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A review by breabooks
Night of Death and Flowers by Rebecca L. Garcia
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I loved the story but had a lot of issues with it.
First, let me say the world Garcia created was top-notch. Beautiful, dark, complex, and she even included a glossary with pronunciation guides at the very beginning. I cannot tell you how much I appreciate it when authors include this, especially at the beginning of the book. The world consists of 6 witch covens, with each coven inheriting one of 3 possible powers from the god over that coven. The Harvest is a competition that occurs every ten years to determine the new elder. Elders earn the power of all 6 covens and protect the land from humans, who persecute witches. The Harvest draws a lot of parallels to the Hunger Games, but is different enough that I didn’t feel like it was a stolen concept.
The writing was beautiful. I was afraid I wouldn’t like the two POV’s in first person, but it worked. Sometimes descriptions would get a bit carried away- would anyone really describe themselves in such detail? But overall, I enjoyed the writing style.
The story was good, although somewhat predictable. I enjoyed the messiness that was the ending (it was MESSY), but I saw certain things coming from a mile away. Plus the 🌶️ was not built up enough- it just happened because of course a romantasy needs spice, right? I was disappointed because it made me really want to put the book down. I had to start skimming until it wasn’t awkward again. It was like hey I’m kinda attracted to you but I don’t know why and now I know the other person isn’t an option, so let’s bang. The characters really needed more development, especially the main characters and their relationship with each other. It took so long to get to that point and then it felt rushed.
I enjoyed the book and will be recommending it to others, but I wasn’t blown away. I want to see the mess get untangled, so I’m looking forward to the next book.
Thank you Rebecca Garcia for the eARC 💕
First, let me say the world Garcia created was top-notch. Beautiful, dark, complex, and she even included a glossary with pronunciation guides at the very beginning. I cannot tell you how much I appreciate it when authors include this, especially at the beginning of the book. The world consists of 6 witch covens, with each coven inheriting one of 3 possible powers from the god over that coven. The Harvest is a competition that occurs every ten years to determine the new elder. Elders earn the power of all 6 covens and protect the land from humans, who persecute witches. The Harvest draws a lot of parallels to the Hunger Games, but is different enough that I didn’t feel like it was a stolen concept.
The writing was beautiful. I was afraid I wouldn’t like the two POV’s in first person, but it worked. Sometimes descriptions would get a bit carried away- would anyone really describe themselves in such detail? But overall, I enjoyed the writing style.
The story was good, although somewhat predictable. I enjoyed the messiness that was the ending (it was MESSY), but I saw certain things coming from a mile away. Plus the 🌶️ was not built up enough- it just happened because of course a romantasy needs spice, right? I was disappointed because it made me really want to put the book down. I had to start skimming until it wasn’t awkward again. It was like hey I’m kinda attracted to you but I don’t know why and now I know the other person isn’t an option, so let’s bang. The characters really needed more development, especially the main characters and their relationship with each other. It took so long to get to that point and then it felt rushed.
I enjoyed the book and will be recommending it to others, but I wasn’t blown away. I want to see the mess get untangled, so I’m looking forward to the next book.
Thank you Rebecca Garcia for the eARC 💕