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A review by pagepixie
Blood Oath by Morgan B. Lee
adventurous
dark
funny
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This book was a solid 3 stars for me. It didn’t blow me away but it didn’t underwhelm me. There were parts I was invested and parts that I was just coasting along. I found the world building and magic system to be a little flat. But honestly I wasn’t too worried about it.
I picked this book up because I wanted a fantasy romance that would be fun and quick and easy as a take a break from the freaking trauma train that is the Zodiac Academy series. The magic academy setting for this series is similar to Zodiac in that way so I enjoyed that. However, I liked that the MC and main characters are older, as I believe these magical beings (“Legacies” as they are called here) can enroll at 20 or 21 but some can defer and go in later.
This is a RH novel so we got meet lots of sexy men, but I honestly didn’t connect that well with many of them individually because they had a similar vibe. Particularly Crypy, Silas, and Everett. I liked Baelfire a lot though. I feel like as the golden retriever of the group he stood out a bit more amongst his grumpy, cranky counter parts.
I will say I just finished book two as I’m writing this review and it was a HUGE improvement on this book. I felt so much more growth from the characters individually but also as a unit!
The ending of this book is what really made me keep going with this series and I’m not mad about it!
If you like a Shadow of Embers, The Bonds that Tie, Zodiac Academy (if all Heirs wanted Tory), and Blood Steel (for the reckless badass FMC) then you might like this!
I picked this book up because I wanted a fantasy romance that would be fun and quick and easy as a take a break from the freaking trauma train that is the Zodiac Academy series. The magic academy setting for this series is similar to Zodiac in that way so I enjoyed that. However, I liked that the MC and main characters are older, as I believe these magical beings (“Legacies” as they are called here) can enroll at 20 or 21 but some can defer and go in later.
This is a RH novel so we got meet lots of sexy men, but I honestly didn’t connect that well with many of them individually because they had a similar vibe. Particularly Crypy, Silas, and Everett. I liked Baelfire a lot though. I feel like as the golden retriever of the group he stood out a bit more amongst his grumpy, cranky counter parts.
I will say I just finished book two as I’m writing this review and it was a HUGE improvement on this book. I felt so much more growth from the characters individually but also as a unit!
The ending of this book is what really made me keep going with this series and I’m not mad about it!
If you like a Shadow of Embers, The Bonds that Tie, Zodiac Academy (if all Heirs wanted Tory), and Blood Steel (for the reckless badass FMC) then you might like this!