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A review by lauren_emily_mayne
Akarnae by Lynette Noni
4.0
When I started reading this book, I was instantly worried that this would just be another boarding school fantasy about a girl falling in love with a boy, who happens to be a fairy/elf/vampire or any other human like creature with a cute smile and a charming attitude.
Boy was I wrong, it certainly started out this way but I was so very happy to be proven incorrect. Whilst it is set in a boarding school, and does have an otherworldly (literally) presence about it, it’s take on introducing characters or different species/races has been beautifully integrated and explained via futuristic and alternative scientific progression.
Alright, characters! Alex, Bear and Jordan are all super lovable and great. I thoroughly enjoyed their banter and genuinely believed that they could be people in real life and not just fictional characters. Alex is a perfect combination of strong, smart and easily adaptable. She is a strong female character and though I am all for girl power, I LOVED that she wasn’t so over the top and argumentative every time she needed assistance from any male character within the book (hello Kaiden, I see you). Her relationship with Bear and Jordan, though it progressed extremely quick, was really enjoyable. My favourite part was that there was in no form even an utter that they could be her potential love-interests. We don’t need another book with a silly love-triangle and Lynette you did amazing at avoiding this drama. Speaking of potential love-interests, I’m not mad that there was no heavy focus on a “love story” and really enjoyed just the slight hint of a potential interest in the upcoming books. I feel like the character of D.C (Dix) was rushed into focus and friendship towards the end but as looking forward to what she can add to this friendship group in the next books.
The only fault this book had was the fact that Alex seemed to adjust very quickly to Akarnae and Medora. At first she was reluctant but just accepted her new reality and all its strangeness almost immediately. As well as the fact that she has left her parents behind, and seemed all too willing to just forget about them. I understand she had to wait until the opportunity to get back but once she did find a door back to her world, she chose against going through. Am I supposed to believe that this girl who has been homeschooled her whole life and spent every day with her parents up until the point she stepped through the doorway to Medora, hardly managed to care about the thought of never seeing them again. Though I find this hard to believe, it didn’t get in the way of be absolutely loving this book, and can’t wait to get my hands on the second one in the series.
I’m honestly obsessed with this series now and eagerly await the arrival of book #2
Thanks Lynette, you absolutely smashed it!
Boy was I wrong, it certainly started out this way but I was so very happy to be proven incorrect. Whilst it is set in a boarding school, and does have an otherworldly (literally) presence about it, it’s take on introducing characters or different species/races has been beautifully integrated and explained via futuristic and alternative scientific progression.
Alright, characters! Alex, Bear and Jordan are all super lovable and great. I thoroughly enjoyed their banter and genuinely believed that they could be people in real life and not just fictional characters. Alex is a perfect combination of strong, smart and easily adaptable. She is a strong female character and though I am all for girl power, I LOVED that she wasn’t so over the top and argumentative every time she needed assistance from any male character within the book (hello Kaiden, I see you). Her relationship with Bear and Jordan, though it progressed extremely quick, was really enjoyable. My favourite part was that there was in no form even an utter that they could be her potential love-interests. We don’t need another book with a silly love-triangle and Lynette you did amazing at avoiding this drama. Speaking of potential love-interests, I’m not mad that there was no heavy focus on a “love story” and really enjoyed just the slight hint of a potential interest in the upcoming books. I feel like the character of D.C (Dix) was rushed into focus and friendship towards the end but as looking forward to what she can add to this friendship group in the next books.
The only fault this book had was the fact that Alex seemed to adjust very quickly to Akarnae and Medora. At first she was reluctant but just accepted her new reality and all its strangeness almost immediately. As well as the fact that she has left her parents behind, and seemed all too willing to just forget about them. I understand she had to wait until the opportunity to get back but once she did find a door back to her world, she chose against going through. Am I supposed to believe that this girl who has been homeschooled her whole life and spent every day with her parents up until the point she stepped through the doorway to Medora, hardly managed to care about the thought of never seeing them again. Though I find this hard to believe, it didn’t get in the way of be absolutely loving this book, and can’t wait to get my hands on the second one in the series.
I’m honestly obsessed with this series now and eagerly await the arrival of book #2
Thanks Lynette, you absolutely smashed it!