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Daughter of Shattered Skies by Sara DeLaVergne
5.0
◦ I've received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review ◦
This book firstly for me began like it will be a middle-grade book because it began with Issaria sneaking around from the castle to go to a festival and Elon following her path until she got caught by her aunt Hecate. In the beginning, I had the feeling this might be a very sweet story about a girl and some tragic events, but now I have been wrong.
This story even tho it began sweetly and very childish in a blink of an eye has thrown you to the ground and made your heart race 100 miles per hour. Everything has changed in a blink of an eye and left me to want to know more.
I loved the magic system the author has developed, it was so amazing. The fact that plenty of people were born with magic and each one of them had different powers and they could’ve lived many years over 200 years gave this book a different feeling and so many other complications.
The world-building has made my imagination go crazy, from the harsh worlds in between regions to the slave traders to the crystal world has really played with my imagination.
I loved the character development. Issaria has grown and learned so much from the very few pages to the end, she has been a princess, a slave, a nobody, and from each role life has forced her to play, she has learned so many things. And I loved the fact that so many things were entwined with her life and so many things were related to her and they felt like a domino game, if something felt, everything felt. Another character that I’ve really liked was Xenviera – that girl really knew her guns and I do hope we get to know more of her.
However, in my opinion, I should mention that some things might be triggering such as during a slave sale one of the buyers has mentioned he would like a slave, even more younger next time – age hasn’t been specified but that scene just gave me weird vibes that’s for sure. Another thing that might be triggering is a rape attempt on Issaria by the assassin, that scene wasn’t really triggering for me but it did make me feel uneasy.
Even tho the book might be triggering for some people for me has been really catchy and interesting.
A world full of crystals, cosmos, and divine celestial, and the slow romance between Issaria and Celix has been just perfect. I loved their final moment together and I’m so excited to see what happens more, and in my opinion, if we get a love triangle in this book I’m going to devour it so fast.
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This book firstly for me began like it will be a middle-grade book because it began with Issaria sneaking around from the castle to go to a festival and Elon following her path until she got caught by her aunt Hecate. In the beginning, I had the feeling this might be a very sweet story about a girl and some tragic events, but now I have been wrong.
This story even tho it began sweetly and very childish in a blink of an eye has thrown you to the ground and made your heart race 100 miles per hour. Everything has changed in a blink of an eye and left me to want to know more.
I loved the magic system the author has developed, it was so amazing. The fact that plenty of people were born with magic and each one of them had different powers and they could’ve lived many years over 200 years gave this book a different feeling and so many other complications.
The world-building has made my imagination go crazy, from the harsh worlds in between regions to the slave traders to the crystal world has really played with my imagination.
I loved the character development. Issaria has grown and learned so much from the very few pages to the end, she has been a princess, a slave, a nobody, and from each role life has forced her to play, she has learned so many things. And I loved the fact that so many things were entwined with her life and so many things were related to her and they felt like a domino game, if something felt, everything felt. Another character that I’ve really liked was Xenviera – that girl really knew her guns and I do hope we get to know more of her.
However, in my opinion, I should mention that some things might be triggering such as during a slave sale one of the buyers has mentioned he would like a slave, even more younger next time – age hasn’t been specified but that scene just gave me weird vibes that’s for sure. Another thing that might be triggering is a rape attempt on Issaria by the assassin, that scene wasn’t really triggering for me but it did make me feel uneasy.
Even tho the book might be triggering for some people for me has been really catchy and interesting.
A world full of crystals, cosmos, and divine celestial, and the slow romance between Issaria and Celix has been just perfect. I loved their final moment together and I’m so excited to see what happens more, and in my opinion, if we get a love triangle in this book I’m going to devour it so fast.
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