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juicelina 's review for:
Wicked Saints
by Emily A. Duncan
*Reread 4/5*
So I definitely enjoyed this more after listening to it. So my reviews more of a 3.5 now. I can't help, but feel like I love the idea of the book more than the actual book itself. There are some amazing lines of dialog and I still feel like the relationship between Nadya and Malachiasz developed a little too quickly for my taste. Serefin is still my fave and I really want to see what happens with his character in book 2 after what happened at the end. I will definitely continue on with this series, but idk I just don't like it as much as I want to and I'm ANNOYED ABOUT IT.
*Original Review 1/29*
Hmm so this is a very low three star, but I think I'm going to listen to it on audio when it comes out in the hopes that I like it better.
SO. I really wanted to like this book, but for the most part I just didn't connect with it. There's a lot of unknown words and world building that I wish I had taken notes on because I kept forgetting what certain words meant and who was who in regards to the gods and saints. I also really hate reading on my nook because I like to be able to easily flip pages when I forget things like that.
I liked Serefin and although I really tried liking Nadya and Malachiasz, I just didn't connect with them. I liked parts of them, but not as a whole. I also liked how it kind of starts off with Nayda being the heroine, but as the story progresses, lines blur and you're not sure who's on the "right" side.
I think the thing that truly ruined this book for me was the pacing. I felt like everything moved too quickly and I had no chance to savor anything. There was hardly any build up. The romance was something I expected and something I wanted to support, but it felt so wrong to me. I found myself getting annoyed with it at times. It happened too quickly and it just didn't fit. Also the betrayal that happened towards the end was extremely confusing and out of place. I just wish things were more fleshed out and there were a bit more spaces in between. There were things constantly happening and they began to jumble together and just didn't make sense.
The concept is interesting and the characters are cool(plus I really love the fan art I've seen), but it was ultimately disappointing to me. Hopefully I can reread and like it better sometime in the future, but at this point I'm not sure.
So I definitely enjoyed this more after listening to it. So my reviews more of a 3.5 now. I can't help, but feel like I love the idea of the book more than the actual book itself. There are some amazing lines of dialog and I still feel like the relationship between Nadya and Malachiasz developed a little too quickly for my taste. Serefin is still my fave and I really want to see what happens with his character in book 2 after what happened at the end. I will definitely continue on with this series, but idk I just don't like it as much as I want to and I'm ANNOYED ABOUT IT.
*Original Review 1/29*
Hmm so this is a very low three star, but I think I'm going to listen to it on audio when it comes out in the hopes that I like it better.
SO. I really wanted to like this book, but for the most part I just didn't connect with it. There's a lot of unknown words and world building that I wish I had taken notes on because I kept forgetting what certain words meant and who was who in regards to the gods and saints. I also really hate reading on my nook because I like to be able to easily flip pages when I forget things like that.
I liked Serefin and although I really tried liking Nadya and Malachiasz, I just didn't connect with them. I liked parts of them, but not as a whole. I also liked how it kind of starts off with Nayda being the heroine, but as the story progresses, lines blur and you're not sure who's on the "right" side.
I think the thing that truly ruined this book for me was the pacing. I felt like everything moved too quickly and I had no chance to savor anything. There was hardly any build up. The romance was something I expected and something I wanted to support, but it felt so wrong to me. I found myself getting annoyed with it at times. It happened too quickly and it just didn't fit. Also the betrayal that happened towards the end was extremely confusing and out of place. I just wish things were more fleshed out and there were a bit more spaces in between. There were things constantly happening and they began to jumble together and just didn't make sense.
The concept is interesting and the characters are cool(plus I really love the fan art I've seen), but it was ultimately disappointing to me. Hopefully I can reread and like it better sometime in the future, but at this point I'm not sure.