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manglitter 's review for:
The Cup and the Prince
by Day Leitao
ARC copy provided in exchange for an honest review by Netgalley and the publisher.
First, I have to say that I'm in need of book II like right now. How can you do this to your readers ?
I really enjoyed this book and I liked so much this story. I could not stop reading, it was a real page turner. I wasn't bored while reading it and that's what made me give a book 5 stars. When I had to stop reading in order to do something else, I was always so eager to get back to this world and Zora .
This book as a start for this series, was memorable, intriguing with all the entangled situations MC found herself in all along the story to the last twists at the end, It got me hooked.
I loved Zora, our female MC is something else, for me she was a real 17 years old. She had to be strong all her life due to her village being attacked continuously by some shadow monsters and like she said in the book that you are taught how to fight from a very young age, so that's why she had to learn how to protect herself with a sword.
She is not an orphan thanks god for that! When she is betrayed she retaliates, you don't mess with her if you're wise. At the same time, she is a girl who is not afraid to show her tears when she got hurt or overwhelmed by emotions or in some difficult situations and that's what I loved so much about her , she is human unlike some unreal female MCs that we have in some fantasy books. Zora has doubts, made mistakes and try to fix them or hide when she could not face what she has done, she has this naivety that is normal for a 17 years old girl. She is smart and knows her way around potions thanks to her parents, she doesn't have some super outstanding magical powers that she got from some elves or whatever. Zora wants to prove that being a girl doesn't mean that you're weak. Even if a girl cries doesn't mean that she won't be able to beat your behind.
I think that the author did a good job in keeping us interested by not giving everything in the first book, you have to keep some mystery going on around the characters' stories and the villains if you're thinking about a sequel.
Now, I want to know what's the story of Alegra if she is the real villain of the story, about Griffin's curse and the Dark valley, that's why I will be waiting for the next book because I'm sure that's what we will be learning.
I enjoyed the author's style, it was simple and she didn't overdo it with some long and tiring descriptions just to fill the pages .
Anyway, I'm happy that my request for this ARC was accepted and I got to discover Day Leitao and this amzing book "The Cup and the Prince". I had a nice time while reading Zora's adventures.
First, I have to say that I'm in need of book II like right now. How can you do this to your readers ?
I really enjoyed this book and I liked so much this story. I could not stop reading, it was a real page turner. I wasn't bored while reading it and that's what made me give a book 5 stars. When I had to stop reading in order to do something else, I was always so eager to get back to this world and Zora .
This book as a start for this series, was memorable, intriguing with all the entangled situations MC found herself in all along the story to the last twists at the end, It got me hooked.
I loved Zora, our female MC is something else, for me she was a real 17 years old. She had to be strong all her life due to her village being attacked continuously by some shadow monsters and like she said in the book that you are taught how to fight from a very young age, so that's why she had to learn how to protect herself with a sword.
She is not an orphan thanks god for that! When she is betrayed she retaliates, you don't mess with her if you're wise. At the same time, she is a girl who is not afraid to show her tears when she got hurt or overwhelmed by emotions or in some difficult situations and that's what I loved so much about her , she is human unlike some unreal female MCs that we have in some fantasy books. Zora has doubts, made mistakes and try to fix them or hide when she could not face what she has done, she has this naivety that is normal for a 17 years old girl. She is smart and knows her way around potions thanks to her parents, she doesn't have some super outstanding magical powers that she got from some elves or whatever. Zora wants to prove that being a girl doesn't mean that you're weak. Even if a girl cries doesn't mean that she won't be able to beat your behind.
I think that the author did a good job in keeping us interested by not giving everything in the first book, you have to keep some mystery going on around the characters' stories and the villains if you're thinking about a sequel.
Now, I want to know what's the story of Alegra if she is the real villain of the story, about Griffin's curse and the Dark valley, that's why I will be waiting for the next book because I'm sure that's what we will be learning.
I enjoyed the author's style, it was simple and she didn't overdo it with some long and tiring descriptions just to fill the pages .
Anyway, I'm happy that my request for this ARC was accepted and I got to discover Day Leitao and this amzing book "The Cup and the Prince". I had a nice time while reading Zora's adventures.