3.76 AVERAGE

dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous emotional mysterious
adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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

Firstly, thank you NetGalley for the ARC of this book!

Rating 3.5 stars

I liked this book and found it entertaining however it moved too slowly for me to rate it any higher. It ended in a cliffhanger so I will have to see if the second book can hook me a bit more!
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DID NOT FINISH: 3%

DNF 3%

nrskelley's review

3.0

I’m still reeling from the cliffhanger ending!! Luckily I have the next book waiting.
I enjoyed the world building of this book and I really enjoyed the last 1/3 of the book. Things really started to come together then and the plot seemed to take off.
The FMC seems to have finally found her footing by the end and I think I’ll enjoy seeing her growth in the next book. A word of warning there are some super dark elements to this book which may be triggering.

I would say a strong 3.5/5 for me with fingers crossed for the next book.
dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I absolutely loved this book! The story was captivating, I loved the growth we see in Veyka, specifically. The magic system was a little confusing, but I ended up really liking it. I very much enjoyed the romance too. Overall, great story. I can’t wait to continue this series!
adventurous emotional 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

(Arc)

'Crown Of Earth and Sky' is the first in a trilogy and it has such high potential. I love Emberly's writing style and the way the story flows but my qualm was just I didn't like the characters yet - we've got 2 more books to develop these characters so I'm not too bothered about this factoid- and that the ending smut which I expected just was weird to me - maybe because I don't like smut or maybe because I expected... more?? I don't know??
I was lucky to recieve the second book in the trilogy as an ARC also so I'll be interested to see what happens next.