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Breaking Damian
by Eren Morgul
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Thank you to the author for contacting me regarding his book in exchange for an honest review.
I’d like two address a couple of things that really affect my review here. Firstly, this book is marketed like a YA. It reads more similarly to a middle grade. If this had been marketed as a MG and I had the expectations of a MG, I think it would have done well for the book. Secondly, the pacing of this book is really confusing. So much happens in the book that it feels like this first book is a trilogy in of itself. This causes a lot of important factors and character development to not be extremely fleshed out, an as mentioned above, we get a lot of “talk don’t show” from everyone involved.
With that being said, I did enjoy this book. I found the magic in it interesting, and I appreciated that it was explained early on as to what each house of magic was. While the pacing was, at times, detrimental to the plot, it also served as a benefit to allow this book to be a quick and exciting read. There wasn’t a moment where things weren’t happening, which is fantastic if you have focus issues. The twist at the end really surprised me as well, and I’ll be interested to see what happens next in the series!
Thank you to the author for contacting me regarding his book in exchange for an honest review.
I’d like two address a couple of things that really affect my review here. Firstly, this book is marketed like a YA. It reads more similarly to a middle grade. If this had been marketed as a MG and I had the expectations of a MG, I think it would have done well for the book. Secondly, the pacing of this book is really confusing. So much happens in the book that it feels like this first book is a trilogy in of itself. This causes a lot of important factors and character development to not be extremely fleshed out, an as mentioned above, we get a lot of “talk don’t show” from everyone involved.
With that being said, I did enjoy this book. I found the magic in it interesting, and I appreciated that it was explained early on as to what each house of magic was. While the pacing was, at times, detrimental to the plot, it also served as a benefit to allow this book to be a quick and exciting read. There wasn’t a moment where things weren’t happening, which is fantastic if you have focus issues. The twist at the end really surprised me as well, and I’ll be interested to see what happens next in the series!