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A review by amylovesbooksandyarn
A Power Unbound by Freya Marske
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-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
4.5
Today I'm a little sad to say I have completed @freyamarske #thelastbindingtrilogy as I am going to miss these characters so much!
In #apowerunbound we are following Jack Hawthorne who was introduced in a marvellous light and completely won me over in a restless truth. He is now fully pulled into the madness that is Violet, Maud, Robin and Edwin's efforts to protect the magical world from their horrible relatives and an evil old bat of a lady. Of course this isn't plain sailing and magical chaos ensues.
I love all the magic house and land elements in this book. That the house/lands is offering protection and it does this in some very creative ways. I wish we could have spent more time at Spinnet but then we went to the county and bees so that more than made up for it. I hope there's some fanfic somewhere of the hidden rooms of Spinnet house.
It was really nice that behind the big epic what's going to happen magical drama it was overall a book about finding your people. I am very lucky that over the years I have found my people in a great group of friends through our love of books about magic.
Now I don't mind some spice in books but I have to admit getting to a certain section whilst reading in public I was hoping I wasn't blushing as much as it felt because this book is explicit and the scenes can hit when you're not expecting it, and when you think it's building up to it it doesn't happen. Which was quite nice to be honest as in many romantasy books once the line is broken the characters really need to simmer down and let the story in and this did let the story flow and dominate the book around the scattered spicy scenes.
This was already waiting for me to pick up from the library when #buddyreadbooknook announced the winter book binged had an Achillean romance prompt so also yay for completing number 2 on my bingo board.
I am wondering what will be next from this author and hope for more magical reads.
I am going to give it 4.5⭐
In #apowerunbound we are following Jack Hawthorne who was introduced in a marvellous light and completely won me over in a restless truth. He is now fully pulled into the madness that is Violet, Maud, Robin and Edwin's efforts to protect the magical world from their horrible relatives and an evil old bat of a lady. Of course this isn't plain sailing and magical chaos ensues.
I love all the magic house and land elements in this book. That the house/lands is offering protection and it does this in some very creative ways. I wish we could have spent more time at Spinnet but then we went to the county and bees so that more than made up for it. I hope there's some fanfic somewhere of the hidden rooms of Spinnet house.
It was really nice that behind the big epic what's going to happen magical drama it was overall a book about finding your people. I am very lucky that over the years I have found my people in a great group of friends through our love of books about magic.
Now I don't mind some spice in books but I have to admit getting to a certain section whilst reading in public I was hoping I wasn't blushing as much as it felt because this book is explicit and the scenes can hit when you're not expecting it, and when you think it's building up to it it doesn't happen. Which was quite nice to be honest as in many romantasy books once the line is broken the characters really need to simmer down and let the story in and this did let the story flow and dominate the book around the scattered spicy scenes.
This was already waiting for me to pick up from the library when #buddyreadbooknook announced the winter book binged had an Achillean romance prompt so also yay for completing number 2 on my bingo board.
I am wondering what will be next from this author and hope for more magical reads.
I am going to give it 4.5⭐