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Stolen City
by Elisa A. Bonnin
adventurous
inspiring
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
Read: July 2nd - July 14th
Format: Physical Book
Rating: 4 stars
Twin Arian and Liam Athensor live in a city occupied by the Empire, but they show their resistance by stealing back magical artifacts. Then a man from the Weavers, an organization that manipulates the happenings of the world, approaches them with their most dangerous job yet: break into the impenetrable Bastion and steal back a soul-sealing artifact that once belonged to their mother. While Arian joins the Weaver to infiltrate the Bastion, Liam must help the underground Resistance in return for their help. But there are darker threats lurking beneath the surface, and as the past and secrets begin catching up with the twins, they'll have to delve deeper into themselves if they wish to survive. Even if that means surrendering the parts they value the most.
Looking at this book's performance, I am genuinely saddened because I'm pretty sure we're not getting the sequel v_v First thing I did upon completing was coming to look if there was one, but nope.
It's unfortunate, because this was a really fun book. It took me a bit to get into, but once I did, I found myself really enjoying it. The characters just worked for me. Especially Cavar for some reason. I adored him every time he was on the page. I also really liked Kaolin??? I dunno, something about those two just hit sweet spots.
Bonnin also just had FUN with the magic. Was it explained intricately? Nah. But was it super fun to imagine happening? Heck yeah. And now that the magic has really started to roll by the end, I really want to see how it can further be used. Gaaaah, I want a book 2 😭
I loved all the various politics and family secrets going on, and how that developed all the different characters. Liam especially had interesting developments that started relatively early on and kept building upon itself.
Also, I loved watching one of the relationships start to bloom and the two be silly together 👌🏼
Although I did greatly enjoy, I did take a bit to get invested, and the pacing could be randomly really quick at times, hence 4 stars. But this is definitely a series I'd love to continue. Unfortunately, don't think I'm going to get to 😔
Format: Physical Book
Rating: 4 stars
Twin Arian and Liam Athensor live in a city occupied by the Empire, but they show their resistance by stealing back magical artifacts. Then a man from the Weavers, an organization that manipulates the happenings of the world, approaches them with their most dangerous job yet: break into the impenetrable Bastion and steal back a soul-sealing artifact that once belonged to their mother. While Arian joins the Weaver to infiltrate the Bastion, Liam must help the underground Resistance in return for their help. But there are darker threats lurking beneath the surface, and as the past and secrets begin catching up with the twins, they'll have to delve deeper into themselves if they wish to survive. Even if that means surrendering the parts they value the most.
Looking at this book's performance, I am genuinely saddened because I'm pretty sure we're not getting the sequel v_v First thing I did upon completing was coming to look if there was one, but nope.
It's unfortunate, because this was a really fun book. It took me a bit to get into, but once I did, I found myself really enjoying it. The characters just worked for me. Especially Cavar for some reason. I adored him every time he was on the page. I also really liked Kaolin??? I dunno, something about those two just hit sweet spots.
Bonnin also just had FUN with the magic. Was it explained intricately? Nah. But was it super fun to imagine happening? Heck yeah. And now that the magic has really started to roll by the end, I really want to see how it can further be used. Gaaaah, I want a book 2 😭
I loved all the various politics and family secrets going on, and how that developed all the different characters. Liam especially had interesting developments that started relatively early on and kept building upon itself.
Also, I loved watching one of the relationships start to bloom and the two be silly together 👌🏼
Although I did greatly enjoy, I did take a bit to get invested, and the pacing could be randomly really quick at times, hence 4 stars. But this is definitely a series I'd love to continue. Unfortunately, don't think I'm going to get to 😔