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Anastasia
by Sophie Lark
My first ever Sophie Lark book was The Sinner's duet. Going in to Anastasia I had somewhat high expectations/different thoughts than what I came out with.
This is not the 20th century fox's Anastasia story, so just boot that out of your head right away, lol. It does give subtle nods and obviously both stories are similar due to the original story of the Romanov family.
The first part of the book begins with Anastasia's childhood. There is a LOT of detail that goes in to the world building of the family and the magic that is new to this story. You kind of literally 'read' Anastasia grow up from page to page, which is great but I feel unnecessary. Unless you are going in with a completely fresh set of eyes to this story, it may seem that way to you as well.
Like I said at the beginning, my expectations were extremely high for this book but also entirely different than what I ended up with. Which is a fault of my own and not Sophie's but I just can't give this book a higher rating because it's 900 pages and it's just... there's something about it that made it an extreme struggle for me to read. I'm a romance reader by nature, so that's more than likely it.
This isn't really a romance book in my eyes as it's more of a weird historical... women's... fantasy? You don't get much romance until the book is almost done and I'd lost interest at that point, if I'm being completely honest here.
If that type of book (a sort of Historical Fantasy Novel) was my preferred genre, the rating would be higher. Also coming from this particular author, I was confused. However, this doesn't mean it's a bad read. Just wasn't necessarily my jam.
This book is extremely long, please keep that in mind when you pick it up.
However, I greatly appreciate the opportunity to read this eARC. Thank you to Sophie Lark and Social Butterfly/Literally Yours PR for this arc!
This is not the 20th century fox's Anastasia story, so just boot that out of your head right away, lol. It does give subtle nods and obviously both stories are similar due to the original story of the Romanov family.
The first part of the book begins with Anastasia's childhood. There is a LOT of detail that goes in to the world building of the family and the magic that is new to this story. You kind of literally 'read' Anastasia grow up from page to page, which is great but I feel unnecessary. Unless you are going in with a completely fresh set of eyes to this story, it may seem that way to you as well.
Like I said at the beginning, my expectations were extremely high for this book but also entirely different than what I ended up with. Which is a fault of my own and not Sophie's but I just can't give this book a higher rating because it's 900 pages and it's just... there's something about it that made it an extreme struggle for me to read. I'm a romance reader by nature, so that's more than likely it.
This isn't really a romance book in my eyes as it's more of a weird historical... women's... fantasy? You don't get much romance until the book is almost done and I'd lost interest at that point, if I'm being completely honest here.
If that type of book (a sort of Historical Fantasy Novel) was my preferred genre, the rating would be higher. Also coming from this particular author, I was confused. However, this doesn't mean it's a bad read. Just wasn't necessarily my jam.
This book is extremely long, please keep that in mind when you pick it up.
However, I greatly appreciate the opportunity to read this eARC. Thank you to Sophie Lark and Social Butterfly/Literally Yours PR for this arc!