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A review by kathleenandherbooks
The Last One by Rachel Howzell Hall
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
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
4.5
The first half of this book was really hard for me to get into and read if im totally honest, but i genuinely think it was only due to the lack of information about our characters bc Kai literally doesn’t know who tf she is so neither do we… but by 50%-80% I WAS LOCKED INNNNNNNNNN.
This is about a woman named Kai who wakes up while being robbed by another woman and Kai has literally no idea what is going on, who she is, where she is, what is happening, etc. so essentially neither do we, and we learn everything along with her.
This book has magic and gods and epic animals & monsters. It has Jadon 👀 who is the sexy blacksmith who helps Kai when she gets arrested while stranded in his town and they become very fast friends…
I was honestly very close to dnfing this one bc i genuinely was super confused and just wanted to understand the world & what was happening but I am SO GLAD i didn’t dnf. I loved the last 20% of this book, and based on the ending & epilogue im assuming (hoping/praying) there will be more books in this series… and i already know I will eat them up.
I genuinely loved Kai & everything she did in this book, i totally would have done as well so I was rooting for her so fervently throughout the entire thing and she genuinely COULD NOT CATCH A BREAK!!!
The fighting scenes are also really epic and I really enjoyed reading them.
I think this is a book that looking back on I can say I really enjoyed it, but in the first 40% I was struggling really bad with it keeping and holding my attention span.
Overall, I would recommend to check this one out especially if there is more to come with this as a series, but if you have a hard time with slow plot & lots of world building you might want to sit this one out.
This is about a woman named Kai who wakes up while being robbed by another woman and Kai has literally no idea what is going on, who she is, where she is, what is happening, etc. so essentially neither do we, and we learn everything along with her.
This book has magic and gods and epic animals & monsters. It has Jadon 👀 who is the sexy blacksmith who helps Kai when she gets arrested while stranded in his town and they become very fast friends…
I was honestly very close to dnfing this one bc i genuinely was super confused and just wanted to understand the world & what was happening but I am SO GLAD i didn’t dnf. I loved the last 20% of this book, and based on the ending & epilogue im assuming (hoping/praying) there will be more books in this series… and i already know I will eat them up.
I genuinely loved Kai & everything she did in this book, i totally would have done as well so I was rooting for her so fervently throughout the entire thing and she genuinely COULD NOT CATCH A BREAK!!!
The fighting scenes are also really epic and I really enjoyed reading them.
I think this is a book that looking back on I can say I really enjoyed it, but in the first 40% I was struggling really bad with it keeping and holding my attention span.
Overall, I would recommend to check this one out especially if there is more to come with this as a series, but if you have a hard time with slow plot & lots of world building you might want to sit this one out.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, and War