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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
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
This was an interesting premise. I think my main problem with the book was that I didn’t feel invested in the romance, so when all the emotional stuff was happening, I still didn’t really care that much. We didn’t really get much of how they fell in love or why, so just being told that they loved each other so much despite what they do to each other every life wasn’t really convincing enough. That said, I do think the ending was really good and I like how that was done. It’s a hard premise to write a good plot for a wrap up, and I think it was pretty successful in that regard. For most of the book, the romance just felt icky to me because of the power imbalance - me liking the “enemies to lovers where you don’t know if they’ll kiss or kill each other” only works when they’re on an even playing field, and that wasn’t the case this time. However, I did like the glimpses into their past lives and how varied they were. While this book was more queer than I thought it would be (Evelyn and Arden referred to with they/them when not referencing a specific life, and their incarnations varied in whether they were male or female so they weren’t always a straight couple), it still felt like a very heterosexual lens at some points, with the way Evelyn described their past and future relationships, the classic description of male Arden’s muscles and broad shoulders etc. vs female’s Arden’s soft curves that are so different to being with a man! Also this is just a personal thing, but I struggled to be invested in a romance of such intensity that was still between 17 year olds who spoke like teenagers, even though I knew they were meant to be immortal beings (similar problems with a sex scene that wasn’t very explicit, but still more than I was expecting for YA) But overall the book was still good, and definitely kept me hooked. This was a difficult premise to execute, and I think the author did well in most aspects.
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
3.5 rounded up, I enjoyed this for the most part. It was a little repetitive, but I understand that was kind of the point. I felt like the last 20% of the book just didn’t match the rest? Otherwise, it was a really beautiful love story!
adventurous
emotional
reflective
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:
Yes
Picked this up from the library because I heard it was an interesting take on reincarnation romance. It ended up being more set pieces and a tacked on twist at the end that gives them a sudden out from the loop. Not that big of a fan of it, but someone else will like it more than I did!
emotional
medium-paced
I was worried at the beginning this would be too confusing (especially on audio) but I was pretty quickly hooked! I have minor thoughts about the ending but overall I really liked this.
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
emotional
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
emotional