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victoriabooklover 's review for:
Furyborn
by Claire Legrand
That. Was. Amazing.
It’s been so long since a book has felt EPIC. This book felt exactly like that. War, magic, romance, blood, and my precious swear words...all wrapped up into one bundle of goodness.
I couldn’t have asked for more.
I’m also still kicking myself for having waited so long. Damn that was good.
Spoilery bits coming at ya...
Rielle was amazing. I loved her. I loved her carelessness and somehow still her carefulness. She was careless when it was necessary and carful when it was necessary. Such as when she wanted to go out and live life, she did what she wanted without a care, and when she ignored her love for Audric for Ludivine’s sake, she was extremely careful to keep her feelings tucked away (but Ludivine isn’t dumb so it still failed).
The elemental trials were so fun. I enjoyed them so much. Each one was action packed and kept me yanking at my hair in the hopes that Rielle would survive, and she did. All of them. Yessss.
Her relationship with Aurdic was wonderful. They had to hide for so long. I even questioned if he actually had feelings for her until they both couldn’t take it anymore and made out in the garden. Furthermore, when they finally get intimate I enjoyed how Claire wrote it. It wasn’t cringy or weird. It was lovely and I SHIP. THEM. SO. HARD.
Ludivine being an angel shocked the shit out of me. Holy crap. She just walks in all dead-looking after falling off a cliff and everyone is like WTF, including me! That was...wow.
Also Corien being an angel inside her head. I hate him. He tried to ruin her life so that’s an automatic no for me. Obviously he’s the enemy because in the prologue he kills Rielle...I think. Anyway, I hope he doesn’t get to Eliana!
Moving on to Eliana.
I liked the little killer. She reminded me of Celaena when she was with Sam. And Harkman was her Sam. They were cute, but I knew he would die. And he did die saving her and her brother Remy.
Simon entered the picture quite interestingly. You meet him in the prologue as a kid from 1200 years ago and then he appears in the future as “the wolf”. I tell you, I have never wanted to find out who someone was so much. I knew it was him! And then when he says he’s Simon, I’m like HOW DID YOU GET TO THE FUTURE?! HOOOOOW?!! When he finally tells Rielle that she is Eliana’s mother and that he brought her there because he used to be a half angel and used his powers to get her there though he struggled, I was relieved more than shocked. I just needed to know, god damnit.
Simon and Rielle had an interesting romance. I missed the part where they solidified their feelings, however, because as far as I’m concerned, her lover died and she never really showed and true attraction to Simon for any legitimate reason. So they felt a little random to me. Still though, she pulled it off so well by the end that I honestly didn’t give a shit. I want them to be together too. Lol.
Gah, I’m jumping into book two as soon as I end this review so....that should tell you how I felt about it.
It’s been so long since a book has felt EPIC. This book felt exactly like that. War, magic, romance, blood, and my precious swear words...all wrapped up into one bundle of goodness.
I couldn’t have asked for more.
I’m also still kicking myself for having waited so long. Damn that was good.
Spoilery bits coming at ya...
Rielle was amazing. I loved her. I loved her carelessness and somehow still her carefulness. She was careless when it was necessary and carful when it was necessary. Such as when she wanted to go out and live life, she did what she wanted without a care, and when she ignored her love for Audric for Ludivine’s sake, she was extremely careful to keep her feelings tucked away (but Ludivine isn’t dumb so it still failed).
The elemental trials were so fun. I enjoyed them so much. Each one was action packed and kept me yanking at my hair in the hopes that Rielle would survive, and she did. All of them. Yessss.
Her relationship with Aurdic was wonderful. They had to hide for so long. I even questioned if he actually had feelings for her until they both couldn’t take it anymore and made out in the garden. Furthermore, when they finally get intimate I enjoyed how Claire wrote it. It wasn’t cringy or weird. It was lovely and I SHIP. THEM. SO. HARD.
Ludivine being an angel shocked the shit out of me. Holy crap. She just walks in all dead-looking after falling off a cliff and everyone is like WTF, including me! That was...wow.
Also Corien being an angel inside her head. I hate him. He tried to ruin her life so that’s an automatic no for me. Obviously he’s the enemy because in the prologue he kills Rielle...I think. Anyway, I hope he doesn’t get to Eliana!
Moving on to Eliana.
I liked the little killer. She reminded me of Celaena when she was with Sam. And Harkman was her Sam. They were cute, but I knew he would die. And he did die saving her and her brother Remy.
Simon entered the picture quite interestingly. You meet him in the prologue as a kid from 1200 years ago and then he appears in the future as “the wolf”. I tell you, I have never wanted to find out who someone was so much. I knew it was him! And then when he says he’s Simon, I’m like HOW DID YOU GET TO THE FUTURE?! HOOOOOW?!! When he finally tells Rielle that she is Eliana’s mother and that he brought her there because he used to be a half angel and used his powers to get her there though he struggled, I was relieved more than shocked. I just needed to know, god damnit.
Simon and Rielle had an interesting romance. I missed the part where they solidified their feelings, however, because as far as I’m concerned, her lover died and she never really showed and true attraction to Simon for any legitimate reason. So they felt a little random to me. Still though, she pulled it off so well by the end that I honestly didn’t give a shit. I want them to be together too. Lol.
Gah, I’m jumping into book two as soon as I end this review so....that should tell you how I felt about it.