A review by little_miss_darkness
A Soul to Revive by Opal Reyne

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

 Why did this one have to start so tragically?

Even with what all the other characters have been through, it does seem like Ingram had it worse. Losing what is essentially half of him before trying to seek help, but in his misunderstanding of humans and lack of humanity, finds himself captured and experimented on.

It was endearing how he and his brother, Aleron, were like together. Maybe not too intelligent, but playful and happy together. It's almost like, in one terrifying instant, Ingram was forced to grow up.

Ingram and Emerie make a cute couple, and it's nice Ingram finally learns he can love more than one person, and that there is more than one type of love. Hope he and Aleron find each other again.

I do want to note, my rating is more like 4.75 stars, but I'm rounding up. It was quite interesting, and I have loved seeing all the Brides working together and having more of Lindiwe this time around. This was unexpected, but until the end, it did feel like more of the same as previous books of this series, so I have to downgrade it a bit.

Also, a side note, now I'm wondering what are all their original names. We obviously know Ingram and Aleron and that Merikh was Orson, but I'd kind of like to know for the others, I think it would be interesting. And, we also see a bit of Fyodor and how their development is going. Sorry, her development. And, it was interesting seeing Tenebra and more of Wendir, and maybe even a small insight into his and Lindiwe's relationship.