Scan barcode
A review by aradhnak
Heart of Iron by Ashley Poston
4.0
Review to come!
*edited*
Still writing the review but AN ANASTASIA RETELLING SET IN SPACE!!!! AND SOME PARTS SO ENTIRELY UNEXPECTED!
*EDITED*
I’ve had this book since it came out, but I hit a reading slump a few months ago, and then there was just a lot of emotional upheaval going on so I never got down to reading it until now.
Some books aren’t worth the wait, but in my humble opinion? This one was.
I haven’t heard a lot about it from people I follow, but I enjoyed it tremendously. It was a story I liked (Anastasia), set in a genre I like (sci-fi/fantasy) with characters I very quickly got attached to. They were flawed and raw and, yes, sometimes predictable, but they were engaging. They were charming and endearing and I was very invested in their stories by the time I was 100 pages in.
Admittedly, there were some things I predicted happening before I got to the so-called plot twists. Some elements that were very obviously laid out as clues that allowed me to figure out certain aspects that might have been twists otherwise. But that could also be attributed to how long I have been reading YA, and the fact that I know what to look for.
I was so relieved when I realised this story had NO LOVE TRIANGLES. Still internally cheering about it. The couples in the story are both different and while one seems to develop pretty fast, in the situation, I could easily suspend my disbelief and enjoy the chemistry between the characters.
Now I have to wait for the next book to know how this ends, and I’m impatient.
*edited*
Still writing the review but AN ANASTASIA RETELLING SET IN SPACE!!!! AND SOME PARTS SO ENTIRELY UNEXPECTED!
*EDITED*
I’ve had this book since it came out, but I hit a reading slump a few months ago, and then there was just a lot of emotional upheaval going on so I never got down to reading it until now.
Some books aren’t worth the wait, but in my humble opinion? This one was.
I haven’t heard a lot about it from people I follow, but I enjoyed it tremendously. It was a story I liked (Anastasia), set in a genre I like (sci-fi/fantasy) with characters I very quickly got attached to. They were flawed and raw and, yes, sometimes predictable, but they were engaging. They were charming and endearing and I was very invested in their stories by the time I was 100 pages in.
Admittedly, there were some things I predicted happening before I got to the so-called plot twists. Some elements that were very obviously laid out as clues that allowed me to figure out certain aspects that might have been twists otherwise. But that could also be attributed to how long I have been reading YA, and the fact that I know what to look for.
I was so relieved when I realised this story had NO LOVE TRIANGLES. Still internally cheering about it. The couples in the story are both different and while one seems to develop pretty fast, in the situation, I could easily suspend my disbelief and enjoy the chemistry between the characters.
Now I have to wait for the next book to know how this ends, and I’m impatient.