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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
adventurous
challenging
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
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
I was disappointed in this one. I loved the first two, three books in this series, even less the fourth, and this one I could not even finish. I was sad because I have loved all of her other books/series. I hate reading about wolves but I thought because of how much I love all her other books, it wouldn’t matter. But it totally did. It felt very rushed and oddly paced, and there were plenty of plot holes. It was super predictable and conversations just felt awkward to me. But because I love her work, I didn’t rate it as low as I felt it should be.
Oh God this was an emotional rollercoaster!! Firstly this was by far one of the best in the series, I adore Evander and Faelyns relationship! And the plot twist that HE WAS LIAM ALL ALONG?! I never saw that coming!! And Aurora sacrificing herself and then being released at the end got me absolutely sobbing! A joy to read and a wonderful end to the series
I always keep my expectations severely low with romantasy books, especially when it comes to independent authors. It feels to me like many of them sacrifice the plot to simply write as much smut as they want, which I hate. Why is it so hard to read romantasy books for plot instead of smut?
This book genuinely surprised me with how much it focused on the plot and the worldbuilding. It was rich in a history of the magical world Midscape and how the evolution of certain beings have affected the land. That becomes a major driving force of much that happens to this book.
I really appreciated that our main character was an intelligent, self-sufficient individual with her own set of morals. That was something I noticed the author was really focused on trying to get right, and even if it wasn't always done perfectly, it was something that I ultimately think did this book a huge favor. So oftentimes the women in these romantasy books are swept into these romances with dubious amount of consent or choice, and I appreciated that choice was a major theme of this book. As well as the main character's friendship with Aurora. I've decided that these books need way more female friendship than monster boyfriends. There was something really special about their relationship and I wanted more of it, so much more.
The romance was really good up until a certain point where the plot twist forced the biggest eye roll out of me because of course that would be the plot twist, which leads me to that a lot of the resolutions to the story seemed to be more convenient than earned, which I don't think was inherently a bad thing, but perhaps not what I would have expected considering how much I was loving the experience up to the end.
This book genuinely surprised me with how much it focused on the plot and the worldbuilding. It was rich in a history of the magical world Midscape and how the evolution of certain beings have affected the land. That becomes a major driving force of much that happens to this book.
I really appreciated that our main character was an intelligent, self-sufficient individual with her own set of morals. That was something I noticed the author was really focused on trying to get right, and even if it wasn't always done perfectly, it was something that I ultimately think did this book a huge favor. So oftentimes the women in these romantasy books are swept into these romances with dubious amount of consent or choice, and I appreciated that choice was a major theme of this book. As well as the main character's friendship with Aurora. I've decided that these books need way more female friendship than monster boyfriends. There was something really special about their relationship and I wanted more of it, so much more.
The romance was really good up until a certain point where the plot twist forced the biggest eye roll out of me because of course that would be the plot twist, which leads me to that a lot of the resolutions to the story seemed to be more convenient than earned, which I don't think was inherently a bad thing, but perhaps not what I would have expected considering how much I was loving the experience up to the end.
adventurous
dark
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
2.5⭐ for me. I really wanted to love this book and attempted twice to read it over several months period. I made it over halfway this time before I gave up again. I love Elise's other books so much so was disappointed when this one didn't seem to meet the standards of her other books. I struggled with all the filler sections, lack of character development and I just felt no attachment to the characters at all. The general premise of the story was interesting which is why I gave it 2.5 stars, it just sadly didn't hit the mark for me.
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
I definitely enjoyed this last book more than the previous one : the universe and magic system was really interesting. The romance developed differently than what I expect but not in a bad way. Overall a great book.