A review by booksbyfi_
The North Wind by Alexandria Warwick

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Thank you to Simon & Schuster (Australia) and NetGalley for providing me with this e-ARC! Opinions are my own.

➼ ★★★.5 stars

if you’re looking for an enthralling, steamy, captivating romantasy read - you need to read Alexandria Warwick’s ‘The North Wind’ RIGHT NOW!!! Prepare to be transported to a world where Boreas, a devilishly handsome and misunderstood God who reigns over the deadlands, collides with Wren, a headstrong, stubborn, altruistic heroine determined to flip his realm upside down…

"Endure. Survive. Fight. It is all I can do."

we LOVE a girl who would do ANYTHING for the people she loves and miss wren does just that!! Her relationship with her sister, Wren, was very real in terms of the burden eldest daughters have to carry when it comes to their siblings (even though Wren and Elora are twins, Wren just gives the vibes of the eldest daughter!).

“unhand me…or I will castrate you, immortal or not.”

wren made me laugh in this book so much bcs she has NO CHILL HAHAHAH she really eats up these one-liners when interacting with those in the way of what she wants to achieve, and i love that for her lol

“but he only pushes back his hood, revealing a countenance of such agonising beauty that I can only look at him for so long before I’m forced to run away."


Now, let’s talk about THE NORTH FREAKING WIND mmhm…

Boreas is your classic dark-hair, misunderstood, cold-hearted, “villain” mmc and i ATE IT UP!!! That man could take me to be his wife and I wouldn’t complain one bit, if it meant I got to live with his GORGEOUS self lol. He was actually kinda funny too bcs some MMCs lack substance, period.

notes:
- worldbuilding was great!
- pacing was great up until about 75% of the book - it got quite slow here and kinda felt like filler chapters and then picked up in the last 30-40 pages!
- the side characters are so cute esp orla, pallas, silas, and thyamine (my faves)
- hades x persephone retelling
- inspired by the beauty and the beast

tropes:
- enemies to lovers
- slow burn romance
- one bed


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