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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
On the third day, it hit me what he was doing. He was taking his time. Allowing me to chat with townsfolk, window shop, smell the flowers, taste the foods and drink in the landscape. He was giving me his world.
Another installment in the Fantasyland series and another couple for me to love. When I first started writing this review it took me at least an hour to pick out the quotes I wanted to use, and then another hour to STOP myself from re-reading each page that I landed on. It was tough y'all. Especially since I love me some Cora and Tor. Their story starts out many of my favorite love stories often do. With a jerk-face hero that is set on hating the heroine.
In this world you were the only thing I had but you were the only thing I needed.
Of course, it wasn't actually Cora that he hated but her evil twin from his world. If you have read the series than you know that each heroine is from America and is somehow transported to this completely different world, usually replacing the twin from that world and vice versa. I promise, it's not as horrible confusing as I kind of made it sound. Hah! I feel that as this series goes further along you get a better sense of the worlds and what could be the endgame. I mean there is no coincidence as to why these ladies from America keep ending up in this world with magic and adventure but that's a discussion we can get to at another day. I want to talk more about Cora and Tor ::hearts in eyes::
“Only you.”
It took a lot but I forced my eyes to his face to see his were moving around the room. I shouldn’t ask. I really shouldn’t ask. But I asked.
“Only me, what?” His eyes came to me.
“Only you could put color in a colorless world.”
Again, this was another couple and another story that really got to my emotions. There were quite a few times that I got a little teary eyed with this onslaught of emotion that Cora was feeling. I love that Kristen Ashley makes heroines that are so easy to root for and so relatable. I mean, it's not as if me and Cora have a lot in common but by the end of the story I cared so deeply for her and her journey. But lest I not forget that the star of this story is Cora and Tor together. Not only was it incredible romantic, but the sexy times were on point and well deserved. Fantastical was sexy, sweet, and another favorite in this series!
4.5 stars
This one was slow to pull me in unlike books 1 and 2 in this series. The heroine also annoyed me a great deal in the beginning. The hero, world building and storytelling rocked. I also appreciated the epilogue but it definitely ended with opening the way for the last 2 books. It felt like less closure than in other KA books in series. The story was still solid and loved up to the name fantastical :) Off to start book 4.
adventurous
medium-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:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Pregnancy
Moderate: Violence, Kidnapping
Minor: War
This book was nice but I still say Book 2 in this series with Dax Lahn is the BEST!!!!!!
Loved this one too!!!! Ughhhh Tor and Cora are toooo cute!! I cannot wait for Ilsa and Apollo's story! I loved Noc too but I hope Cora isn't as horrible as we all think she is! Noc deserves a good woman!
I loved the beginning of this book but found the ending kinda fizzled. This was a fun twist and spends a lot more time in "our world" than the previous books but I missed the magical world Ashley created and it seemed to drag on way too much. Grade: B
This book just seemed a bit like a repeat of the previous two novels. Too many elements were exactly the same. Alpha-male hero? check. Heroine ripped from our world and placed in a parallel world?: check. The heroine even had the same mannerism and language patterns as the previous heroine, including a lot of niche slang that I rarely hear (i.e. something described as "hip"). And of course, the parallel universe people never seemed to have slang. The heroes and heroines have all had their own personalities but the basic elements of their character and their mannerisms have been way too similar that it almost feels like the same thing over and over again. I'm hoping the next novel will bring something more original to the series.
One new thing that this book did present was that the heroine, who woke up surprisingly in a new world, hardly hesitated in announcing the truth. Whereas in previous novels, the heroines hid it for various reasons. However, in some respects Cora, this book's heroine didn't necessarily help herself in telling the truth, because her hero didn't really believe her. It created some nice tension, that led to a cool moment where the hero, Tor, got to experience Cora's home-world.
There was something about this book that just didn't feel as exciting or interesting as the novels that have come before it. I think it was the lack of a significant adventure, but I'm still debating that in my head. Both Cora and Tor seemed to be constantly out of control of the main conflicts in the novel. They just had to survive them as they came, which was obvious since the author wasn't going to kill the main characters. So perhaps the conflicts just didn't hold enough appeal for me; the jury is still out as to why they might not have held enough appeal, though.
One new thing that this book did present was that the heroine, who woke up surprisingly in a new world, hardly hesitated in announcing the truth. Whereas in previous novels, the heroines hid it for various reasons. However, in some respects Cora, this book's heroine didn't necessarily help herself in telling the truth, because her hero didn't really believe her. It created some nice tension, that led to a cool moment where the hero, Tor, got to experience Cora's home-world.
There was something about this book that just didn't feel as exciting or interesting as the novels that have come before it. I think it was the lack of a significant adventure, but I'm still debating that in my head. Both Cora and Tor seemed to be constantly out of control of the main conflicts in the novel. They just had to survive them as they came, which was obvious since the author wasn't going to kill the main characters. So perhaps the conflicts just didn't hold enough appeal for me; the jury is still out as to why they might not have held enough appeal, though.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Plot: 3
Pacing: 3
Writing style: 3
Romance: 3
Entertainment: 3
Beginning: 4
Middle: 3
End: 3
Pacing: 3
Writing style: 3
Romance: 3
Entertainment: 3
Beginning: 4
Middle: 3
End: 3