A review by melissaruthie
Quicksilver by Callie Hart

adventurous dark fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Okay. I really went into this thinking it was going to be very meh because of all the booktok hype but it actually surprised me. In a good and bad way. 

The good:
1. very unique way to bring far and vampires together. I’m not a vampire girlie but I really liked this take.

2. Carrion’s story and tie in at the end felt like it has a lot of potential and made me hate him a little less. 

3. The world building is so good! The world is pretty simple but has a lot of room to build on and the setting fits the story really well. The gods tie in is also a nice way to expand the world without having to really build it too much at the beginning. 

4. The alchemy!!! Such a cool unique tie in but I want more!!

The bad…
1. Why do all good world building fantasy have to throw in toxic male energy and cringey violent bedroom talk?! Book would’ve been better without it. 

2. The “poor weak human girl thrown into magical world and saved by angry misunderstood dark haired man” has been played out too much.


I have many questions on plot holes, but will reserve this critique until the next book(s) hoping they will be answered. 
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