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A review by bubblewombat
A Broken Blade by Melissa Blair
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
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
5.0
Melissa Blair, you can't name a character Riven and expect me not to love them (and yes, I was totally imagining the Winx Club character the whole time). It was over for me when he was properly introduced, he's now one of my fav love interest in books.
I heard so much praise for this series when it first came out, heard about the big author reveal as well, and thought it was a clever way to bring attention to the book. I decided to pick it up now, because the final book is coming out next month, on Orthodox Christmas, would you believe it, so it's yet another book I can count as a Christmas present, hah.
Anyway, I was not expecting to enjoy it this much, but I love the world, the characters, the plot and the diversity. Obviously, I'm also a fan of the romance, and the fact that the heroine is tall. If I'm being completely honest, that was the thing that won me over at the start.
The audiobook was also really easy to follow, at first I wasn't so sure it would be, but then I got into it and had no problems. I'm glad I decided to experience the series this way.
I'm a sucker for all things fae and elf, so it's no wonder A Broken Blade worked for me as well as it did. I found the lore surrounding them to be creative enough to stand out in a sea of fae books.
Circling back to the romance, it's enemies to lovers and it's done well. Though I do agree with some reviewers who said they kinda started liking each other a bit fast, but that didn't bug me in this particular story.
What I also like is that Keera isn't ready for certain things because her emotions are still raw, but he (you know who, I don't wanna spoil) doesn't push her, and they take it slow, so slow that we probably won't see it till book two which is a-okay with me. But I could see some people being slightly disappointed with the lack of steam, based on books this one was comped to.
The plot was so engaging that I found it hard to stop listening, so while I did switch books for a bit, I couldn't stay away from this one too long. It was just so fun!!
I predicted a portion of the ending, but I wasn't expecting it to happen so soon. I can't wait to see where it goes from here, I'm all in y'all.
OK LAST THING, a criminally small number of you have read this series, so you may now use this review as encouragement to begin it. That is all.
I heard so much praise for this series when it first came out, heard about the big author reveal as well, and thought it was a clever way to bring attention to the book. I decided to pick it up now, because the final book is coming out next month, on Orthodox Christmas, would you believe it, so it's yet another book I can count as a Christmas present, hah.
Anyway, I was not expecting to enjoy it this much, but I love the world, the characters, the plot and the diversity. Obviously, I'm also a fan of the romance, and the fact that the heroine is tall. If I'm being completely honest, that was the thing that won me over at the start.
The audiobook was also really easy to follow, at first I wasn't so sure it would be, but then I got into it and had no problems. I'm glad I decided to experience the series this way.
I'm a sucker for all things fae and elf, so it's no wonder A Broken Blade worked for me as well as it did. I found the lore surrounding them to be creative enough to stand out in a sea of fae books.
Circling back to the romance, it's enemies to lovers and it's done well. Though I do agree with some reviewers who said they kinda started liking each other a bit fast, but that didn't bug me in this particular story.
What I also like is that Keera isn't ready for certain things because her emotions are still raw, but he (you know who, I don't wanna spoil) doesn't push her, and they take it slow, so slow that we probably won't see it till book two which is a-okay with me. But I could see some people being slightly disappointed with the lack of steam, based on books this one was comped to.
The plot was so engaging that I found it hard to stop listening, so while I did switch books for a bit, I couldn't stay away from this one too long. It was just so fun!!
I predicted a portion of the ending, but I wasn't expecting it to happen so soon. I can't wait to see where it goes from here, I'm all in y'all.
OK LAST THING, a criminally small number of you have read this series, so you may now use this review as encouragement to begin it. That is all.