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3.96 AVERAGE
3.96 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
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
medium-paced
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-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
I loved this book!
Forest is an Untouchable girl struggling with her societies ideologies of having to hate the Unfortunates. When one day something happens at her Academy, that she is not supposed to remember, and her beliefs begin to unravel.
Fallen is a tortured male who has lost everything he cares about and is on a revenge plot until one interaction changed his outlook and have him hope.
There is a slow burn. Dystopian Divergent vibes. Mystery revolving around shifters and an unknown outside world. Yes there is a little spice.
This would have been 4.5 ⭐️ but I had to deduct for the grammar errors. I do hope that they improve with the next books. The random other POVs also threw me off a little.
Forest is an Untouchable girl struggling with her societies ideologies of having to hate the Unfortunates. When one day something happens at her Academy, that she is not supposed to remember, and her beliefs begin to unravel.
Fallen is a tortured male who has lost everything he cares about and is on a revenge plot until one interaction changed his outlook and have him hope.
There is a slow burn. Dystopian Divergent vibes. Mystery revolving around shifters and an unknown outside world. Yes there is a little spice.
This would have been 4.5 ⭐️ but I had to deduct for the grammar errors. I do hope that they improve with the next books. The random other POVs also threw me off a little.
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book was long, and slow. It also clearly had some editing issues, and not just grammar. It repeated character names, would backtrack and introduce us to people we know the characters already knew, plot holes galore. It was incredibly juvenile writing, and I'm kind of shocked because there are 3 other sequels to this series, which is apparently a prequel to a new series being written? Anyway.
I was excited for a take on a dystopian new adult type of book. It is a little bit like The Giver, if you're familiar with that. The world went to shambles and the government has decided to control emotions, who you interact with, how you interact, what your job will be, etc. It's a bit Hunger Games- ish in the sense that there are caste systems, essentially. Everyone in the upperclass system is prenatally engineered as far as looks and some personality distinctions.
The tension between the main female character and the main male character are so childish and monotonous. It goes on and on and on. And not in a slowburn way- in a repetitive, it never amps up it's the same thing over and over, kind of way. They're also written to be 20+ years old, but they act like legit children? Which is kind of par for the course in a lot of fantasy releases these days.
I'm honestly shocked because of how many five star reads I've found on different platforms for this series. The MMC was petty and acted like a child, and we are supposed to be looking at him as some type of hunk. It was far from grabbing. I had a feeling where the potential love triangle was going to go (sometimes these are done right, this one really was not) and I wanted confirmation so I looked up the ending to the series.
I am SO. DANG. GLAD. I am not giving anymore time or energy to this series, because I read some reviews and after seeing how upset people were at how it wraps up, I downloaded book 4 from KU and read the last 5 chapters. This entire purpose of these books was to introduce some characters for the new series and have a "backstory" set up for the new villain of the next series.... And honestly, wow am I glad I'm not spending any more of my reading time on that.
I was excited for a take on a dystopian new adult type of book. It is a little bit like The Giver, if you're familiar with that. The world went to shambles and the government has decided to control emotions, who you interact with, how you interact, what your job will be, etc. It's a bit Hunger Games- ish in the sense that there are caste systems, essentially. Everyone in the upperclass system is prenatally engineered as far as looks and some personality distinctions.
The tension between the main female character and the main male character are so childish and monotonous. It goes on and on and on. And not in a slowburn way- in a repetitive, it never amps up it's the same thing over and over, kind of way. They're also written to be 20+ years old, but they act like legit children? Which is kind of par for the course in a lot of fantasy releases these days.
I'm honestly shocked because of how many five star reads I've found on different platforms for this series. The MMC was petty and acted like a child, and we are supposed to be looking at him as some type of hunk. It was far from grabbing. I had a feeling where the potential love triangle was going to go (sometimes these are done right, this one really was not) and I wanted confirmation so I looked up the ending to the series.
I am SO. DANG. GLAD. I am not giving anymore time or energy to this series, because I read some reviews and after seeing how upset people were at how it wraps up, I downloaded book 4 from KU and read the last 5 chapters. This entire purpose of these books was to introduce some characters for the new series and have a "backstory" set up for the new villain of the next series.... And honestly, wow am I glad I'm not spending any more of my reading time on that.
Дистопия. Очень похоже на дивергент. Недостаточно зацепило чтобы продолжить.
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-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
Had me hooked but the writing is confusing and there are typos and errors that you’ll just have to overlook. So much potential in this story!
slow-paced
My middle school heart has not throbbed so hard in years!! This book was just the right mixture of dystopian world building and character development.
Per usual Katerina knows how to pull just right on my heart strings with her characters, allowing me to get so attached to them or gaining enough rage hate for others that I’m willing to fight them for the MC.
The plot and character developments never felt rushed or forced. I personally love when I can’t immediately guess what’s going to happen next in a book, if it’s too easy for me to grasp then I don’t want it. Not with this book, no ma’am. Every page I was gripping to the words, making it incredibly difficult to put this book down.
If pulling on your heart strings wasn’t enough, Katerina also really likes to throw in some plot/scene twists on you, just to make sure you’re truly ruined. I LOVE IT.
On to book 2!!
Per usual Katerina knows how to pull just right on my heart strings with her characters, allowing me to get so attached to them or gaining enough rage hate for others that I’m willing to fight them for the MC.
The plot and character developments never felt rushed or forced. I personally love when I can’t immediately guess what’s going to happen next in a book, if it’s too easy for me to grasp then I don’t want it. Not with this book, no ma’am. Every page I was gripping to the words, making it incredibly difficult to put this book down.
If pulling on your heart strings wasn’t enough, Katerina also really likes to throw in some plot/scene twists on you, just to make sure you’re truly ruined. I LOVE IT.
On to book 2!!
adventurous
challenging
slow-paced
I felt like this book had very repetitive actions throughout the story and was quite confusing to follow at times. It felt like some of the scene jumped from thoughts to actions without any clear indications when it was doing so. I did enjoy the idea and the world, the plot seemed fresh, but overall, this is not a series that I will be continuing.