4.02 AVERAGE


I thoroughly enjoyed this and I look forward to the next book. My complaint is that the chapters felt long and dragged out. For me, it’s not a book you can binge read. I could only read a chapter or two at a time.
I really love Everest. She’s been through so much shit and to watch her transform into such a badass was great.
Vesper is super cool, and her relationship with her two friends was well written.

As always, this was pure torture!!! So much damn betrayal. So many unnecessary deaths this early on. Ugh. Why do they always do this to us??!!
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I am soft dnfing this book . it was action packed. But i am not vibing with this
adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
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

Unsure if I’ll read book two when it comes out. The pacing of this was slow and a lot of the time I didn’t really feel pulled to care about the characters.
If you were a huge fan of the Manon/Elide dynamic in Throne of Glass, this might be the series for you.
adventurous funny medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

katiee_f's review

4.75
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

A really great story, feeling like a darker, adult version of the elements of ATLA meets the academic magic boarding school of Harry Potter. I could not guess any of the plot twists and turns. Eagerly starting the next book in the series.