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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Some parts were way too long. Tandem reading helped give much needed context. Otherwise the writing was well done. It had a mix of lighthearted fun, tension, grief, and resilience. I really enjoyed how the characters handled their obstacles.
adventurous
challenging
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
Let me explain because I expected this epic romance to be so incredibly fulfilling (and also saw everyone on TikTok saying Tory & Darius were the best, when it’s clearly Darcy & Orion huh) that when i got to this book expecting her to fight to bring back her love from beyond the Veil I was so disappointed at her approach, she’s selfish, stupidly stubborn and just a bad person that I can’t, I literally dreaded the episodes she narrated because it was literally impossible to bear. The fact that she was entitled enough to tell Darcy she wasn’t there for her while she was grieving, as if she had been in a spa or something? What have you done to help her with her curse? The way she acted as if she was breaking their bond just for wanting to stay with Orion (who would’ve ended up alone getting punished with shadows) while she had the Heirs and literally everyone else but she wouldn’t rely on them? I just hate her so much?? Whenever someone is selfish and they recognize it, what should be done is rectify.. But she relinquishes on being a bad person by saying if you don’t like me I don’t care blablabla like ? You didn’t eat by acting like a mean girl 🫥 You’re annoying and selfish and rude and stupid ! (Also calling Darius her true twin when he crossed the Veil to the living realm was so foul like ? you’re nasty for that.)
In other news, I read this book as a tandem read with Beyond the Veil and it was so cool!! Even though I hated that I didn’t find the epub already merged and had to go through both of them which was tedious but well!
I loved how everyone got to show their own grieving and character evolution! From Xavier grieving (and fixing his wings!!) to Caleb and Seth’s tumultuous relationship (which I need fixed and without any more misunderstandings already..), and I also liked how we got to see insights of the rebels inside Zodiac Academy!
Honestly, apart from everything regarding Tory I liked this book a lot, when the whole group got together and hugged and felt genuinely happy when Darcy, Orion and Gabriel appeared I felt so genuinely happy! The found family is found familying!! To be honest I understand that the whole point of the series is that the twins being together as one is what’s good and there won’t be anything other than that but Tory is so annoying I literally wouldn’t have minded if she had died in this book and had reunited with Darius beyond the Veil fr, the whole Ether thing makes me not trust her and the whole I will risk everything and not give one fuck is so tiring, you have people to protect you need to stop putting them in danger? Anyways
I kinda hope we will get some found family whenever the fucking star, the shadow bitch and Lionel are defeated in book 9, I need my dose of “filler” domestic family best friends forever episode lol
Darcy, Orion, Heirs, Geraldine & Gabriel I love you 🙏🏻
4.25 ⭐️ - Y’all. What. Did. I. Just. Read. ?????? 3 months of trudging through this tandem, reading a page a day during finals week, passing physics, and breaking my 300 day reading streak for EMT school, and passing the NREMT has been wild, BUT I FINISHED THE DAMN THING ‼️‼️‼️ Thank god. Now what? Am I supposed to just continue into ZA 9 or should I take a lil break? Idk. Anyways! I thoroughly enjoyed this book although I had many “what the fuck” moments and many ups and downs. No tears were shed, but there were a few moments they were *almost* shed and I did almost rip out my hair a few times. Could this book have been shorter? Yes, however I still enjoyed 99% of it and am grateful I made it through. Shoutout to the Romantasy Support Group for cheering me on. 🫡🫡
dark
emotional
slow-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:
Complicated
4 stars!
eyes puffy & my heart broke for tory ) : reading her pov literally made me shed so many tears, tory vega can do no wrong ever!!!
they were also so many unnecessary pov's which could've easily been taken out, and filler chapters that didn't really add anything to the plot. but otherwise i loved this book as much as i love this series and sat through 1k pages of this book <3
pls i can't wait for the next book
eyes puffy & my heart broke for tory ) : reading her pov literally made me shed so many tears, tory vega can do no wrong ever!!!
they were also so many unnecessary pov's which could've easily been taken out, and filler chapters that didn't really add anything to the plot. but otherwise i loved this book as much as i love this series and sat through 1k pages of this book <3
pls i can't wait for the next book
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
tense
medium-paced
Was a 1200+ page book necessary? no probably not
did i devour it all in 3 days and absolutely loved it? yes, yes i did.
This series will forever remain a top fave of mine. I never expected to fly through a book this size as quick as i did. I feel like the needing answers and the constant things happening just stopped me from putting it down.
This will be quite a basic review because i feel like after book 7 ending so much can be given away as slight spoilers, i wanted to go into this myself completely blind on even emotion on what was going to go down. After the ending of book 7 i knew this was was going to hurt A LOT. I cried from the start, but chapter 12 hurt so much. I feel like the hurt was worth all the build up to the last 20%ish where some things started to come together. A few POVs i didn't care for but i did get how they fitted in with the story, they weren’t drastically long so i didn't mind. I am slightly disappointing with yet another villain going into book 9. I really hope we get a huge chunk of happy in book 9 just to make up for the constantly pain and suffering from most of these 8 books.
I'm so sick of Lionel and his shadow bitch and i honestly cannot wait for them to fck off. My love for Darcy grew in this one a lot, I loved seeing her become even stronger in herself and over come things thrown her way by herself. Tory will forever be my girl and I hate seeing the hate she gets. To know all the things she had lost at the start of this book i felt like her actions/emotions were pretty justified. She has dealt with so much since the start of this series and i feel like the was she deals with things is just who she is, even if some times you just wanna shake her. I love her strong wiled, take no shit attitude and i loved her friendship with Caleb and how he has her back.
I cannot wait for book 9 and i just hope there isn't too much repercussions for how this book ended.
did i devour it all in 3 days and absolutely loved it? yes, yes i did.
This series will forever remain a top fave of mine. I never expected to fly through a book this size as quick as i did. I feel like the needing answers and the constant things happening just stopped me from putting it down.
This will be quite a basic review because i feel like after book 7 ending so much can be given away as slight spoilers, i wanted to go into this myself completely blind on even emotion on what was going to go down. After the ending of book 7 i knew this was was going to hurt A LOT. I cried from the start, but chapter 12 hurt so much. I feel like the hurt was worth all the build up to the last 20%ish where some things started to come together. A few POVs i didn't care for but i did get how they fitted in with the story, they weren’t drastically long so i didn't mind. I am slightly disappointing with yet another villain going into book 9. I really hope we get a huge chunk of happy in book 9 just to make up for the constantly pain and suffering from most of these 8 books.
I'm so sick of Lionel and his shadow bitch and i honestly cannot wait for them to fck off. My love for Darcy grew in this one a lot, I loved seeing her become even stronger in herself and over come things thrown her way by herself. Tory will forever be my girl and I hate seeing the hate she gets. To know all the things she had lost at the start of this book i felt like her actions/emotions were pretty justified. She has dealt with so much since the start of this series and i feel like the was she deals with things is just who she is, even if some times you just wanna shake her. I love her strong wiled, take no shit attitude and i loved her friendship with Caleb and how he has her back.
I cannot wait for book 9 and i just hope there isn't too much repercussions for how this book ended.