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A review by kathleenfairchild
Peaches & Honey: These Immortal Truths by R. Raeta
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
slow-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
This was lovely. I liked Anna. It’s nice to read about someone kind with a quiet sort of strength. We follow her trying to get over the things she’s had to endure as a mortal, then trying to get used to life as an immortal and facing all the struggles that entails but also how all the historical events affect her as a person as well as a woman and a healer and midwife. We truly see her grow over the centuries, learning to not just survive but to live. The story very much focuses on this. If character-driven, slow-paced stories with not much action are your thing, this is the story for you.
The story is mainly told from Anna’s POV, hopping from one important/defining moment in her life towards the next. Each chapter starts with a little paragraph in Khiran’s POV that foreshadows what we can expect to happen within the chapter and how it makes him feel. It gives some (necessary, in my opinion) direction to the story and insight into what’s going on inside Khiran’s head.
The romance is more of a subplot. As the focus is so much on Anna, we don’t get to know Khiran as well as her. I liked his comforting presence as her sort-of guardian angel, always appearing when she needs him most. He also has a mysteriousness and tortured-hero-who’s-not-quite-allowed-to-be-a-hero kind of vibes about him that I found appealing. We get just enough of him to care about him. I still prefer to get to know both parties of a romantic couple equally well though.
Towards the end we get some interesting information about the immortals that teases what is going to come in the sequel. I do think this book works very well as a standalone because both Anna’s character arc and the romance come to a satisfying conclusions, at least for me. I hope we get to explore some other parts of the world in the next book, like the east and more of the south. Those came a bit short in this one.
The story is mainly told from Anna’s POV, hopping from one important/defining moment in her life towards the next. Each chapter starts with a little paragraph in Khiran’s POV that foreshadows what we can expect to happen within the chapter and how it makes him feel. It gives some (necessary, in my opinion) direction to the story and insight into what’s going on inside Khiran’s head.
The romance is more of a subplot. As the focus is so much on Anna, we don’t get to know Khiran as well as her. I liked his comforting presence as her sort-of guardian angel, always appearing when she needs him most. He also has a mysteriousness and tortured-hero-who’s-not-quite-allowed-to-be-a-hero kind of vibes about him that I found appealing. We get just enough of him to care about him. I still prefer to get to know both parties of a romantic couple equally well though.
Towards the end we get some interesting information about the immortals that teases what is going to come in the sequel. I do think this book works very well as a standalone because both Anna’s character arc and the romance come to a satisfying conclusions, at least for me. I hope we get to explore some other parts of the world in the next book, like the east and more of the south. Those came a bit short in this one.