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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
Unfortunately, I did not make a review as soon as I finished the book, so, you’ll have to do with my vague impressions on a book I read (and finished) three months ago.
I am trying my best, but sometimes, life gets in the way *sigh*
Straight out of the bat, I can say that I’ll be reading the second book. The authors laid down the ground for some serious emotional damage and I’ll make sure to be there for it.
It’s quite a big book that follows different POVs, and only the fact that I succeeded to finish it and not feel like paddling through mud while reading, speaks of these authors’ skill level and capacity to breathe life into a multi-layered story.
The characters, also, felt alive and three-dimensional, like I could recognize each one of them individually, without having to follow too closely the “she/he/they said” dialogue tags, for example.
Maybe a bit more editing would have helped – there are some parts in which the story seems to stagnate or there are patches with a bunch of informational dumps which could have been cut out. But, alas, I do understand that this is the first book in a series with an intricate world, so there are a lot of explanations to be done.
Also, now listening to it on Audible to hear it being brought to life!
The main issue for me was definitely the pacing. Considering this is the first book in a fantasy series, this book is long (900 pages +/- on kindle) and the beginning was very slow. I felt like the first 15-20% took me forever to read because I kept getting bored with it. I ended up switching to the audiobook and that helped me get over the hump, but I didn’t truly feel invested in the book until nearly 50%.
Per usual, I love the characters these authors create. Drake and Cassius’ budding bromance was fun to watch and Kyra’s unintended chaos was hilarious. I don’t feel like we know enough about Austyn to have connected with her on the same level that we did with the other characters, but I’m hoping we get to explore her character more in the next book.
There is a cliff-hanger, but on the twisted sisters scale, it’s pretty mild.
3.5 ⭐️
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I liked the concept of the book and it had a lot of promise, but I think it dragged on (it took hundreds of pages to even meet the genie). The characters also varied from annoying to barely present, though there is soem potential there.
I will probably still read the sequel (once it doesn’t turn into a series longer than 2 books, which it is likely to)