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notgoodreads2025 's review for:
Furyborn
by Claire Legrand
What a ride. So off the bat, I completely agree with what the majority of people are saying: the beginning was super doper good, and the rest that followed was less super doper good. I will say I really liked the ending half-ish part of the book, and I thought the action scenes (and there were many) were quite well-written. I ping-ponged between 3 and 4 stars, because I struggled quite a lot with the majority of the book's middle. You get introduced to these character and scenarios but their personalities suffer from in a "tell and not show" fashion. I couldn't really pick out key (UNIQUE) parts of Rielle even though she's the main character, and I found the other MC (already forgot her name but it starts with E) pretty average in terms of bad-ass-assassin-character-with-troubled-past-and-trust-issues-but-has-an-affection-for-family-she-has-to-protect-and-also-loses-fights-to-hot-guys. I actually didn't mind Simon being a typical Flynn Rider love interest, but it took til that end half for me to actually develop emotions toward the characters.
There were a lot of themes in here as well. Multiple perspectives and major time jumps (though I think it was well executed), a map that isn't really necessary, angels and elemental powers. I will say, there was one moment where the characters were doubtful of angels being present, and I was like "You have a prophecy that talks about these things AND A PERSON WITH ELEMENTAL POWERS. What are the rules of believability in this universe??" I digress.
I didn't dislike the book; in fact, I may even be interested in the sequel. And I think early YA novel readers could really come to like it (though I wouldn't necessarily suggest it due to the intimacy scenes), but for me it read a bit unedited.
There were a lot of themes in here as well. Multiple perspectives and major time jumps (though I think it was well executed), a map that isn't really necessary, angels and elemental powers. I will say, there was one moment where the characters were doubtful of angels being present, and I was like "You have a prophecy that talks about these things AND A PERSON WITH ELEMENTAL POWERS. What are the rules of believability in this universe??" I digress.
I didn't dislike the book; in fact, I may even be interested in the sequel. And I think early YA novel readers could really come to like it (though I wouldn't necessarily suggest it due to the intimacy scenes), but for me it read a bit unedited.