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3.65 AVERAGE
3.65 AVERAGE
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I read this while on holiday and I couldn't put it down. Finnish mythology isn't something I've read about before but it was great. Dark read but still light enough that I think most people would enjoy. The world building was on point and I couldn't wait to read the next one.
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
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
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The same sort of pacing as This Woven Kingdom. This is a retelling of Beauty and the Beast through and through but Death is hot (and hung).
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I really wanted to like this, but the whole book was just so cringey. Every time something cringey would happen, I would push past it hoping the story would make up for it. While the concept is interesting, more often than not, this book gave me the ick.
This was somehow underwhelming.
Don’t get me wrong - I had my fun. But it was not what I expected, or hoped, it to be.
Hanna is a Social Media Manager From L.A. thrown into the Underworld without knowing that it even existed.
Whilst she was not super annoying or dumb or anything particularly off-throwing, I somehow did not connect to her.
I’m hoping to see some more fight insight of her in the next book. After all she’s supposed to be a pro at combat techniques.
Death on the other hand really is an intriguing character. We learned basically nothing about his character but enjoyed him nonetheless.
But generally this book introduced tons of different aspects about the world and plotlines which all weren’t really discovered and explained that much.
I desperately hope that this was just the beginning to the story and things will get exciting in the next book.
Cause this was so slow and unexciting?
Nothing really happened over the course of a bit over 300 pages. Especially once Hanna was with Death in his home, the plot did not develop.
And besides their interactions being entertaining there is basically no deeper connection besides awesome sex between them. At least as far as I as a reader know. They never interacted besides the nightly fucking session where things got exciting.
And if I say exciting I mean it. Who knew Death is hot? He is a dirty talker and fucks like the god he is.
The smut was honestly the best part of the book.
So generally the writing was good. The world idea and building so far is decent and intriguing.
But since their neither is a proper plot pacing and development nor any kind of developing relationship between the main characters besides sexual attraction - I can’t with a good consciousness give this a good rating.
I enjoyed reading this, but I needed it to be more. And it just wasn’t.
Hopefully this will get better with the second book. After at it was just the introduction into the story which seems promising to me!
3
Don’t get me wrong - I had my fun. But it was not what I expected, or hoped, it to be.
Hanna is a Social Media Manager From L.A. thrown into the Underworld without knowing that it even existed.
Whilst she was not super annoying or dumb or anything particularly off-throwing, I somehow did not connect to her.
I’m hoping to see some more fight insight of her in the next book. After all she’s supposed to be a pro at combat techniques.
Death on the other hand really is an intriguing character. We learned basically nothing about his character but enjoyed him nonetheless.
But generally this book introduced tons of different aspects about the world and plotlines which all weren’t really discovered and explained that much.
I desperately hope that this was just the beginning to the story and things will get exciting in the next book.
Cause this was so slow and unexciting?
Nothing really happened over the course of a bit over 300 pages. Especially once Hanna was with Death in his home, the plot did not develop.
And besides their interactions being entertaining there is basically no deeper connection besides awesome sex between them. At least as far as I as a reader know. They never interacted besides the nightly fucking session where things got exciting.
And if I say exciting I mean it. Who knew Death is hot? He is a dirty talker and fucks like the god he is.
The smut was honestly the best part of the book.
So generally the writing was good. The world idea and building so far is decent and intriguing.
But since their neither is a proper plot pacing and development nor any kind of developing relationship between the main characters besides sexual attraction - I can’t with a good consciousness give this a good rating.
I enjoyed reading this, but I needed it to be more. And it just wasn’t.
Hopefully this will get better with the second book. After at it was just the introduction into the story which seems promising to me!
3
adventurous
challenging
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
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Ugh, pretty disappointed. I'm not really sure what this is supposed to be but I didn't expect the first half of the book to be adventure. The MCs met so late and then there is so little real interaction between them other than sex. I was hoping for a bit more swoon and smolder.
Karina Halle, bravo! This was the dark romance I didn’t know I needed! The array of characters and personalities is amazing! I loved following Hanna on her adventure into Tuonela. There is still so much more to her character that we haven’t found out about yet.
Read this if like:
-Mythology (Finnish)
-Beauty and the Beast/Hades and Persephone vibes
-Talking zombie unicorns
-Mermaids
-Spice off the charts!
-A cliffhanger that had you yelling “No!!”
Read this if like:
-Mythology (Finnish)
-Beauty and the Beast/Hades and Persephone vibes
-Talking zombie unicorns
-Mermaids
-Spice off the charts!
-A cliffhanger that had you yelling “No!!”
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes