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3.79 AVERAGE
3.79 AVERAGE
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It was okay!
The book was kinda interesting from the beginning, but I only REALLY got sucked in during the second half.
There was this part that I think was supposed to be the plot twist, but I kinda saw it coming. still Idc, had fun reading it.
Some stuff is still a bit confusing, and it felt like things kept happening throughout the whole book, but in reality, nothing really happened.
I hope the plot opens up more in the second book.
The book was kinda interesting from the beginning, but I only REALLY got sucked in during the second half.
There was this part that I think was supposed to be the plot twist, but I kinda saw it coming. still Idc, had fun reading it.
Some stuff is still a bit confusing, and it felt like things kept happening throughout the whole book, but in reality, nothing really happened.
I hope the plot opens up more in the second book.
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
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:
No
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
No 🌶️
It didn’t connect for me. Something felt like it was missing. The mc was very naive to the world which created a difficult time as the reader because the story is from her perspective. Interesting world build though, it has a lot of potential for the rest of the series.
It didn’t connect for me. Something felt like it was missing. The mc was very naive to the world which created a difficult time as the reader because the story is from her perspective. Interesting world build though, it has a lot of potential for the rest of the series.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence
Moderate: Blood
adventurous
dark
mysterious
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:
No
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
** spoiler alert ** Listened to this on audio for my online book club I'm a part of. I'm glad I listened to it on audio because I don't know if I would've gotten through it without the audio.
Overall, I thought the premise was super cool, the narrator was good, and the ideas of the seven deadly sins was SO FUN! I'm glad to know that there is the spin-off series following the princes of hell that is an adult series.... truly looking forward to that. It's also the main reason I'm going to continue this trilogy on audio.
The FMC was annoying and given everything (in my opinion) in order to solve the mystery, she was involved in..... whether it was from the princes of hell Wrath & Envy, her grandmother, her friends, her cousin, or even people in the town. I felt like Emilia was used as a plot device to further the plot itself.... if that makes sense.
I liked that Emilia and Vittoria (sisters) were Strega, which is basically a witch who lives in the human world. With Emilia being a witch, she obviously has some powers and knowledge of the underworld and how to manage herself within it.... but it was never explained how she knew how to do these things. She just could. I didn't feel like her character developed or grew in any way either.
When Vittoria gets murdered, Emilia is rightfully distraught and angry as her twin sisters murder, but we as the reader didn't get to know Vittoria, so that connection was completely lost on me. The same thing occurs later in the book with a cousin of Emilia's. We never knew these characters so I couldn't feel Emilia's anger and revenge plot line.
I will continue in the trilogy in order to get to the spin-off series because the princes of Hell were the most intriguing part of the story.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
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