leylagulsen 's review for:

Burning Alive: The Sentinel Wars by Shannon K. Butcher

4.5

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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「 ✦ pre-read ✦ 」
my mom actually read this series with her friends years ago (released 2006) and she said that i need to read it since its one of her favorite series :)

「 ✦ my review ✦ 」
june 26th - june 29th
4.5 ★

✦ The only guarantee we are given when we are born is that we will die. - Sibyl ✦

phew, this was a super easy read for me and i never wanted to put it down. its only version is mass paperback, so it was so easy to take it around my Vegas trip in my lil black purse lol.

what really helped it fly by was that this whole book is in the span of

3 days

. like when was it ever a good time to put the book down..? right, never.

now listen, i have only started reading in Jan 2024, so my "experience" is way different for many people. to me, this book was amazing, i'd give it 4.5 stars. but i feel like something was missing, and i think its my longing for more information, aka im excited for book 2! like what happened to those characters? will we get to find out? and i mean there is a war happening so i need to know what happens next.

i would say this book is a good intro into fantasy for new readers because there isn't much world building since it is urban fantasy, but there are a lot of creatures, powers, rules etc. to learn about.

the spice was also *chefs kiss* because it was very well written, in my opinion. it had just enough details about the physical for you to imagine it, but it also gave great detail on how the love and lust made them feel. basically, it didn't make you uncomfortable with just straight corn.

if you are an avid fantasy reader, you may notice a lot of similarities to other popular books. such as

fated mates, bond/link communication, the FMC being almost "the chosen one", the FMC being "human" but suddenly.. isn't??

. but hey, i read simply for the pleasure. i am not trying to analyze the heck out of it and bash on the author. like some people write reviews and you can tell this book just wasn't for them because they hated basically the entire premise of the book lol.

even though there were similarities, there were some things that were pretty unique (to me) which i wont be going into bc the mobile version of goodreads likes to show spoilers. just trust me :-)

ANYWAY! i really enjoyed this book and i am very excited for the next one. i highly recommend this!

C - 10
A - 10
W - 8
P - 7
I - 10
L -7
E - 10
8.86 ≈ 4.5 ★

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