3.79 AVERAGE

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Would probably give this 4.5 stars.
I really, really enjoyed reading this book even though it was kind of confusing at some parts. Amazing story, good writing.

The only thing that really bothered me were the occasional Italian words in-between the English. It makes no sense to have a "Buongiorno" when everything else is written in English and it felt rather obnoxious. Like the writer had to remind everyone "Hey look! This book is set in Italy!!"
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

2024: 4.25 ⭐️ lived up to the hype
2025: 4.25 ⭐️ so atmospheric and mysterious

I somehow managed to space out the entire book?
adventurous dark 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

Жалко за хубавата идея. Наистина жалко. Изпълнението беше меко казано дилетантско. Толкова профанско писане не бях срещала скоро. Положението беше толкова зле, че чак беше смешно. Пълна пародия...

i swear i knew it was the antonio guy also i have new crush. yeah pride i would gladly be his bride and sell my soul. definitely reading the second book

You always have the power of choice, even when those choices seem limited. Never forget that.

What a sweet surprise. Es mi primera experiencia con Maniscalco y aunque no me esperaba gran cosa, me gustó mucho (ayudó MUCHO que haya sido el libro que necesitaba en estos momentos). Algunas partes me aburrieron un poco, pero cuando se volvía a la acción me volvía loca. El concepto y el mundo me parecieron interesantes y hasta originales, y no veo la hora de seguir explorándolo en el segundo libro (con el que seguro me muera aprox).
Me sorprendió mucho el personaje de Wrath. Culpo a mis prejuicios, pero no me encontré para nada con el personaje que venía proyectando and it was really interesting. Emilia se me hizo medio insoportable al principio, pero para el final me enganché con ella y puedo ver que se va a convertir en tremenda protagonista.