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Alchemised by SenLinYu
5.0
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I would like it to be know I read Manacled, and cried when I finished. I am now crying again with finishing Alchemised. An incredible book, we written, heart wrenching, and bleak. It really shows how absolutely awful war is and how consuming guilt and grief are. 
SenLinYu had a task at basically creating a new world and magic system around an already established and well loved story and they finessed it. The world was excellent, the use of necromancy and alchemy brilliant. At first all I could think was how the characters were just renamed of the previous characters, but they quickly developed their own personalities and characteristics. Incredible work. Manacled was five starts. Alchemised is five stars. Very well deserved and earned. And that last paragraph carries a gut wrenching impact.