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minervacerridwen's review
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Queer dragons and wonderful world-building; what more can you wish for?
This is a great fantasy romance with exciting, sad, cute and funny moments. At times, the beautiful language made me want to read pieces out loud, like a bard telling this story of old in one of the taverns Orsie stops to work at.
I loved the interesting new concepts in this universe,like the sentient castle and the way a dragonsoul, in spite of being entangled with its dragon, doesn't necessarily have the same personality as its owner, like we see with Nevmis.
In the second half, the book transformed from a classic roadtrip-fantasy to an interesting Beauty and the Beast variation. I was really feeling for Orsie and Ark. Their emotions were conveyed very well and invoked a lot of different strong feelings in me. Like “aargh!!”, but also “awh”.
I could certainly see sequel possibilities near the end, so I hope we’ll be taken back to this universe someday!
RE-READ 2020:
With the beautiful new cover, the 2020 edition of Havesskadi is even more of a joy to read than before. Once again I was enchanted by the intriguing ways of this world's dragons and the poetic, thoughtful writing. I'm glad this dragon found a new home, both in the world of publishing and in the story.
This is a great fantasy romance with exciting, sad, cute and funny moments. At times, the beautiful language made me want to read pieces out loud, like a bard telling this story of old in one of the taverns Orsie stops to work at.
I loved the interesting new concepts in this universe,
In the second half, the book transformed from a classic roadtrip-fantasy to an interesting Beauty and the Beast variation. I was really feeling for Orsie and Ark. Their emotions were conveyed very well and invoked a lot of different strong feelings in me. Like “aargh!!”, but also “awh”.
I could certainly see sequel possibilities near the end, so I hope we’ll be taken back to this universe someday!
RE-READ 2020:
With the beautiful new cover, the 2020 edition of Havesskadi is even more of a joy to read than before. Once again I was enchanted by the intriguing ways of this world's dragons and the poetic, thoughtful writing. I'm glad this dragon found a new home, both in the world of publishing and in the story.
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