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A review by booksandlemonsquash
Dividing Eden by Joelle Charbonneau
4.0
I thought for a good while on my rating of four stars, thinking about 3.5. This is because I really enjoyed bits but didn’t some of the others. However, I like the start and ending, I (as always!) like the politics and intrigue, and I like where I think it’s going next. So I’m sticking with 4!
The start is really promising, there’s family drama - you definitely get the impression that the kingdom is not where you’d want to live early on! And there’s wind energy which you NEVER see in fantasy and is awesome. I liked that Andreus spends his time learning and with the masters. Carys was harder to get a handle on at first! But through the book my views flipped totally, and Carys was a lot more likeable (if still hard to fully understand) and Andreus is a total bastard who needs to be pushed off the roof. 😂 I get that he’s being influenced but it seems such a 180.
The politics of the kingdom are interesting. The family stuff, like king and queen who seem like poor rules and worse parents, seem fairly typical for fantasy fare these days. But I did like the elders trying to orchestrate the downfall of the royals.
The ending - without being too spoilery, really sort of needed to come earlier as it was super interesting and definitely gives me hope for the sequel!
An interesting and good read, but I’m still a bit conflicted about that 4th star!
The start is really promising, there’s family drama - you definitely get the impression that the kingdom is not where you’d want to live early on! And there’s wind energy which you NEVER see in fantasy and is awesome. I liked that Andreus spends his time learning and with the masters. Carys was harder to get a handle on at first! But through the book my views flipped totally, and Carys was a lot more likeable (if still hard to fully understand) and Andreus is a total bastard who needs to be pushed off the roof. 😂 I get that he’s being influenced but it seems such a 180.
The politics of the kingdom are interesting. The family stuff, like king and queen who seem like poor rules and worse parents, seem fairly typical for fantasy fare these days. But I did like the elders trying to orchestrate the downfall of the royals.
The ending - without being too spoilery, really sort of needed to come earlier as it was super interesting and definitely gives me hope for the sequel!
An interesting and good read, but I’m still a bit conflicted about that 4th star!