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A review by rania__
Bloody Spade by Brittany M. Willows
5.0
4.5 stars
“Bravery is the absence of fear in the face of danger. Courage is about facing danger in spite of the fear.”
This book sucked me in from the very first page. The moment I read our main character’s chapter, I knew I was going to fall in love. What I really appreciated is that the MC was so much more different than the one’s you usually see in fantasy novels. For starters, it isn’t a badass female. It’s just a traumatized thief cursed with dark power who’s wanted all over the world. He’s also sassy and morally grey, so what’s not to love about that?
Our second main character is a soft cinnamon roll named Ellen who I’m going protect till my last breath. She just graduated from the police school, which over there is known as Cardplay, and the police are known as Jokers? Pretty creative I would say. I love how everything is to do with a game of cards. Ellen also has a very annoying older brother who had amazing character development and how do I know that you ask? Well because it started with me wishing I could gut him and ended with me going 'aw my poor baby' over him. Amazing progress, really.
The worldbuilding was done so beautifully and I could picture every single detail. Each character is unique in their own way and complimented the story so well. They’re also all queer and diverse which added so much to the story! Overall, I got a very strong anime vibe from the book and I adored it.
“She twirled, white hair and porcelain skin touched silver by the moonlight, with flung water droplets like stars around her. And Iori pictured himself has a meteor among them, no longer caught in this girl’s orbit but plunging helplessly through her atmosphere.”
The romance had to be one of my favourite parts of this book. The slowburn was just so good and when that moment you’ve waited for the whole book finally happens you just squeal out of joy because that’s literally all you can do. You can sense their undeniable chemistry from miles away, and this is one of those scenarios where everyone around them knows they like each other and they’re the only ones who don’t, and it’s honestly so cute!
There was never a dull moment in the plot, and the I have to say, some of the plot twists were really predictable but some of them just caught me off guard. The magic system is also so detailed, and surprisingly, it was really easy to get the hang of it. Overall, I had a lot of fun with this urban fantasy and I can’t wait to read the sequel (I hear it’s already in the works ;)!
“Bravery is the absence of fear in the face of danger. Courage is about facing danger in spite of the fear.”
This book sucked me in from the very first page. The moment I read our main character’s chapter, I knew I was going to fall in love. What I really appreciated is that the MC was so much more different than the one’s you usually see in fantasy novels. For starters, it isn’t a badass female. It’s just a traumatized thief cursed with dark power who’s wanted all over the world. He’s also sassy and morally grey, so what’s not to love about that?
Our second main character is a soft cinnamon roll named Ellen who I’m going protect till my last breath. She just graduated from the police school, which over there is known as Cardplay, and the police are known as Jokers? Pretty creative I would say. I love how everything is to do with a game of cards. Ellen also has a very annoying older brother who had amazing character development and how do I know that you ask? Well because it started with me wishing I could gut him and ended with me going 'aw my poor baby' over him. Amazing progress, really.
The worldbuilding was done so beautifully and I could picture every single detail. Each character is unique in their own way and complimented the story so well. They’re also all queer and diverse which added so much to the story! Overall, I got a very strong anime vibe from the book and I adored it.
“She twirled, white hair and porcelain skin touched silver by the moonlight, with flung water droplets like stars around her. And Iori pictured himself has a meteor among them, no longer caught in this girl’s orbit but plunging helplessly through her atmosphere.”
The romance had to be one of my favourite parts of this book. The slowburn was just so good and when that moment you’ve waited for the whole book finally happens you just squeal out of joy because that’s literally all you can do. You can sense their undeniable chemistry from miles away, and this is one of those scenarios where everyone around them knows they like each other and they’re the only ones who don’t, and it’s honestly so cute!
There was never a dull moment in the plot, and the I have to say, some of the plot twists were really predictable but some of them just caught me off guard. The magic system is also so detailed, and surprisingly, it was really easy to get the hang of it. Overall, I had a lot of fun with this urban fantasy and I can’t wait to read the sequel (I hear it’s already in the works ;)!