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3.99 AVERAGE
3.99 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
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
Another banger
Things I loved:
- Anton
- The dancer concept
- Political/court intrigue for days
- The friends Vas makes
- The worldbuilding
- The slow burn romance
Things that I didn’t love:
- Slooooow beginning, super fast end (middle was perfect, though, and I still liked the end)
- The thing with
Copelan was just unnecessary and distracting - I don’t understand her father very much. I love that plot but I need more info.
- Info-dumping in the beginning (contributed to the very slow pacing there)
- Vas has a disability and, while I appreciate that it contributed to how she danced and do NOT mind that she pushed through pain, it never actually seemed to have a truly negative effect. I love this strength in pushing through things (Ive got a disability and all to familiar with it), it’s okay to show that sometimes (or a lot of times) disabilities are real hindrance beyond what we feel internally/emotionally. You can show all the aspects of it. I’m curious what happens in Book 2 if Vas is in the middle of a war. There’s a reason why soldiers (in the real world) don’t generally stay in if they get a disability: it’s a liability. Just saying!
I enjoyed this and absolutely WILL be reading book 2.
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
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:
No
For a debut romantasy novel, colour me impressed!
This book had me hooked early on with the political intrigue and dancer-turned-spy elements. You're unsure who the love interest is for a good portion of the book because it's plot > romance but we have optionssss and an actual slow burn. I am so happy she picked the one I wanted her to and the plot twists were surprising to me!
You will DESPISE some characters. Like actually feel the rage towards them. You will love others and root for them to come out on top. I felt deeply invested and connected to the characters which is key for me enjoying a book. The setting is described soo beautifully and the feminine rage is burning hot.
You can tell the author poured so much of herself into Vasalie due to her own personal health struggles. It was refreshing to see a FMC that had to overcome obstacles while dealing with a body she feels is failing her. She's badass for a number of reasons.
I can't wait for the next book in this duology!! I had so much fun reading this for a travelling annotated book club.
This book had me hooked early on with the political intrigue and dancer-turned-spy elements. You're unsure who the love interest is for a good portion of the book because it's plot > romance but we have optionssss and an actual slow burn. I am so happy she picked the one I wanted her to and the plot twists were surprising to me!
You will DESPISE some characters. Like actually feel the rage towards them. You will love others and root for them to come out on top. I felt deeply invested and connected to the characters which is key for me enjoying a book. The setting is described soo beautifully and the feminine rage is burning hot.
You can tell the author poured so much of herself into Vasalie due to her own personal health struggles. It was refreshing to see a FMC that had to overcome obstacles while dealing with a body she feels is failing her. She's badass for a number of reasons.
I can't wait for the next book in this duology!! I had so much fun reading this for a travelling annotated book club.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
medium-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:
Yes
adventurous
dark
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
emotional
medium-paced
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:
Yes
Short review, mostly about my feelings not about the plot or characters: Pleasantly surprised. The MMC (Anton ) and the FMC (Vas) had great banter, the MMC in particular drew a lot of parallels to Peter (Nicholas Hoult) in The Great.
I laughed out loud a couple of times and found myself smiling and becoming giddy over certain events and character interactions.
The plot was mostly politically motivated, with so much happening in the last 50 to 100 pages. SO MUCH!
I laughed out loud a couple of times and found myself smiling and becoming giddy over certain events and character interactions.
The plot was mostly politically motivated, with so much happening in the last 50 to 100 pages. SO MUCH!
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes