4.11 AVERAGE

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cassiereadsbooks_'s review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH

I was bored after the plane crash 
adventurous emotional sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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whoismari's review

5.0

4,5/5 ⭐

Rebecca Yarros just knows what she’s doing.

nloushoes's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 50%

Liked the romance part, but the jumping timelines was clunky for me and I didn’t care about the side stories. The chemistry wasn’t there enough for me. 
emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

This book takes place in both the past and what they consider current day (2021). It is told using dual POV, so you get chapters from both Izzy and Nathaniel's view points. Izzy and Nathaniel meet on a plane, and seem instantly connected, until 90 seconds after the plane takes off, it crashes into the Missouri River. Even though they make it to shore together, they end up separated at the hospital, as Izzy is in surgery and then headed for college, and Nathaniel is headed for the US Army. Fate keeps randomly pulling the two of them back together over the next ten years, until they both end up in Afghanistan during Taliban takeover. Nathaniel will do anything to make sure Izzy makes it out of there alive. I enjoyed the book well enough. I do think it could have been a tiny bit shorter.
fast-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

I didnt care for this book. I feel like Yarros is normally better about writing about war heros but this one fell sooooo flat. 
adventurous emotional tense slow-paced