3.79 AVERAGE

adventurous funny
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Loveable characters: Yes
adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I feel so completely empty now that I've finished the story :( Calanthe and Tarian are such loveable characters <3

why is this book SO LONG, it feels unnecessary. also i dnf’d because i found out from a review that
they’re stuck in the dreams FOR ALMOST THE ENTIRE BOOK. i wish they would’ve saved him earlier and they could’ve developed their relationship IN THE REAL WORLD.
adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I liked this! It was vaguely like, sleeping beauty and hades/Persephone in the actually story telling. A bit on the nose with MMC named Hadez, and calling (I think) each other sleeping beauty. 

There was a chunk of book that was a lot of “telling” and not “showing” and it got a little tedious to follow the family ties there for a minute. 

I liked the characters, the plot was interesting and the writing was easy and sometimes lyrical (maybe)  feeling. 
dark emotional mysterious tense 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

honestly it deserves even less for the real world references 
adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

The magic system is poorly explained. The plot is poorly connected and jumps around too much to be cohesive. I dislike the instant love trope.