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4.02 AVERAGE
4.02 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Okay so I just finished the book and if there are any Hozier fans out there this book SCREAMS "Hymn To Virgil" and just wow. The MMC would literally burn the world for her!
dark
emotional
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
adventurous
funny
inspiring
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
dark
tense
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
adventurous
dark
emotional
fast-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
sad
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:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
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
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I went into this so intrigued by the promise of a cosmic love story set in a celestial world, but everything just kinda fell flat.
- It feels like the author just tried to cram as many tropes and one-liners into the book as physically possible, without stopping to see if they felt earned. Even the smut scene had like 4-5 tropes jammed into it ðŸ˜
- The characters were one-dimensional, especially for the side characters… which is weird to me because this book was so increddddibly long that we SHOULD know each character super well by the end of it. Even the villains felt very cartoonish and poorly fleshed out. The romance also felt very juvenile and insta-love which wasn’t my cup of tea.
- The decisions these characters made and the roles they played also didn’t really make sense to me. Why go through a candyfloss-themed carnival when the clock is ticking, and it’s expressed that you need to leave that kingdom asap?? Why did Merissa have to kill Elara (and why couldn’t Enzo come back to life when Elara could?) Why did Elara use Isra as a human gps to tell her where to go and what to do in the final battle, especially when Ariete could hear her???
- The worldbuilding was also lackluster imho too. I’m not sure if it was just the writing style I didn’t like, or if it truly didn’t feel immersive enough.
- The climax sequence had a bajillion plot twists. The first twist did shock me at first, but after like, the 3rd plot twist, all of it just felt like emotional whiplash.
- The whole revelation at the end, about them being celestial beings trapped in mortal bodies—this whole mini plot line was lightly foreshadowed throughout the book and finally explained (or info-dumped) in the second last chapter, which was a terrible spot tbh. Maybe it wouldn’t have felt so jarring if it was introduced earlier.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
The writing was childish and the characters felt really one dimensional. The plot was also predictable.