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A review by booksalacarte
This Vicious Grace by Emily Thiede
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
This Vicious Grace- 4⭐️ 3-🌶️
New Adult
Fantasy Romance
Savior Storyline
God/goddess magic system
Self discovery
slow burn
Found family
This Vicious Grace was such a great read! The premise of the magic is convoluted and interesting. I can see where we can possibly get a lot more info into the whole magic system in the next book. I feel like this book just focused on the FMC’s magic and not the system as a whole. There was an opportunity to make the whole magic system more full and to take a look at the invading army itself, and it was glossed over and missed almost completely, I was left disappointed.
I actually really liked how the worldbuilding happened. It was an info dump during a boring funeral of the FMC’s 3rd husband. I immediately had so many questions and needed to know more. It was so interesting to be in an Italian fantasy! The language made it so wonderfully rich and layered.
One of the main things I wish had been drawn out was the ending battle. The chapters literally counted down to the exact day of the battle… then to have it over so quickly was a little disappointing. I wish that it had just been more. More strategy, more of a look into the invading army.
The internal struggle the FMC has hit me so hard. I found myself tearing up about her lemon tree right along with her. But at the same time I didn’t love her. Seeing her grow as a character was nice, but she was a little too dependent for my taste.
Be aware that there is spice. It’s not closed door, but more like cracked open. I appreciated it and how it was done. The dirty jokes were dirtier than the spice.
I enjoyed the story I’m really looking forward to the next book!
New Adult
Fantasy Romance
Savior Storyline
God/goddess magic system
Self discovery
slow burn
Found family
This Vicious Grace was such a great read! The premise of the magic is convoluted and interesting. I can see where we can possibly get a lot more info into the whole magic system in the next book. I feel like this book just focused on the FMC’s magic and not the system as a whole. There was an opportunity to make the whole magic system more full and to take a look at the invading army itself, and it was glossed over and missed almost completely, I was left disappointed.
I actually really liked how the worldbuilding happened. It was an info dump during a boring funeral of the FMC’s 3rd husband. I immediately had so many questions and needed to know more. It was so interesting to be in an Italian fantasy! The language made it so wonderfully rich and layered.
One of the main things I wish had been drawn out was the ending battle. The chapters literally counted down to the exact day of the battle… then to have it over so quickly was a little disappointing. I wish that it had just been more. More strategy, more of a look into the invading army.
The internal struggle the FMC has hit me so hard. I found myself tearing up about her lemon tree right along with her. But at the same time I didn’t love her. Seeing her grow as a character was nice, but she was a little too dependent for my taste.
Be aware that there is spice. It’s not closed door, but more like cracked open. I appreciated it and how it was done. The dirty jokes were dirtier than the spice.
I enjoyed the story I’m really looking forward to the next book!