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labdi13's review
3.0
Reread. Dialogue is worse than I remember. The archetypes were fun … I liked the beat!
innodavid's review against another edition
2.0
2 STARS
I apologize, but this felt like a draft rather than a finished book.
I apologize, but this felt like a draft rather than a finished book.
hannahellen's review against another edition
3.0
Re-read. Great story, clunky dialogue. The romance is sweet but the dialogue weakens it a lot.
allisonmartinezreads's review against another edition
5.0
This book gave me EVERYTHING I’ve been trying to find in a fantasy novel recently. The violence, the romance, the constant plot twists, the danger, etc.
This book was impossible to put down, I spent every minute of free time reading it. Tobias was such a realistic character, it was so easy to feel his love and his loss and his anger. Watching him defend others during the tournament made my heart ache, knowing that eventually he would be forced to turn on people that he once saved. The friendship that he built with Orion, only for him to be lost shortly after they share their deepest secrets, Jenna knows how to hit a reader where it hurts.
Tobias and Leila have such a beautiful love story, forbidden romance is such a fun read for me and all of their stolen moments and the threat of being discovered made the story so much more dynamic. Leila was a perfect love interest for Tobias, soft in the places where is not and strong in the places he needed her to be. Watching them rely on each other, and seeing him emerge alive at the end of the tournament was a wonderful happy ending.
I loved how bittersweet it was, they lost so much but he gained Leila. The title of the book truly makes so much sense now, and I was thrilled to see Tobias didn’t end up with Cosima
This book was impossible to put down, I spent every minute of free time reading it. Tobias was such a realistic character, it was so easy to feel his love and his loss and his anger. Watching him defend others during the tournament made my heart ache, knowing that eventually he would be forced to turn on people that he once saved. The friendship that he built with Orion, only for him to be lost shortly after they share their deepest secrets, Jenna knows how to hit a reader where it hurts.
Tobias and Leila have such a beautiful love story, forbidden romance is such a fun read for me and all of their stolen moments and the threat of being discovered made the story so much more dynamic. Leila was a perfect love interest for Tobias, soft in the places where is not and strong in the places he needed her to be. Watching them rely on each other, and seeing him emerge alive at the end of the tournament was a wonderful happy ending.
I loved how bittersweet it was, they lost so much but he gained Leila. The title of the book truly makes so much sense now, and I was thrilled to see Tobias didn’t end up with Cosima
booksasmeals's review against another edition
1.0
There's no way I am finishing this book. It got very repetitive toward the middle and wouldn't end. The descriptions truly bored me to death. I appreciate Jenna Moreci and her youtube videos but I really can't get into her books. I got halfway with her first book as well.
rebecca1316's review against another edition
4.0
4 stars. Maybe more as different things come back to me and I realize what they actually meant as the book progressed.
kizvjmoncrieff's review against another edition
5.0
This is my favourite novel I've ever read, and this book came out only a month ago. This is not like anything I've read focusing on the violence in so much more detail.
I was consistantly on the edge of my seat reading when a character I wouldn't excepting die so soon would be perish. I hated falling in love with the characters because I knew they would die.
The challenges were Interesting and well told, some were very imaginative and helped tell us, the reader, more about Thessen and the realm.
I don't have a favourite character... I have three: Raphael, Delphi and Enzo.
I recommend this book to everyone and anyone and take it for your own view of this book because I'd like to see others oppinions.
I was consistantly on the edge of my seat reading when a character I wouldn't excepting die so soon would be perish. I hated falling in love with the characters because I knew they would die.
The challenges were Interesting and well told, some were very imaginative and helped tell us, the reader, more about Thessen and the realm.
I don't have a favourite character... I have three: Raphael, Delphi and Enzo.
I recommend this book to everyone and anyone and take it for your own view of this book because I'd like to see others oppinions.
jfaw89's review
dark
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
3.5
jewbitche's review against another edition
3.0
hmmm
The plot and characters were better than the prose, I liked the diverse cast and the humor, I liked the violence and how it effected them all, I just had some issues with it feeling stilted.
The plot and characters were better than the prose, I liked the diverse cast and the humor, I liked the violence and how it effected them all, I just had some issues with it feeling stilted.