enjoyable despite me being a historic pirate-book hater. Not that these are pirates, but still an achievement for her anyway.
I don’t know how I’m gonna handle waiting SO LONG for the next one after that ending. I just want my boy Leander to be okay!!!
Thank you RHC for the ARC!
