A review by purple_reads
The Rebels of Gold by Elise Kova

I liked Rebels of Gold more than Dragons of Nova purely because I got more Florence.

This book was good but didn’t hit what I wanted.

I think the main reason I liked this was because of Florence and Coletta. Seeing Coletta’s perspective was something I enjoyed because I got to see who was really holding Nova and Loom in Rok’s sovereignty and how she was working in the shadows. Florence chapters I loved because I got to see all of her character development blossom.

Something that I wasn’t a fan of was the ending. I wanted to see more explored with Cvareh before the time jump happened and I didn’t feel like the relationship between Florence and Arianna was handled well. It seemed like one door was closed and another was opened but we didn’t get to see that.

The author implies or gives us hints that they work with each other again and that would explain why the parting of ways they had didn’t feel very final, and more like an emotional acceptance between them rather than their last meeting. I just wanted to see the working relationship between them, if it happened, as well as where they regard each other now — good friends? colleagues? best friends? previous mentor and ward? I’m satisfied and happy for how things ended for them both but not with their relationship.

Stars ~ 4