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3.93 AVERAGE
3.93 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
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:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Fell in love with the story telling. It's awesome to see more lgbt stories retold and feel connected in the other worlds and realms that we grew up with.
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Felt like a rip off of a few other stories. Was not invested, did not care for the characters. Don't care enough to read the sequel.
dark
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
a sleeping beauty retelling where the princess ends up with the villain???? yes PLEASE. and so I absolutely devoured this book then the sequel.
taking place in a world where some kids are just born w golden blood meaning they have magic they can access through potions containing said blood, alyce was ostracized for being born with black blood that seems to only be able to curse and do bad. introducing princess aurora who might die within a year unless she finds + kisses her one true love bc of a curse placed on her bloodline a bajillion years ago by someone like alyce. aurora decides to turn to alyce for help, completely shocking her since alyce has the rep for doing the complete opposite of helping. AND THEN THEY FALL IN LURVE.
honestly this has so much potential and the way walter wrote it was promising. it really hit on the idea of preconceived good vs. bad and what exactly defines who/what fits into that. can you really categorize ppl like that? is anyone fully good or bad? GREAT themes. it was just written in a bald juvenile sort of way that can't keep me captivated anymore (i tried rereading this summer) and it feels like it kinda lost that initial magic to me now. there was also a sex scene that was quite the contrast to the very YA almost children's book writing.
still the second book absolutely hit for me with the even stronger what defines good + bad theme and when does someone go too far. so even if this first book was juvenile for you, id say stick around for the second. the second was absolutely phenomenally revolutionary for 8th grade me and it changed the way i looked at ppl.
3.5/5 for the sentimental value and 9+ except the one sex scene that was still very vague.
taking place in a world where some kids are just born w golden blood meaning they have magic they can access through potions containing said blood, alyce was ostracized for being born with black blood that seems to only be able to curse and do bad. introducing princess aurora who might die within a year unless she finds + kisses her one true love bc of a curse placed on her bloodline a bajillion years ago by someone like alyce. aurora decides to turn to alyce for help, completely shocking her since alyce has the rep for doing the complete opposite of helping. AND THEN THEY FALL IN LURVE.
honestly this has so much potential and the way walter wrote it was promising. it really hit on the idea of preconceived good vs. bad and what exactly defines who/what fits into that. can you really categorize ppl like that? is anyone fully good or bad? GREAT themes. it was just written in a bald juvenile sort of way that can't keep me captivated anymore (i tried rereading this summer) and it feels like it kinda lost that initial magic to me now. there was also a sex scene that was quite the contrast to the very YA almost children's book writing.
still the second book absolutely hit for me with the even stronger what defines good + bad theme and when does someone go too far. so even if this first book was juvenile for you, id say stick around for the second. the second was absolutely phenomenally revolutionary for 8th grade me and it changed the way i looked at ppl.
3.5/5 for the sentimental value and 9+ except the one sex scene that was still very vague.