3.73 AVERAGE

adventurous emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous lighthearted slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

*Sigh* I wanted to like this and there were so many fun things in here but it needed to be edited down heavily. I swear if I had to read one more iteration of the same prophecy I was going to throw the book across a room.
adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous hopeful mysterious medium-paced
adventurous emotional tense

This book really grew on me! I found it gripping from the start, but there was some overexplaining and cliché dialogue that kind of put me off at times. There were also parts of this that felt a little underdeveloped. I figured this would end up being a 3 star read for me, but then I got so hooked and found many parts of this genuinely moving. I ended up especially loving the relationship between Asha and Obi.

Also the multiple POVs worked well here and each one offered something to the story (which can't be said for all books with multiple povs!). Also I LOVE a good excerpt and this had so many of those. 

The ending was satisfying but also left me excited for more!
adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful sad tense fast-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

I loved this book so much. Its star wars and dr who reminiscent but I've never read anything like this! 

It's a space opera spanning centuries- its queer and tackles colonialism and a tyrant emperor but also it delves into the British Monarchy in the early 1800's.

It's a love story and theres time travel and spaceships and aliens and it will destroy you. But you're gonna love it and there's some great humor at the most surprising moments which I found really delightful.

The pacing is excellent and it’s really hard to put down!


Please note this is heavy- please check the TWs before

Sci-fi with fantasy elements?
Found Family
Queer Romance
Powerful FMC

It needs another round of copy edits, especially back half of book. Lots of proofreading errors. Story is good though and I really enjoyed the characters and worlds!
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DID NOT FINISH: 43%

I really just cat get into the book. There are some glaring continuity errors, sometimes within the same chapter.  It's about to put me in a reading slump, so it's time to move on.