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She Awakens by Caitlin Denman
4.0
◦ I've received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review ◦
The story begins with Silas saving someone’s life. That chapter ending is abrupt and throws us into a glimpse of Attina & James’ life where they’re going on their daily life. Everything goes as planned – till they meet a half-dead human, that looks very similar to a zombie, and from that moment forward things change completely.
What I really enjoyed from the beginning was the fact Attina wanted and dreamed more for her, she doesn’t want to settle, she knows she’s made for more and that’s what she’s looking towards. Her life might be simple but she’s happy with what she has but she dreams big and I liked that. Attina is for sure a flawed character, she’s young and innocent and thinks that everything will work out the way she wants to. I kind of hated her at the beginning because she was whining about every single thing and changed her mind from a to z, one day she knew she can do the tasks she was challenged with and other days she would just give up. However, slowly I started to get her, her life has changed in a blink of an eye, young and innocent and now she has to fight for her people and her future AND fight a king – all that info was dumped on top of her so slowly you get to understand she’s just young and what she’s going through is a self-discovery, a coming of age period.
James on the other hand from the beginning made me feel uncomfortable. He seems very controlling and obsessed with the fact he will marry Attina. He doesn’t seem genuine in love with her, but with the idea of never being alone, which is even more frightening.
The fae horses have to be my fave characters in the book. For some reason in my mind Raven the horse was more like a cow, no idea why, but she legit gave me the sass of a very big and beautiful cow ready to take the world – I couldn’t change her image in my mind no matter how hard I’ve tried, but she is a horse in all her glory and she talks. I loved the scenes when Attina was riding Raven, fast and powerful and they together make such a great team.
The world-building is very post-apocalyptic, is interesting, and gave me some Hunger Games vibes because they were hunting for resources similar to Hunger Games, but the whole world was so different, so beautiful build and so unique. It was really interesting to see the surroundings in my head.
The magic system is varied. The humans have no power whatsoever, however, the fae can control different elements, from reading minds to controlling the elements around them like water, air, etc. One thing that I’ve really, really enjoyed about the fae’s magic is that when a fae is Awakened, there’s an earthquake because their power is so strong that shakes everything around them – I really loved that explanation and made my imagination go nuts.
Overall the story is a nice one. Its been slow till towards the end because there’s a lot of world-building, character development but the details are rich and beautiful and there are plenty of hilarious moments that made me giggle and I had fun reading it.
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The story begins with Silas saving someone’s life. That chapter ending is abrupt and throws us into a glimpse of Attina & James’ life where they’re going on their daily life. Everything goes as planned – till they meet a half-dead human, that looks very similar to a zombie, and from that moment forward things change completely.
What I really enjoyed from the beginning was the fact Attina wanted and dreamed more for her, she doesn’t want to settle, she knows she’s made for more and that’s what she’s looking towards. Her life might be simple but she’s happy with what she has but she dreams big and I liked that. Attina is for sure a flawed character, she’s young and innocent and thinks that everything will work out the way she wants to. I kind of hated her at the beginning because she was whining about every single thing and changed her mind from a to z, one day she knew she can do the tasks she was challenged with and other days she would just give up. However, slowly I started to get her, her life has changed in a blink of an eye, young and innocent and now she has to fight for her people and her future AND fight a king – all that info was dumped on top of her so slowly you get to understand she’s just young and what she’s going through is a self-discovery, a coming of age period.
James on the other hand from the beginning made me feel uncomfortable. He seems very controlling and obsessed with the fact he will marry Attina. He doesn’t seem genuine in love with her, but with the idea of never being alone, which is even more frightening.
The fae horses have to be my fave characters in the book. For some reason in my mind Raven the horse was more like a cow, no idea why, but she legit gave me the sass of a very big and beautiful cow ready to take the world – I couldn’t change her image in my mind no matter how hard I’ve tried, but she is a horse in all her glory and she talks. I loved the scenes when Attina was riding Raven, fast and powerful and they together make such a great team.
The world-building is very post-apocalyptic, is interesting, and gave me some Hunger Games vibes because they were hunting for resources similar to Hunger Games, but the whole world was so different, so beautiful build and so unique. It was really interesting to see the surroundings in my head.
The magic system is varied. The humans have no power whatsoever, however, the fae can control different elements, from reading minds to controlling the elements around them like water, air, etc. One thing that I’ve really, really enjoyed about the fae’s magic is that when a fae is Awakened, there’s an earthquake because their power is so strong that shakes everything around them – I really loved that explanation and made my imagination go nuts.
Overall the story is a nice one. Its been slow till towards the end because there’s a lot of world-building, character development but the details are rich and beautiful and there are plenty of hilarious moments that made me giggle and I had fun reading it.
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