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mataraven 's review for:
Ash Princess
by Laura Sebastian
I liked this book a lot more than I was even expecting to. Theo/Thora was a unique take on the fantasy lead female role. She harbored a lot of inner anger that she was never able to release. By the end of this book, we see it degrade her slowly. That is a bold move for an author: making the character deteriorate throughout the novel to the point where I don't even actually like her at the end.
That doesn't mean I didn't like the book though - which I received for free in exchange for my honest review through NetGalley. Once I started reading it, I was hooked in by the amazing characters, their development, and the Soren-Theo romance. I am team Soren all the way: from the first moment we saw them meet. I don't care for the "boy I grew up with so I must be with him" characters. (I hated Aspen in The Selection series also.) So I couldn't care less about the romantic aspect of Theo's relationship with what's-his-name.
The ending...this was controversial to me. I didn't like Theo at that point. She had made so many decisions that made me doubt her earlier sincerity that I stopped connecting with her. As I said before, I think this is related to the sheer amount of anger and hate she had pent up and it isn't sudden. It's very gradual. So either, we are witnessing the making of a villain or this girl is heading for a smackdown. Either way, I am all in for book 2!
That doesn't mean I didn't like the book though - which I received for free in exchange for my honest review through NetGalley. Once I started reading it, I was hooked in by the amazing characters, their development, and the Soren-Theo romance. I am team Soren all the way: from the first moment we saw them meet. I don't care for the "boy I grew up with so I must be with him" characters. (I hated Aspen in The Selection series also.) So I couldn't care less about the romantic aspect of Theo's relationship with what's-his-name.
The ending...this was controversial to me. I didn't like Theo at that point. She had made so many decisions that made me doubt her earlier sincerity that I stopped connecting with her. As I said before, I think this is related to the sheer amount of anger and hate she had pent up and it isn't sudden. It's very gradual. So either, we are witnessing the making of a villain or this girl is heading for a smackdown. Either way, I am all in for book 2!