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A review by katieb94
Identity Revealed by J.M. Butler
4.0
Firstly, thank you to Book Tasters and J.M Butler for letting me read this book in exchange for an honest review.
I really like fantasy but this was different to ones I've read before, with the mix of races, and shape shifters rather than in an medieval setting with knights and dragons- okay, the main character is a princess but that's about where the similarities end.
When we first meet her, she's a child, but she didn't sound like one, which irritated me to start with but it all made sense as the book moved on. Her voice definitely suits her more as a grown woman than it does as a six year old child. Amelia is strong willed, and I really liked that, but she can definitely lose her temper and sometimes I thought she was over-reacting. Just forget about it and move on!
The romance aspect of the book is slightly problematic- mainly because it reminded me more like ownership than marriage, because Amelia has no choice, and she may love someone else....Naatos is definitely not suited to her and I hoped he would become a charming husband but...no. He was still a bit of a dick come the end of the book.
He and Amelia argued all the time and I got bored of their squabbling.
Another thing I didn't like- the spiders. I have a fear of spiders and I couldn't read those scenes without my skin crawling! But that's just me! They're great as monsters in this adventure.
Overall, it was a good book. It started off slow and it took me a while to get into it due to the large amount of characters and the speed in which all of the events happened but I ended up enjoying it. Despite the flaws I picked out, there are some really great moments of action, of love, of adventure- and there's even a time travel element which really added to the story!
I'd give it a 3.5/5 stars.
An enjoyable story, with characters to love and to hate.
I really like fantasy but this was different to ones I've read before, with the mix of races, and shape shifters rather than in an medieval setting with knights and dragons- okay, the main character is a princess but that's about where the similarities end.
When we first meet her, she's a child, but she didn't sound like one, which irritated me to start with but it all made sense as the book moved on. Her voice definitely suits her more as a grown woman than it does as a six year old child. Amelia is strong willed, and I really liked that, but she can definitely lose her temper and sometimes I thought she was over-reacting. Just forget about it and move on!
The romance aspect of the book is slightly problematic- mainly because it reminded me more like ownership than marriage, because Amelia has no choice, and she may love someone else....Naatos is definitely not suited to her and I hoped he would become a charming husband but...no. He was still a bit of a dick come the end of the book.
He and Amelia argued all the time and I got bored of their squabbling.
Another thing I didn't like- the spiders. I have a fear of spiders and I couldn't read those scenes without my skin crawling! But that's just me! They're great as monsters in this adventure.
Overall, it was a good book. It started off slow and it took me a while to get into it due to the large amount of characters and the speed in which all of the events happened but I ended up enjoying it. Despite the flaws I picked out, there are some really great moments of action, of love, of adventure- and there's even a time travel element which really added to the story!
I'd give it a 3.5/5 stars.
An enjoyable story, with characters to love and to hate.