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A review by beccadillonx
Last Memoria by Rachel Emma Shaw
5.0
When I first saw this book, the cover drew me in. The beauty and darkness of it made me interested to what the story involved. I ended up reading this book in two days, split only because I started it one evening so had to go to sleep.
I thought that it would be a stereotypical girl meets boy romance story, I didn’t really understand just how much of a dark thriller this book was. It brings up the importance of memories as historical knowledge, the idea that memories make a person and the power that memories can hold. It makes you question who is a victim and who is a villain, as you learn so much as the book progresses.
I felt shock, upset, and intrigue, as the book begins by keeping you with a small shroud of mystery, not really knowing what is going on, but not so much that you lose interest. Instead, I felt that I HAD to continue to read to find out what was happening and why. You get the sense that you don’t know the full story until the end similarly to some of the characters which I absolutely loved, I was really kept on the edge of my seat. There was a lot to process but in no way was it overwhelming.
I loved the unique personalities of each of the characters, although I do wish we would have learned about and seen more of some of them such as Havric. I did however, enjoy how the book is split into two parts, so you can see different perspectives of the story, further pushing into the idea of who is good and evil, and whether there is a good as we are constantly reminded that everybody lies.
I also want to quickly note that the writing style was also beautifully done, I felt like i was there in the moment everything was described so well, I really fell into the writing of the book.
Overall I really LOVED reading this book. Even from a short paraphrased description my mum was hooked on the idea and I’m sure she’ll want to read it as well. I have rated it 5/5 and I CANNOT wait for the next book in the series to come out!!
*I received a free copy for my own honest review, Thank you to the author for reaching out to me and giving me this opportunity!*
I thought that it would be a stereotypical girl meets boy romance story, I didn’t really understand just how much of a dark thriller this book was. It brings up the importance of memories as historical knowledge, the idea that memories make a person and the power that memories can hold. It makes you question who is a victim and who is a villain, as you learn so much as the book progresses.
I felt shock, upset, and intrigue, as the book begins by keeping you with a small shroud of mystery, not really knowing what is going on, but not so much that you lose interest. Instead, I felt that I HAD to continue to read to find out what was happening and why. You get the sense that you don’t know the full story until the end similarly to some of the characters which I absolutely loved, I was really kept on the edge of my seat. There was a lot to process but in no way was it overwhelming.
I loved the unique personalities of each of the characters, although I do wish we would have learned about and seen more of some of them such as Havric. I did however, enjoy how the book is split into two parts, so you can see different perspectives of the story, further pushing into the idea of who is good and evil, and whether there is a good as we are constantly reminded that everybody lies.
I also want to quickly note that the writing style was also beautifully done, I felt like i was there in the moment everything was described so well, I really fell into the writing of the book.
Overall I really LOVED reading this book. Even from a short paraphrased description my mum was hooked on the idea and I’m sure she’ll want to read it as well. I have rated it 5/5 and I CANNOT wait for the next book in the series to come out!!
*I received a free copy for my own honest review, Thank you to the author for reaching out to me and giving me this opportunity!*