A review by thebakerbookworm
The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Okay first off, this book was SO good on audio. Honestly, I may not have liked the print book as much. We have six main POVs and six different narrators, and they were each just SO good. Usually with different narrators, I end up liking some more than others, but all six of them were wonderful to listen to. I am thinking of buying a hard copy of this one because the design of the book is pretty cool, but if you want to read this book, the audio is really the way to go.

I found the world here fascinating; it's fantasy but set in our world, where magic is normal, though not everyone is magical, and the magical people have their own society. The world building isn't given to you straight. It's slowly revealed, which I thought worked for this story. The plot focuses on six magicians being tapped to join a secret society, with one year of initiation. Honestly there's not a lot going on for much of the book, but it still somehow worked...probably because the characters are so compelling.

Because yes, the characters are the best part here. Each unique, each complex and compelling. Each one of them making me want to root for them even when their goals conflicted with one another's. If you love morally gray characters, this book has a plethora of them—and they are all so lovable!

And then the ending really took off. I'd figured some things out, but other things surprised me, and we're left with somewhat of a cliffhanger that has me very anxious for book two! I'm hoping the audiobook has the same narrators and I will definitely go the audio route again.

Thanks so much to Libro.fm, Macmillan Audio, and the author for my ALC!
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