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4.02 AVERAGE
4.02 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
mysterious
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:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
tense
slow-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:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I loved this book. i felt everything.
it wasn’t just the worldbuilding (though it’s rich and wild and dangerous)—the writing had me gripped.
The emotions? stabbed straight through my heart.
There were moments i gasped, moments i smiled to myself, and a few where i had to just stop and breathe.
Everest Arcadia—broke me. her strength, her pain, her heart.
Vesper—had me hooked, fierce and aching beneath all that armor.
Kaiser Brimtheon—wrapped in shadow, and somehow the one i can’t stop thinking about.
Cayde—cocky, maddening, and impossible to resist.
They’ve all taken something from me, and i’m not getting it back.
I ache for stories like this—the kind that don’t let you go.
it wasn’t just the worldbuilding (though it’s rich and wild and dangerous)—the writing had me gripped.
The emotions? stabbed straight through my heart.
There were moments i gasped, moments i smiled to myself, and a few where i had to just stop and breathe.
Everest Arcadia—broke me. her strength, her pain, her heart.
Vesper—had me hooked, fierce and aching beneath all that armor.
Kaiser Brimtheon—wrapped in shadow, and somehow the one i can’t stop thinking about.
Cayde—cocky, maddening, and impossible to resist.
They’ve all taken something from me, and i’m not getting it back.
I ache for stories like this—the kind that don’t let you go.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I honestly don’t know what or how to feel about this book. There was a lot of hype around this book, but honestly I don’t see it. There were elements that were fun, tricky and some surprises. However, I felt like this book waited until the last 100 pages for any of the bigger plot to be somewhat revealed to us. The first 150 pages were just not good and I almost DNF after reading those 150 pages but I kept going to see if it got better and it did, but I just felt myself trying to push through the entire book until those last 100 pages where I felt invested.
With that being said, the 2 female main character which this book focuses on where okay. I was hoping for more character growth or something for me to love these characters but I just felt eh about them (neither love nor hate). Will I read the next one in the series? Probably but I will probably read others before I do that.
With that being said, the 2 female main character which this book focuses on where okay. I was hoping for more character growth or something for me to love these characters but I just felt eh about them (neither love nor hate). Will I read the next one in the series? Probably but I will probably read others before I do that.
adventurous
mysterious
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:
Yes
IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE YOU START THIS BOOK:
1. You do NOT need to have read zodiac academy. While technically set in the same world, this series (at least so far) is functioning on its own. (Although if you haven’t read ZA I do recommend! It will make the world building easier).
2. This book had a slow start. The first 11 chapters is immersive world building in a long battle scene, and we’re just thrown in for the ride lol. It has important info so don’t skip. BUT just know once they get to the academy (Never Keep) it gets better.
Okay that being said, I loved this! Once I got past the slow start it was a 5 star read for me, but I knocked it down to a 4.25⭐️ due to the slow start and pacing being tough at times.
This is TRUE enemies to… well we actually don’t really have any solid love interests yet…? There are multiple options so I’m not sure actually. But I’m having a great time😌 On to book 2!!
1. You do NOT need to have read zodiac academy. While technically set in the same world, this series (at least so far) is functioning on its own. (Although if you haven’t read ZA I do recommend! It will make the world building easier).
2. This book had a slow start. The first 11 chapters is immersive world building in a long battle scene, and we’re just thrown in for the ride lol. It has important info so don’t skip. BUT just know once they get to the academy (Never Keep) it gets better.
Okay that being said, I loved this! Once I got past the slow start it was a 5 star read for me, but I knocked it down to a 4.25⭐️ due to the slow start and pacing being tough at times.
This is TRUE enemies to… well we actually don’t really have any solid love interests yet…? There are multiple options so I’m not sure actually. But I’m having a great time😌 On to book 2!!
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
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:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes