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Night of the Raven, Dawn of the Dove by Rati Mehrotra
3.0
This was a good book which is about Katyani who protects the royal family and escorts a royal off in the gurukul where she discovers that she needs to find out about her truth through all the betrayals. When I first started the book, I wasn't completely enjoying it. But the storyline did get better after the conflicts started to come in and I understood the main character more. I really loved the world that the author created in this book which was easy to understand and so magic also unique. Mostly about the writing, I enjoyed the setting which was medieval India where there are spirits and monsters in the land. There was also a theme of the found family which I thought was cute for the book as it made it a great story.
The main character in this book is Katyani. She is a guard for the royals and loves them as her family. I enjoyed her character development in this book and she kind of reminded me a little of Celeana in some ways. There were also many side characters in this book who you will absolutely love especially Daksh. Why? Because the bantering between the two is so good that I love it. But the sad part was that the romance sucked. The romance was a slow burn with a bit of hate to love but the thing was that the romance felt so forced. Yes, the banter and tension were there but not in the sense of romance and it wasn't throughout the whole book. As a romance sucker, I was disappointed.
The ending was well done but when I realized there was barely any romance, I was sad. The world-building and storyline were so good but the lack of romance kind of dropped the stars because there was so much potential for this book. I think many people will love this book if they prefer no romance because the fantasy story is still great and I know so many readers prefer no romance. I still recommend this book but it just wasn't for me.
*this arc was sent to me by the publisher to give an honest review in return*
The main character in this book is Katyani. She is a guard for the royals and loves them as her family. I enjoyed her character development in this book and she kind of reminded me a little of Celeana in some ways. There were also many side characters in this book who you will absolutely love especially Daksh. Why? Because the bantering between the two is so good that I love it. But the sad part was that the romance sucked. The romance was a slow burn with a bit of hate to love but the thing was that the romance felt so forced. Yes, the banter and tension were there but not in the sense of romance and it wasn't throughout the whole book. As a romance sucker, I was disappointed.
The ending was well done but when I realized there was barely any romance, I was sad. The world-building and storyline were so good but the lack of romance kind of dropped the stars because there was so much potential for this book. I think many people will love this book if they prefer no romance because the fantasy story is still great and I know so many readers prefer no romance. I still recommend this book but it just wasn't for me.
*this arc was sent to me by the publisher to give an honest review in return*