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3.79 AVERAGE


This book reminded me of that Bratt Pitt movie Se7en
adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

3⭐️

While this isn’t the most unique concept or captivating FMC, this book did its job as the first in a series: it set up enough (if too much) mystery about a curse, a prophecy, a world we don’t know much detail about, and set the tension between our love interests. This was interesting enough that I want to keep reading, so it accomplished what it needed to. I want to see more romantic scenes in the next book, and I want to see Emilia come into her own as a FMC and prove she’s got the bravery and the cunning to be a worthy player in the conflict.

4.5 reread before I read the 2nd one in the coming week!!
adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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: Complicated
adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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: No

3.5/5

I am currently in the midst of a reading slump and so I picked this book up as YA fantasies never fail to put me back into the spirits of reading. Where I had a fun enough time reading this book I just wasn't feeling as connected to the characters or the story as I wish I had been. I know this is because of my reading slump as there were definitely scenes that I enjoyed however, overall, this book did not do as much for me as I had hoped it would. Still a good read though and maybe I will try again when my reading slump dissipates.