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A review by bookphenomena_micky
Quicksilver by Callie Hart
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Headlines:
Slow build start
Rich world building
Romantasy done right
I wasn't sure this book would live up to the hype I'd been seeing, I was managing my expectations. Lo and behold, this book managed my expectations back into a buzz because for me, this was romantasy done right. I need great plot with depth, detailed characterisation beyond romance and a world I can invest in and feel some uniqueness about. I got all of that and a bit more.
The story was a slower start than the pace that came later but it was still a gripping read as I learnt about the world that Saeris came from. An abused sect of her world, starved and dehydrated and she was thief and nimble-footed character. I liked her scrappy style and her disrespect for authority while being full of love and loyalty for her family.
Her world got turned onto its head as she plummeted into another world of fae. When I read about a fae world, I need it to be different from those I've encountered before and I was rewarded with freshness, strange powers, a battlefront and an a$$hole in the form of Fisher. This fae male was annoying, an a$$ and 100% intriguing. He took a form that didn't feel one bit like other fae males I've read and I was thankful for that.
This is a long book, much happened with lots of layers and every bit had me glued to the page. The baddies were so bad, Fisher's clan were as grey can be and the connection that built was addictive reading. The intimacy was written well and was paced well in terms of development to that stage. I am now unapologetically low key obsessed with this couple.
I await the next book with bated breath.
Slow build start
Rich world building
Romantasy done right
I wasn't sure this book would live up to the hype I'd been seeing, I was managing my expectations. Lo and behold, this book managed my expectations back into a buzz because for me, this was romantasy done right. I need great plot with depth, detailed characterisation beyond romance and a world I can invest in and feel some uniqueness about. I got all of that and a bit more.
The story was a slower start than the pace that came later but it was still a gripping read as I learnt about the world that Saeris came from. An abused sect of her world, starved and dehydrated and she was thief and nimble-footed character. I liked her scrappy style and her disrespect for authority while being full of love and loyalty for her family.
Her world got turned onto its head as she plummeted into another world of fae. When I read about a fae world, I need it to be different from those I've encountered before and I was rewarded with freshness, strange powers, a battlefront and an a$$hole in the form of Fisher. This fae male was annoying, an a$$ and 100% intriguing. He took a form that didn't feel one bit like other fae males I've read and I was thankful for that.
This is a long book, much happened with lots of layers and every bit had me glued to the page. The baddies were so bad, Fisher's clan were as grey can be and the connection that built was addictive reading. The intimacy was written well and was paced well in terms of development to that stage. I am now unapologetically low key obsessed with this couple.
I await the next book with bated breath.