A review by heartsfl
Amber & Dusk by Lyra Selene

adventurous challenging inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

so i left this book for quite a while bc I got bored but.... this book isn't really that boring tbh. the author uses loads and loads of adjectives to make sure we know what everything looks like. except for the mc be I don't even know if shes white or black. anyways, she uses so many adjectives and sometimes I don't even be knowing the rods and I'm like, u could've just used the normal word?, idk. she uses terms she makes up herself but never really clearly explains them. i literally only knew the term tides meant years until I was almost done with the book. still don't know what kembric means. i feel like he ending is kind of rushed IMO bc the plot twists were plot twisting a bit but the ending left a lot unexplained.

like is there really not another relic? is the empress ACTUALLY dead? what is even her legacy bc I could not understand what was happening. yk it would've been much much much more interesting if she actually didn't even have one. How would she have become empress in the first place like it could've made the story a million times better.

also the mc was kind of annoying I mean like was <spolier>she not seeing the red flags luca was giving off at their meeting at the paper place or wtv??????? like bro cmon it was so obvious and GODDDDDDD dont even get me started on the second-hand embarrassment that I got from her at every other term. like she couldn't sit fucking still like bro???? overall tho the book was kind of good, the other had a way with words. i didn't really love any of the characters maybe except Luca (they did him so fucking dirty) and again the ending felt really rushed even tho I assume there's another book?? idk. the premise is super cool tho love the whole thing about the court and stuff. i also feel like sylives powers could've been amped up or explored a bit more idk. like there has to be more u can do with illusions if ur gonna choose that as the power of ur mc. not saying she should be overpowered af bc sometimes that's just corny but yk I feel like more could've been done with it. another problem I had was how did sylvie beet the queen so easily like??? i just don't get it I feel like there was so much more to be done but wtv.  i wasn't able to drop the book tho so this book was a good read. also dont take my review to seriously I read books for fun.