You need to sign in or sign up before continuing.

7.29k reviews for:

Broken Bonds

J. Bree

4.0 AVERAGE


3.5/5
Terribly entertaining
adventurous emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

That was SO good! Oh my gosh. I love so many characters in this. I love the banter and the sass. Atlas is my favorite, I hate Nox. This just drew me in immediately and the concept is absolutely amazing and Iโ€™m reading the second book immediately.

3.75 โญ๏ธ
adventurous dark emotional lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

๐˜ฝ๐™๐™Š๐™†๐™€๐™‰ ๐˜ฝ๐™Š๐™‰๐˜ฟ๐™Ž ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™…. ๐˜ฝ๐™ง๐™š๐™š 
๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐จ๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ž #๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘ โ˜…

โ€œ๐ต๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’, ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘Ž ๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ, ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘“๐‘’.โ€

This book started abruptly and finished abruptly. I honestly donโ€™t know what I was expecting from itโ€ฆ It was confusing at times, but so freaking addictive. I read this in two days, and not on my days off, I read this while working, just for you to see how addictive it had to be.

Well, let me start with what I think could have been better, and what I didnโ€™t like. It lacked explanation. Weโ€™re basically thrown into this world where people have multiple bonds and powers and we never have anything explained. Weโ€™re the ones that have to figure things out as weโ€™re reading, and honestly Iโ€™m still not even sure how the bonding really works. We also have a Resistance showing up out of nowhere, once again with no explanation of their motives or goals, but we donโ€™t like them and weโ€™re afraid of them. Then we have the powersโ€ฆ I did find them cool, I just wish I knew more about them? What kind of powers can a person get, what determines it, how are they ranked and why are they ranked. If all of this had been explained not only would have enjoyed the book more, but it would make it more interesting.

Ok, now what did I likeโ€ฆ The characters. I freaking loved Oli, the main character. Did I always agree with the way she reacted? No. But she was a consistent character, she was strong, she stood her ground and despite me thinking that she cried a lot during the book - she had reasons for it tho - I do think that hold herself quite well. 

I also have to say that I liked the relationship she had with her bonds. To me, it was very realistic and it brought some great dynamics into the story. The angst, the grief, the sadness and the hurt. All of those emotions were so well portrayed by all the characters that it became of the most interesting parts of the book. Those are relationships that are going to evolve as the books go, and honestly itโ€™s something that keeps me wanting to continue the series.

All of that being said, despite it not being the best first book, it was really addictive and I will definitely be reading more. 
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
medium-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

I loved this book and really enjoyed learning about this world. I finished it in one singular day and already started on the second book.

Beginning was slow, end was good. More excited to read the second one.

Took me about 30-40% to really get into this but near the end things really started heating up with the action part of the plot and we learn more about the charactersโ€”interesting world/magic to explore as well 

โ€œHuir de las personas que completan tu alma, solo alguien malditamente loco harรญa eso.
Soy esa loca.โ€

Siempre he dicho que el primer libro de una saga de fantasรญa tiene que hacerte comprender el mundo en el que sucede todo y tambiรฉn tiene que engancharte lo suficiente para que desees continuar leyendo. Este libro logrรณ todo eso para mรญ, ni siquiera pude hacer una reseรฑa porque NECESITABA leer el segundo libro de inmediato.

Conectรฉ con Oli desde el primer momento, esa mujer es INCREรBLE y no habรญa sentido tanto orgullo por un personaje femenino en aรฑos. A pesar de conocer toda su historia acรก, fue suficiente para que la quisiera.
Es obvio que el รบnico de los intereses amorosos que me cayรณ bien fue Atlas, los demรกs son unos idiotas, lo รบnico que hacรญan era enojarme. Igual no estoy feliz de las decisiones que tomaba Olie, me desesperaba tanta mentira.

Igual disfrutรฉ la historia y quiero leer mรกs de todos los personajes.