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4.26 AVERAGE
4.26 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
emotional
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
The audio is way better than just reading the book, in my opinion.
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
this book cured me in ways i didn’t know i was sick. first 5 star since acotar
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
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:
Yes
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
This book was fine.
It was fun and it had it's good moments but I wouldn't say it's the most amazing thing I've ever read. It's a solid C.
Saeris starts out being a badass and then she just gets annoying. She's capricious, whiny and entitled. The antagonist is pretty one dimensional but the side characters were some of my favorite in a series thus far.
The magic system, specifically the quicksilver, is the most unique thing about this book but I feel like there's a point where the writing falls short. I was frequently removed from the world the author was trying to create.
I'll still read the next one when it releases because a part of me is invested enough. Hopefully there will be some improvement in the writing.
It was fun and it had it's good moments but I wouldn't say it's the most amazing thing I've ever read. It's a solid C.
Saeris starts out being a badass and then she just gets annoying. She's capricious, whiny and entitled. The antagonist is pretty one dimensional but the side characters were some of my favorite in a series thus far.
The magic system, specifically the quicksilver, is the most unique thing about this book but I feel like there's a point where the writing falls short. I was frequently removed from the world the author was trying to create.
I'll still read the next one when it releases because a part of me is invested enough. Hopefully there will be some improvement in the writing.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Gore, Violence, Blood, Vomit, War
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
adventurous
medium-paced
I have many mildly conflicting feelings about this book. At first, I was surprised by how well-written it is over all! Through the first third of it I was having a lot of fun and making quick work of reading it, but... I wasn't buying the romance. Well, I wasn't buying the "enemies" bit of it - it didn't really make sense and wasn't well-established, which made several aspects of their dynamic tedious to read.
The first sex scene around the mid-way point of the book took me & my reading buddies all by surprise. I must admit it wasn't very well written; the pacing was all off and it simply didn't go with the scene leading up to it.
The problem with the romance, for me, is that there's this tonal dissonance between the rest of the book and the romance. As I said, the book is well written, I am very smitten with some of the world-building (it's impolite to show one's teeth, how cute!), but when it comes to the romance it just feels like the author tried to shove in as many tropes and kinks as possible, and it all just clashes together and makes a mess. Like there was a checklist of popular tropes the author had to squash into it, and it just isn't working. Also, because I am who I am, I think what would make this book a lot more interesting is if it were a why-choose and Carrion stayed in the picture, because he is a really fun element.
I'm not going to go into my thoughts on Saeris's autonomy and agency, or the way women are written in general, because we don't have time to unpack all of that...
The first sex scene around the mid-way point of the book took me & my reading buddies all by surprise. I must admit it wasn't very well written; the pacing was all off and it simply didn't go with the scene leading up to it.
The problem with the romance, for me, is that there's this tonal dissonance between the rest of the book and the romance. As I said, the book is well written, I am very smitten with some of the world-building (it's impolite to show one's teeth, how cute!), but when it comes to the romance it just feels like the author tried to shove in as many tropes and kinks as possible, and it all just clashes together and makes a mess. Like there was a checklist of popular tropes the author had to squash into it, and it just isn't working. Also, because I am who I am, I think what would make this book a lot more interesting is if it were a why-choose and Carrion stayed in the picture, because he is a really fun element.
I'm not going to go into my thoughts on Saeris's autonomy and agency, or the way women are written in general, because we don't have time to unpack all of that...
Quicksilver by Callie Hart felt like Throne of Glass and ACOTAR all mixed into one. The queen literally was a Maeve copy and paste. Though I can say that it has a unique magic system. I can give it that. I didn't expect vampires to be there but here we are.