3.59 AVERAGE

adventurous informative mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I loved this book, I read it when I was a little bit younger. I think it was in 6th grade when I read it or 5th. It’s definitely a young adult book, and although I can’t recall a lot of the plot I know I was inlove with the character’s and enjoyed the plot.
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DID NOT FINISH: 25%

The main character is awful. The communication is piss poor. I could not continue. 
adventurous mysterious fast-paced

This was really entertaining and really action-packed fantasy. The story started immediately with action and there definitely never was a bore moment.

I didn't like romance in this book, it wasn't believable and was too instant. This had several twists, but as an overall story this was quite predictable.

This was still good enough and the ending was intriguing. I might continue the series and see how this continues.
adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Good plot, mostly, but cheesy dialogue.
adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Well, this was my first audiobook, and it was a pleasant experience.

But the book itself wasn't outstanding.

Probably I am the problem. Im too old for this, and my taste in books lean into more adult themes, with long storylines, and slow books.

Because of that this YA novel (sososo YA it kinda hurt) that took place in less than a week, it was so childish I could really care about it too much.

The fantasy part was fine, the worldview felt childish, but if the main character is like 16 you can't really expect anything else.

The romance part... was eh. Okay, maybe I like the slow burn too much, but the fact that they fell in love in like 4 days, feels sososo out of place.

Honestly the fact that the whole book happened in 4 days felt so naive? I feel like it easily could have been a lot longer, with the same amount of action. Like getting into the library, maybe could have taken a week? And if instead of 4 days the whole thing would have become 4 weeks, even the love could have made sense (still then I would have been fast, but young love and shit)

Overall, it wasn't a bad book. If you are new to fantasy, or like YA you are probably going to like this. Honestly, if I would have read this when I was 13 instead of 20 I would have loved it too. Just be mindful that this has an expiration day on it.

i need trina to shut up. permanently.

edit: i’m reading book two and why can’t she just not be a character anymore?