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A review by arseniclullaby
We Who Will Die by Stacia Stark
4.5
Oh boy, the start of this book was a little slow for me and took multiple sessions, but once I hit the 30% mark I couldn't put this thing down. Then tension was delicious, the love triangle perfect (I already knew who I'd be rooting for as soon as they showed up on page), the stakes perfectly high, and the FMC perfectly relatable.
As someone who has had the misfortune of struggling with grief and put off grieving for years, only to have it crash down on top of me later, I think the author did a beautiful job of showing the hopeless struggle of trying to numb and outrun it. The process of seeing multiple characters coming to the realization that it can't be outrun indefinitely, that the grief will always be there but they can still experience life alongside it, was absolutely rewarding.
The world building was wonderful, and I'm so intrigued by this Pantheon. I hope more lore on that is sprinkled throughout the series. Some people have complained about the world building, but I personally found the world building and setting digestible in the way it was presented.
I will not be taking off any stars for grammar and discrepancies in descriptions, as I read an eARC and these things may be fixed before release, but they were present. Most prevalent being words easily auto corrected into the wrong word, typed due to muscle memory, or accidentally left in after making an edit. One other thing I noticed was a bracelet being introduced, then described as a necklace, then again described as a bracelet again.
Overall, I will be following this series, as it was a great time and a wonderful experience.
Huge thanks to Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review this book!
As someone who has had the misfortune of struggling with grief and put off grieving for years, only to have it crash down on top of me later, I think the author did a beautiful job of showing the hopeless struggle of trying to numb and outrun it. The process of seeing multiple characters coming to the realization that it can't be outrun indefinitely, that the grief will always be there but they can still experience life alongside it, was absolutely rewarding.
The world building was wonderful, and I'm so intrigued by this Pantheon. I hope more lore on that is sprinkled throughout the series. Some people have complained about the world building, but I personally found the world building and setting digestible in the way it was presented.
I will not be taking off any stars for grammar and discrepancies in descriptions, as I read an eARC and these things may be fixed before release, but they were present. Most prevalent being words easily auto corrected into the wrong word, typed due to muscle memory, or accidentally left in after making an edit. One other thing I noticed was a bracelet being introduced, then described as a necklace, then again described as a bracelet again.
Overall, I will be following this series, as it was a great time and a wonderful experience.
Huge thanks to Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review this book!