Reviews

Sun of Blood and Ruin by Mariely Lares

biona's review

adventurous challenging emotional informative 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

4.5

jamalee's review

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.5

ruth_r's review

adventurous 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? Yes

4.0

intentions's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

bethaniemae23's review

lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

It was just okay, I think it had the potential to be a lot more interesting with a thicker story line written beautifully but it missed the mark 

meigothic's review

2.0

Disclaimer: I received a review copy for free via Netgalley, and am voluntarily leaving my honest thoughts. Many thanks to Avon & Harper Voyager for the opportunity!

I loved the concept of this so much, but felt the execution was a bit lacking. The writing style took me a bit to get into and I feel like I wasn't able to get invested as much as I wanted to when it came to the characters and the plot. I would definitely read another book by Lares though because I feel there is potential.

miraclemarg's review

adventurous challenging emotional 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

5.0

evmb_c's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

sabrinareenan's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.75

sissi's review against another edition

1.0

Full disclosure, I did power through the second half of the book. I wasn't enjoying it at all but wanted to see it through. The writing wasn't great - quite flat characters doing a lot of tell, not show, which made for an uninteresting read. This coupled with poor pacing made me lose interest. The book dips its toes into a lot of different genres but didn't really interest me as any of them. I don't think it made good use of mesoamerican cultures either, it almost felt like watching an MCU movie by the end (derogatory)