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ginaraemitchell 's review for:
These Violent Nights
by Rebecca Crunden
Let's just start by saying I loved this book. The world-building is phenomenal, the characters are well-developed, and the pace is perfect.
The author has mastered the fine art of showing without telling, so you won't find massive info dumps throughout the story. This keeps the pace moving, so the tale captures and holds your attention. There were no noticeable typos or grammatical errors.
The many characters are well-delineated to make each memorable, but if you are like me, I keep a notecard handy to prevent confusion. Sometimes, I get so engrossed in the tale that I forget points I want to make in my review. This is definitely one of those books. So I apologize if I ramble a bit.
In a dystopian world, people have to make hard choices. This creates some morally gray areas, but I can see why each choice was made.
Thorne is a tortured soul. She and Thistle are the last of their human cohort, and survival is the top-most on her list. After living in hiding, stealing food, and protecting Thistle, she's not ready to accept help from the overlord Suriias. Thistle is tired. Tired of being cold, hungry, and on the run.
When the opportunity comes to bind themselves to the only decent Suriias they have ever met in exchange for returning to living openly, they take a chance—Thistle for comfort and Thorne for the chance to avenge her parent's death.
From this point on, everything is suspect, and there are plot twists I never saw coming. More characters are introduced, some minor, but a few, like Lucien, play a much larger role.
I'm giving this book a 5-Star rating and recommending it to all lovers of dystopian novels with a bit of romance, danger, and epic fantasy adventure.
The breakdown of my rating is below.
World-Building - 5
Characters - 5
Writing - 5
Plot - 4
Themes - 4
Enjoyment - 5
The author has mastered the fine art of showing without telling, so you won't find massive info dumps throughout the story. This keeps the pace moving, so the tale captures and holds your attention. There were no noticeable typos or grammatical errors.
The many characters are well-delineated to make each memorable, but if you are like me, I keep a notecard handy to prevent confusion. Sometimes, I get so engrossed in the tale that I forget points I want to make in my review. This is definitely one of those books. So I apologize if I ramble a bit.
In a dystopian world, people have to make hard choices. This creates some morally gray areas, but I can see why each choice was made.
Thorne is a tortured soul. She and Thistle are the last of their human cohort, and survival is the top-most on her list. After living in hiding, stealing food, and protecting Thistle, she's not ready to accept help from the overlord Suriias. Thistle is tired. Tired of being cold, hungry, and on the run.
When the opportunity comes to bind themselves to the only decent Suriias they have ever met in exchange for returning to living openly, they take a chance—Thistle for comfort and Thorne for the chance to avenge her parent's death.
From this point on, everything is suspect, and there are plot twists I never saw coming. More characters are introduced, some minor, but a few, like Lucien, play a much larger role.
I'm giving this book a 5-Star rating and recommending it to all lovers of dystopian novels with a bit of romance, danger, and epic fantasy adventure.
The breakdown of my rating is below.
World-Building - 5
Characters - 5
Writing - 5
Plot - 4
Themes - 4
Enjoyment - 5