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katelyn11 's review for:
Quicksilver
by Callie Hart
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I enjoyed this.
Kingfisher took a minute to warm up to me… initially, he presents as a violent brute. Yes, he does have a soft underbelly, as expected, but he rubs the wrong way to start. The insta-lust was hard hitting and wasn’t altogether congruent with the love at the end. I’m still not sure how we ended up with mates-forever kind of love at the end. Slow burn? No, absolutely not. I liked the Kingfisher at the end of the book… character growth (or revelation?) for the win.
Sairis was amusing. A no-nonsense hard nosed woman who suffered far too much far too young. Again, the sexual component was a bit much too early, but she redeemed herself with some truly kick ass fighting skills.
Onyx stole the show. Carrion was the coarse-tongued jester who provided necessary levity. Everlayne was great in the first few chapters and then disappeared… when she did show up again, I didn’t care as much about her as I think I was supposed to. Renfis was wonderful. What a great bestie. The Triumvirate were sufficiently terrifying, though there was an awful lot of exposition in their reveal. So much talk.
The writing was easy to read but nothing spectacular. I would have enjoyed other means of expressing emotion rather than profanity, but this seems to be the trend. There were points in favour of Quicksilver—the world building, found family, and overall tension. Points against include overly lusty romance and unnecessarily abrasive personalities to start off the book (it was like the author decided to make the characters as unappealing in personality and morality as possible at first in order to demonstrate sufficient character growth throughout the book).
And yet, I enjoyed it. There was far more sexual content and profanity than I typically prefer, but I enjoyed the world, its characters, and its plot. There was something about it underneath the abrasiveness that I enjoyed enough to blaze through it. I suppose there was a sufficient Throne of Glass vibe… and I truly love TOG. For those who aren’t yet sick of Far romantasy, this may be for you.
Kingfisher took a minute to warm up to me… initially, he presents as a violent brute. Yes, he does have a soft underbelly, as expected, but he rubs the wrong way to start. The insta-lust was hard hitting and wasn’t altogether congruent with the love at the end. I’m still not sure how we ended up with mates-forever kind of love at the end. Slow burn? No, absolutely not. I liked the Kingfisher at the end of the book… character growth (or revelation?) for the win.
Sairis was amusing. A no-nonsense hard nosed woman who suffered far too much far too young. Again, the sexual component was a bit much too early, but she redeemed herself with some truly kick ass fighting skills.
Onyx stole the show. Carrion was the coarse-tongued jester who provided necessary levity. Everlayne was great in the first few chapters and then disappeared… when she did show up again, I didn’t care as much about her as I think I was supposed to. Renfis was wonderful. What a great bestie. The Triumvirate were sufficiently terrifying, though there was an awful lot of exposition in their reveal. So much talk.
The writing was easy to read but nothing spectacular. I would have enjoyed other means of expressing emotion rather than profanity, but this seems to be the trend. There were points in favour of Quicksilver—the world building, found family, and overall tension. Points against include overly lusty romance and unnecessarily abrasive personalities to start off the book (it was like the author decided to make the characters as unappealing in personality and morality as possible at first in order to demonstrate sufficient character growth throughout the book).
And yet, I enjoyed it. There was far more sexual content and profanity than I typically prefer, but I enjoyed the world, its characters, and its plot. There was something about it underneath the abrasiveness that I enjoyed enough to blaze through it. I suppose there was a sufficient Throne of Glass vibe… and I truly love TOG. For those who aren’t yet sick of Far romantasy, this may be for you.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Violence, Blood
Explicit sexual content (ch. 21, 27, 37), casual sexual references and innuendos, profanity (415 uses of f**k, 86 uses of s**t, 44 uses of d**n).