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Ember and Stone by Megan O'Russell
5.0
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Ena an orphaned girl lives her usual life in a town called Ilbrea – for her, is the pure definition of hell. Guilds are tormenting the inhabitants of her town, taking what they desire, when they desire, and at all costs. But one day is enough to change someone’s fate and take their innocence away.
Ena is young and lives her normal life in Ilbrea, tending and learning about healing people from Lily, the woman that took her in. Every day is just like any other day, until one day when guilds are ravaging the Ilbrea, killing and burning houses just to teach people a lesson. Caught in the middle of the nightmare and very closed being raped and killed by a pawn of a Guild, she’s being saved by her brother’s mysterious friend – Liam. Liam is a true born of the Black Bloods clan. The power of the mountain runs into his veins making him powerful and with a goal to save the sorcis children from the Sorceress's hands.
This story catches you into a twirl of despair, adventure, and magic from the very first pages. It does contain triggers like attempted rape, murder, and abuse inflicted on people. I loved the details offered in the book, you get to know Ena’s past, present, and somehow her future. Details about the Guilds and what they’re doing and a tiny glimpse of what the Black Bloods cause is and what’s their power and also the legend of the mountains.
The book keeps you on edge, and without knowing what can happen on the next page you’re being caught by surprise more often than not. I loved how Ena pushed back all the old conceptions about women that she’s fragile and should stay at the compound, conceptions coming from her own brother but also Liam. The book contains a lot of important characters including Finn who along the way becomes the best friend of Ena and together they’re doing runs to save the sorcis kids.
The book is raw and takes your heart out and torn’s it to pieces. Ena’s suffering, despair but also the light moments you can feel them, they’re so palpable. The pov is told only from Ena’s side from what she’s gone through to what she’s going through right now.
Once I started reading this book, I got lost in a world full of rage, hate, and magic, with people trying to do good, while others would want to see the world burn just for their own pleasure. Ember and Stone is the 1st book out of 4 from Ena of Ilbrea and it's an amazing epic fantasy book that will keep you hooked from the first pages to the end.
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Ena an orphaned girl lives her usual life in a town called Ilbrea – for her, is the pure definition of hell. Guilds are tormenting the inhabitants of her town, taking what they desire, when they desire, and at all costs. But one day is enough to change someone’s fate and take their innocence away.
Ena is young and lives her normal life in Ilbrea, tending and learning about healing people from Lily, the woman that took her in. Every day is just like any other day, until one day when guilds are ravaging the Ilbrea, killing and burning houses just to teach people a lesson. Caught in the middle of the nightmare and very closed being raped and killed by a pawn of a Guild, she’s being saved by her brother’s mysterious friend – Liam. Liam is a true born of the Black Bloods clan. The power of the mountain runs into his veins making him powerful and with a goal to save the sorcis children from the Sorceress's hands.
This story catches you into a twirl of despair, adventure, and magic from the very first pages. It does contain triggers like attempted rape, murder, and abuse inflicted on people. I loved the details offered in the book, you get to know Ena’s past, present, and somehow her future. Details about the Guilds and what they’re doing and a tiny glimpse of what the Black Bloods cause is and what’s their power and also the legend of the mountains.
The book keeps you on edge, and without knowing what can happen on the next page you’re being caught by surprise more often than not. I loved how Ena pushed back all the old conceptions about women that she’s fragile and should stay at the compound, conceptions coming from her own brother but also Liam. The book contains a lot of important characters including Finn who along the way becomes the best friend of Ena and together they’re doing runs to save the sorcis kids.
The book is raw and takes your heart out and torn’s it to pieces. Ena’s suffering, despair but also the light moments you can feel them, they’re so palpable. The pov is told only from Ena’s side from what she’s gone through to what she’s going through right now.
Once I started reading this book, I got lost in a world full of rage, hate, and magic, with people trying to do good, while others would want to see the world burn just for their own pleasure. Ember and Stone is the 1st book out of 4 from Ena of Ilbrea and it's an amazing epic fantasy book that will keep you hooked from the first pages to the end.
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Ice and Sky by Megan O'Russell
5.0
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The 2nd book ended up with Ena and Finn doing another run and saving 4 sorcis kids from a town a little farther than Ilbrea. The run they did was one of the most dangerous ones because they went there blind, not knowing where or who the kid/s are. Finding themselves trapped between the sorceress and the guilds, Ena takes the most dangerous decision ever – to run from Finn and the kids and making the sorceress and the guilds to follow her. The book ends up in such an amazing way that leaves you speechless – on her run away from the sorceress and the guilds the mountain opens up and accepts Ena inside, saving her from a horrible death by the guilds.
After being swallowed by the mountain at the end of the 2nd book, on the 3rd book Ena’s going through the mountain tunnel for 2 weeks until finally she’s being “allowed” by the mountain to get out and return to their camp – however, once she returns to the camp things aren’t better, she finds out that they need to leave for Lygan Hall way before the winter comes. Things are not going for the better, the guilds are becoming stronger, there’s a traitor who betrayed them and while Ena was gone, they also lost some people due to the monsters that were sent near their camp.
This books, I really have no words to express on how they made me feel. From happiness to horror to being afraid I’ve had them all. The whole story is told from Ena’s pov, how she feels, what she’s going through and keeps you guessing what’s happening next. Each book starting the 1st one is jam packed with action and so many amazing events.
The 3rd book has more dark tones than the previous one, from being attacked on their way to Lygan Hall to loosing Finn, the events can be pretty graphic and might be triggers such as death, blood, abuse – the book has different tones from page to page so there is no slow moment, nothing to make you bored but instead make you turn that page as fast as possible.
The book the way is worded makes you feel every single thing Ena’s feeling, her loss, her fear everything is so palpable that at some moments you wonder if this is actually real or an art of fiction? I don’t have words to express how much I love this serie. You see Ena growing from book to book developing as a female and character, a very important piece into this serie and the quotes you find around the book really touches your soul in unimaginable ways.
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The 2nd book ended up with Ena and Finn doing another run and saving 4 sorcis kids from a town a little farther than Ilbrea. The run they did was one of the most dangerous ones because they went there blind, not knowing where or who the kid/s are. Finding themselves trapped between the sorceress and the guilds, Ena takes the most dangerous decision ever – to run from Finn and the kids and making the sorceress and the guilds to follow her. The book ends up in such an amazing way that leaves you speechless – on her run away from the sorceress and the guilds the mountain opens up and accepts Ena inside, saving her from a horrible death by the guilds.
After being swallowed by the mountain at the end of the 2nd book, on the 3rd book Ena’s going through the mountain tunnel for 2 weeks until finally she’s being “allowed” by the mountain to get out and return to their camp – however, once she returns to the camp things aren’t better, she finds out that they need to leave for Lygan Hall way before the winter comes. Things are not going for the better, the guilds are becoming stronger, there’s a traitor who betrayed them and while Ena was gone, they also lost some people due to the monsters that were sent near their camp.
This books, I really have no words to express on how they made me feel. From happiness to horror to being afraid I’ve had them all. The whole story is told from Ena’s pov, how she feels, what she’s going through and keeps you guessing what’s happening next. Each book starting the 1st one is jam packed with action and so many amazing events.
The 3rd book has more dark tones than the previous one, from being attacked on their way to Lygan Hall to loosing Finn, the events can be pretty graphic and might be triggers such as death, blood, abuse – the book has different tones from page to page so there is no slow moment, nothing to make you bored but instead make you turn that page as fast as possible.
The book the way is worded makes you feel every single thing Ena’s feeling, her loss, her fear everything is so palpable that at some moments you wonder if this is actually real or an art of fiction? I don’t have words to express how much I love this serie. You see Ena growing from book to book developing as a female and character, a very important piece into this serie and the quotes you find around the book really touches your soul in unimaginable ways.
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Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout
5.0
I love and I will always love this serie. I've devoured the love story between Katy and Daemon, the way they loved each other and stick to each other.
I loved the fact that Katy wasn't made a weak girl. She was powerful and had an amazing strength inside her to go through everything that happened in her life and she fought shoulder to shoulder with everyone.
I've read and re-read the books a couple of times by now because I haven't had the entire serie until recently, then I've finally finished it.
Lux Series was my 2nd fiction type of books and made me fall in love even more with the fantasy and fiction books.
I loved the fact that Katy wasn't made a weak girl. She was powerful and had an amazing strength inside her to go through everything that happened in her life and she fought shoulder to shoulder with everyone.
I've read and re-read the books a couple of times by now because I haven't had the entire serie until recently, then I've finally finished it.
Lux Series was my 2nd fiction type of books and made me fall in love even more with the fantasy and fiction books.
Onyx by Jennifer L. Armentrout
5.0
I love and I will always love this serie. I've devoured the love story between Katy and Daemon, the way they loved each other and stick to each other.
I loved the fact that Katy wasn't made a weak girl. She was powerful and had an amazing strength inside her to go through everything that happened in her life and she fought shoulder to shoulder with everyone.
I've read and re-read the books a couple of times by now because I haven't had the entire serie until recently, then I've finally finished it.
Lux Series was my 2nd fiction type of books and made me fall in love even more with the fantasy and fiction books.
I loved the fact that Katy wasn't made a weak girl. She was powerful and had an amazing strength inside her to go through everything that happened in her life and she fought shoulder to shoulder with everyone.
I've read and re-read the books a couple of times by now because I haven't had the entire serie until recently, then I've finally finished it.
Lux Series was my 2nd fiction type of books and made me fall in love even more with the fantasy and fiction books.
Origin by Jennifer L. Armentrout
5.0
I love and I will always love this serie. I've devoured the love story between Katy and Daemon, the way they loved each other and stick to each other.
I loved the fact that Katy wasn't made a weak girl. She was powerful and had an amazing strength inside her to go through everything that happened in her life and she fought shoulder to shoulder with everyone.
I've read and re-read the books a couple of times by now because I haven't had the entire serie until recently, then I've finally finished it.
Lux Series was my 2nd fiction type of books and made me fall in love even more with the fantasy and fiction books.
I loved the fact that Katy wasn't made a weak girl. She was powerful and had an amazing strength inside her to go through everything that happened in her life and she fought shoulder to shoulder with everyone.
I've read and re-read the books a couple of times by now because I haven't had the entire serie until recently, then I've finally finished it.
Lux Series was my 2nd fiction type of books and made me fall in love even more with the fantasy and fiction books.
Shattered Kingdom by Angelina J. Steffort
5.0
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Gandrett Brayton - a 17 years old girl, tore from her mother’s arms at the age of 7 and sworn to a goddess, becomes one with her blade. One year left before finishing her training, her fate takes a turn for the worst when a beautiful stranger appears at the priory asking specifically for Gandrett’s services. Fear creeps into her soul when she finds out the stranger is a Fae and she will have to work with him – but what she doesn’t know is that the job she has been hired to do – will require her to have her own heart on the line.
The book says its perfect for fans of “Throne of Glass” and “A court of Thrones and Roses” by Sarah J. Maas and “Daughter of Smoke and Bone” by Leight Bardugo, I’ve not read any of the books mentioned above – so I can’t say anything, however, what I can say is that I’ve found another book boyfriend and right now it feels like I’ve gathered a harem (don’t tell my boyfriend).
On a serious note, the book has taken me on one amazing adventure. Gandrett’s story starts very heartbreakingly, being a child of 7 years old and being torn from her mother arm’s to become a Child of Vala and train from such a young age, not knowing what childhood is – is sad. However, through this book you see her change from being the best fighter on the priory to save the Prince’s life, to slowly but surely falling for the fae male. You can see Gandrett’s actions are usually towards a goal and barely loses focus, to save the prince, to be able to spend time with her family – a family she hasn’t seen in 10 years, but you also see her in her worst moments, including a moment where she lost her consciousness and she wet herself. This type of thing in the book really made me stop and be like WOW – she’s human. You don’t usually see moments like this in a book, is almost like normal bodily functions are taboo but not in this book.
I’ve also loved the slow burn romance between her and the fae, her conflicted feelings regarding him, because as a Child of Vala she has made an oath to be her sole company for the rest of her days and is very intriguing when her own heart is rebelling against her own faith, making her second guess her future.
The book has made my heart flutter with love, happiness but also fear, and the end of the book is breathtaking and ends in a cliffhanger. I’m glad the 2nd book is already out and I get the chance to read it next because this type of suspense is going to end my life way too soon. The book is raw, full of powerful magic, the female leader is a bad-ass heroine that finishes her tasks and beyond that. The females in the book besides being godly beautiful they’re also strong, powerful, and do not back down from their own tasks, even tho they might not be as strong as a male.
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Gandrett Brayton - a 17 years old girl, tore from her mother’s arms at the age of 7 and sworn to a goddess, becomes one with her blade. One year left before finishing her training, her fate takes a turn for the worst when a beautiful stranger appears at the priory asking specifically for Gandrett’s services. Fear creeps into her soul when she finds out the stranger is a Fae and she will have to work with him – but what she doesn’t know is that the job she has been hired to do – will require her to have her own heart on the line.
The book says its perfect for fans of “Throne of Glass” and “A court of Thrones and Roses” by Sarah J. Maas and “Daughter of Smoke and Bone” by Leight Bardugo, I’ve not read any of the books mentioned above – so I can’t say anything, however, what I can say is that I’ve found another book boyfriend and right now it feels like I’ve gathered a harem (don’t tell my boyfriend).
On a serious note, the book has taken me on one amazing adventure. Gandrett’s story starts very heartbreakingly, being a child of 7 years old and being torn from her mother arm’s to become a Child of Vala and train from such a young age, not knowing what childhood is – is sad. However, through this book you see her change from being the best fighter on the priory to save the Prince’s life, to slowly but surely falling for the fae male. You can see Gandrett’s actions are usually towards a goal and barely loses focus, to save the prince, to be able to spend time with her family – a family she hasn’t seen in 10 years, but you also see her in her worst moments, including a moment where she lost her consciousness and she wet herself. This type of thing in the book really made me stop and be like WOW – she’s human. You don’t usually see moments like this in a book, is almost like normal bodily functions are taboo but not in this book.
I’ve also loved the slow burn romance between her and the fae, her conflicted feelings regarding him, because as a Child of Vala she has made an oath to be her sole company for the rest of her days and is very intriguing when her own heart is rebelling against her own faith, making her second guess her future.
The book has made my heart flutter with love, happiness but also fear, and the end of the book is breathtaking and ends in a cliffhanger. I’m glad the 2nd book is already out and I get the chance to read it next because this type of suspense is going to end my life way too soon. The book is raw, full of powerful magic, the female leader is a bad-ass heroine that finishes her tasks and beyond that. The females in the book besides being godly beautiful they’re also strong, powerful, and do not back down from their own tasks, even tho they might not be as strong as a male.
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Torn by Angelina J. Steffort
5.0
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The life of Laney Dawson changes the moment her grandmother dies. What she thought to be impossible, is actually very real. Around her are creatures that bargain for souls when they die, the Lightbringers and Shadowbringers who take the souls either to heaven or hell, and Laney is becoming one of them.
Torn is the first in the Breath of Fate series, a young adult paranormal romance about a girl that is caught between the allure of darkness and light. The style of the story felt original to me because I haven’t read a book about people who bring souls to heaven or hell before so I can’t compare it with anything else. The pace of the story is slow but I feel like that’s what makes the book special because the things aren’t rushed, they take their pace to develop along the pages which makes the story even more intriguing.
The book does begin with a plot twist which I found it a little bit weird until I kept on reading and I realized that the plot at the beginning, has nothing to do with what’s happening in the rest of the book. The events aren’t predictable at all, if you think something is going to go a certain way you’ll be surprised at how the events develop and you’ll be in for a really bumpy ride and left gasping more than once.
The plot twists are strategically placed along with the story that makes this book have a hint of mystery. You’re always left believing something else than what actually is going on until it is actually happening. While reading I always had this feeling that the book is hiding something way more than we’re being shown or told, it was that feeling in the back of my mind that something will happen in the book, but I couldn’t put my finger on it.
What I liked was that the events were shown from different perspectives, from Laney’s perspective, from Cas and Leon which are our 3 characters that the story revolves around them which gives you more perspective about each one of them and how most of them aren’t who they say they’re. If you thought Cas’s the biggest evil, you’ll be surprised to find he also has a soft side. If you thought Leon is the best guy ever, you’ll be surprised that he’s not a saint, and Laney, she’s attracted to both sides of good and bad in equal measure. I can’t decide on my favorite part when comes to this book because there were plenty of moments that I liked, but I think one of the events that will stick with me, was when Laney has delivered her first soul to heaven, the description of that place, the feelings the emotions definitely were so strong and so powerful and made me really think on the whole heaven and hell subject.
I really enjoyed the characters, each one of them have been built so perfect and the more you read about them, the more you get to know them from Cas to Leon to Laney, each one of them are trying to do their best in a world where bargaining for souls and recognizing who should go to hell or heaven is a full-time job, on top of their teenager issues. The story is set in our world, except for the heavenly place where the Lightbringers deliver the souls, that place has been described so beautifully that it gave me goosebumps and made me sympathize with Laney who started crying after her first soul delivery. This book has been a really nice relaxing read, and if you’re in for some light and dark battle then this book is definitely for you. It does contain some darker tones here and there, but nothing too trigger’ish, or at least not for me.
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The life of Laney Dawson changes the moment her grandmother dies. What she thought to be impossible, is actually very real. Around her are creatures that bargain for souls when they die, the Lightbringers and Shadowbringers who take the souls either to heaven or hell, and Laney is becoming one of them.
Torn is the first in the Breath of Fate series, a young adult paranormal romance about a girl that is caught between the allure of darkness and light. The style of the story felt original to me because I haven’t read a book about people who bring souls to heaven or hell before so I can’t compare it with anything else. The pace of the story is slow but I feel like that’s what makes the book special because the things aren’t rushed, they take their pace to develop along the pages which makes the story even more intriguing.
The book does begin with a plot twist which I found it a little bit weird until I kept on reading and I realized that the plot at the beginning, has nothing to do with what’s happening in the rest of the book. The events aren’t predictable at all, if you think something is going to go a certain way you’ll be surprised at how the events develop and you’ll be in for a really bumpy ride and left gasping more than once.
The plot twists are strategically placed along with the story that makes this book have a hint of mystery. You’re always left believing something else than what actually is going on until it is actually happening. While reading I always had this feeling that the book is hiding something way more than we’re being shown or told, it was that feeling in the back of my mind that something will happen in the book, but I couldn’t put my finger on it.
What I liked was that the events were shown from different perspectives, from Laney’s perspective, from Cas and Leon which are our 3 characters that the story revolves around them which gives you more perspective about each one of them and how most of them aren’t who they say they’re. If you thought Cas’s the biggest evil, you’ll be surprised to find he also has a soft side. If you thought Leon is the best guy ever, you’ll be surprised that he’s not a saint, and Laney, she’s attracted to both sides of good and bad in equal measure. I can’t decide on my favorite part when comes to this book because there were plenty of moments that I liked, but I think one of the events that will stick with me, was when Laney has delivered her first soul to heaven, the description of that place, the feelings the emotions definitely were so strong and so powerful and made me really think on the whole heaven and hell subject.
I really enjoyed the characters, each one of them have been built so perfect and the more you read about them, the more you get to know them from Cas to Leon to Laney, each one of them are trying to do their best in a world where bargaining for souls and recognizing who should go to hell or heaven is a full-time job, on top of their teenager issues. The story is set in our world, except for the heavenly place where the Lightbringers deliver the souls, that place has been described so beautifully that it gave me goosebumps and made me sympathize with Laney who started crying after her first soul delivery. This book has been a really nice relaxing read, and if you’re in for some light and dark battle then this book is definitely for you. It does contain some darker tones here and there, but nothing too trigger’ish, or at least not for me.
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Lies of the Blood Moon by Nina Walker, Kimberly Loth
5.0
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After Poppy being saved on Night of the wolf moon, things take a very concerning turn on Lies Of The Blood Moon. The beginning of the book took me by surprise because I got confused about who’s pov we’re getting to read. The book begins with Joanna’s pov and for a little bit it threw me off not knowing what is happening, especially since we only got one pov.
The character development in the 2nd book has been tremendous – Poppy has grown so much more feisty, brave, and is no longer taking anything from anyone and is determined on finding who the killer is and keeping herself afloat when comes to the scoreboard. The way she’s grown in this book was really pleasant, she reads better, she takes better care of herself and one thing that I’ve loved is she’s so much bolder than in the previous book and her feelings for Ryne grow and her inner monologue and the struggle regarding the feelings is bittersweet because there’s so much going on.
Joanna is another character that has grown on me and I’ve liked her from the first book. She’s never shutting her mouth, she always speaks what she thinks and she is bold – extremely bold for her own good sake. And the friendship between Poppy and her is really sweet and I love them being together and going through all the ups and downs and never giving up on each other.
The relationship between Ryne and Poppy is a very complicated and twisted one. On one hand, they can’t keep their hands off of each other, and more than once they’ve ended up in some spicy situations (but nothing smutty or too revealing, just some heated moments spent together) but in the same time their relationship is forbidden and that complicates things.
Elle for me at the beginning has been an annoying character because I couldn’t figure out what is her story. However, once you get to know her story you get to like her and see that she as anyone else is just another pawn on the bigger picture.
The thing I can’t wrap my head around on liking in this book was Anders – one of the most despicable and horrible characters. He is ruthless, rude and so degenerate and whenever I read about him all I want is to just skip it forward because he is giving me all the weird feelings in the world. I can’t say it's triggering but is definitely doing something to me because I can’t stand him. Another character that I do not enjoy is the King – the father of Ryne, he is almost the same as Anders if not even worst.
The book can have some triggers for people such as public execution – the act didn’t quite happen but the overall scene can be a trigger for people. Then the abuse, the fighting between the wolves and the Lycans – however, the scenes aren’t very, very graphic but can be a trigger for people.
Overall the story is very catchy, you’re getting told and showed the whole story like you’d read a journal written by Poppy and her overall experience and feelings. The book has some hilarious moments where I’ve laughed out loud especially when Abi one of the shy characters really stood up and did something incredible. But at the same time, the story also has some dark moments because living in a world ruled by the shifters, is for sure not the most sunshine story. But even with the dark moments in the story, I really enjoy this series and while I wasn’t a fan of the ending of the book I am excited for the 3rd one and what we’re getting into.
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After Poppy being saved on Night of the wolf moon, things take a very concerning turn on Lies Of The Blood Moon. The beginning of the book took me by surprise because I got confused about who’s pov we’re getting to read. The book begins with Joanna’s pov and for a little bit it threw me off not knowing what is happening, especially since we only got one pov.
The character development in the 2nd book has been tremendous – Poppy has grown so much more feisty, brave, and is no longer taking anything from anyone and is determined on finding who the killer is and keeping herself afloat when comes to the scoreboard. The way she’s grown in this book was really pleasant, she reads better, she takes better care of herself and one thing that I’ve loved is she’s so much bolder than in the previous book and her feelings for Ryne grow and her inner monologue and the struggle regarding the feelings is bittersweet because there’s so much going on.
Joanna is another character that has grown on me and I’ve liked her from the first book. She’s never shutting her mouth, she always speaks what she thinks and she is bold – extremely bold for her own good sake. And the friendship between Poppy and her is really sweet and I love them being together and going through all the ups and downs and never giving up on each other.
The relationship between Ryne and Poppy is a very complicated and twisted one. On one hand, they can’t keep their hands off of each other, and more than once they’ve ended up in some spicy situations (but nothing smutty or too revealing, just some heated moments spent together) but in the same time their relationship is forbidden and that complicates things.
Elle for me at the beginning has been an annoying character because I couldn’t figure out what is her story. However, once you get to know her story you get to like her and see that she as anyone else is just another pawn on the bigger picture.
The thing I can’t wrap my head around on liking in this book was Anders – one of the most despicable and horrible characters. He is ruthless, rude and so degenerate and whenever I read about him all I want is to just skip it forward because he is giving me all the weird feelings in the world. I can’t say it's triggering but is definitely doing something to me because I can’t stand him. Another character that I do not enjoy is the King – the father of Ryne, he is almost the same as Anders if not even worst.
The book can have some triggers for people such as public execution – the act didn’t quite happen but the overall scene can be a trigger for people. Then the abuse, the fighting between the wolves and the Lycans – however, the scenes aren’t very, very graphic but can be a trigger for people.
Overall the story is very catchy, you’re getting told and showed the whole story like you’d read a journal written by Poppy and her overall experience and feelings. The book has some hilarious moments where I’ve laughed out loud especially when Abi one of the shy characters really stood up and did something incredible. But at the same time, the story also has some dark moments because living in a world ruled by the shifters, is for sure not the most sunshine story. But even with the dark moments in the story, I really enjoy this series and while I wasn’t a fan of the ending of the book I am excited for the 3rd one and what we’re getting into.
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Nisha by Airin Efferin
5.0
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The story begins with the curse that fell over Niha’s castle because of the words she addressed to the son of Lord Luft – she called him a brat. Even from the beginning, I loved Nisha and her personality – she is so feisty and strong and doesn’t regret the words she said or the events that followed afterward.
Nisha’s age and the age of Ged Luft isn’t disclosed in the book – which gave me a little bit of a hard time because I couldn’t imagine exactly how they are – especially with Ged acting like a small spoiled kid, I had a hard time to imagine their age exactly. The frenemy relationship between Ged and Nisha is an ongoing war, she hates him, he is spoiled and annoying and during one of their confrontations, he starts saying bad words about her mom leaving Nisha in a total state of confusion and demanding answers from her father.
There was a lot of mystery involving her mother, and eventually, she received the answers she was seeking and also helping her mother to be normal again thanks to their combined magic. The magical system in the book is really intriguing – everyone has some sort of magic, the magic of Outer Movement and magic of Inner Movement, those with the Outer Movement can work with the elements of moving nature such as animals, wind, etc. The Inner Movement magic such as Nisha’s can work with the micro-elements inside people’s bodies – including their mind or their strengths and then there is Saad who is neither of the two Elements mentioned and his power is pretty unknown between the people so they are not very sure how powerful he is in fact.
The way their magic is described and also shown to us is really interesting because you get sucked into that magical world and you learn so much more about their abilities.
The whole story I’ve enjoyed it a lot, I disliked the fact that their age was never disclosed so I had a hard time imagining how old they are – especially after Nisha and Ged got engaged by their parents for business purposes and the way Ged asked, REALLY made me question his age because he was such an annoying character.
Nisha is a coming-of-age short novella that takes you on a short adventure with a very feisty, brave, driven, and fearless young girl, and together with her friends, they’re up to greater things. The ending of the story leaves you curious about what’s yet to come and I’m really curious about following through with the story.
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The story begins with the curse that fell over Niha’s castle because of the words she addressed to the son of Lord Luft – she called him a brat. Even from the beginning, I loved Nisha and her personality – she is so feisty and strong and doesn’t regret the words she said or the events that followed afterward.
Nisha’s age and the age of Ged Luft isn’t disclosed in the book – which gave me a little bit of a hard time because I couldn’t imagine exactly how they are – especially with Ged acting like a small spoiled kid, I had a hard time to imagine their age exactly. The frenemy relationship between Ged and Nisha is an ongoing war, she hates him, he is spoiled and annoying and during one of their confrontations, he starts saying bad words about her mom leaving Nisha in a total state of confusion and demanding answers from her father.
There was a lot of mystery involving her mother, and eventually, she received the answers she was seeking and also helping her mother to be normal again thanks to their combined magic. The magical system in the book is really intriguing – everyone has some sort of magic, the magic of Outer Movement and magic of Inner Movement, those with the Outer Movement can work with the elements of moving nature such as animals, wind, etc. The Inner Movement magic such as Nisha’s can work with the micro-elements inside people’s bodies – including their mind or their strengths and then there is Saad who is neither of the two Elements mentioned and his power is pretty unknown between the people so they are not very sure how powerful he is in fact.
The way their magic is described and also shown to us is really interesting because you get sucked into that magical world and you learn so much more about their abilities.
The whole story I’ve enjoyed it a lot, I disliked the fact that their age was never disclosed so I had a hard time imagining how old they are – especially after Nisha and Ged got engaged by their parents for business purposes and the way Ged asked, REALLY made me question his age because he was such an annoying character.
Nisha is a coming-of-age short novella that takes you on a short adventure with a very feisty, brave, driven, and fearless young girl, and together with her friends, they’re up to greater things. The ending of the story leaves you curious about what’s yet to come and I’m really curious about following through with the story.
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Across Dark Seas by Clare Sager
5.0
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Across Dark Seas takes us to the beginning of Avice’s life and we get a glimpse on her innocence, on how split she is between doing what’s necessary and being who she wants to be – wild, free, an author of wild stories, but yet, she needs to be obedient, dutiful and meek.. just like her mother. Living under her father’s house and under his temper she needs to rein in all of her feelings and all of her dreams.
Even from the beginning I felt like she isn’t happy and can’t wait for an escape, and when Evered Lyons, proposes to her to marry him, she accepts happily knowing that he will let her be who she wants to be, however, there’s a big obstacle to overcome, and that’s her father approval.
When we first met her father the atmosphere is tensed, very dark and very dominant, her mother a barely human behind him sitting quiet and only speaking when he allows her, gives you the feeling of such an unhappy family – you can feel the tension in the air and the fear on Avice to speak to her father about this, and with good reason. He was the one applying the worst punishments a child can go through, locking her in a cupboard without water and food, days in a row because she didn’t obey him or she was too “wild” as he called her more often than not. It was pretty sad seeing her going through this events, especially the way she saw herself through her father eyes.
I loved the fact that her mom came to her aid and helped her escape, even tho she knew the consequences of such acts, she didn’t care, she wanted her daughter to escape her husband and be free, the moment when she told her to not settle and become like her was pretty sad.
Once they escape her father and end up on the ship the book gets even more hilarious for me. Avice is getting tired of her husband who still can’t bring her over “the edge” in bed and also not getting better from the sea sick, he’s always moaning about everything, the way her hair stays, the way she smells the fact she works when in fact he doesn’t do anything and you can see her struggle of saying what crosses her mind and put him in his place and still act like a lady – the internal struggle is very palpable and it made me feel like I want to slap Evered more often than not.
Evered for sure wasn’t my favorite character and the way he found his end in the book should’ve made me gasp or feel sad, instead it made me laugh, because he was so sure on himself that he will become the first mate on the captain and he will gain their way and do that and be that when in fact he was… useless, Avice did the whole hard work and in my opinion he was such a neanderthal who thought women shouldn’t have any pleasure, just lay down and that’s it. While Avice was mourning the loss of the husband she lost she also showed how strong and the way she was coping with everything that was going on and also the biggest change that I’ve enjoyed the most is how she discovers her fae powers! Its been really interesting reading the beginning of Avice and the changes she goes through.
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Across Dark Seas takes us to the beginning of Avice’s life and we get a glimpse on her innocence, on how split she is between doing what’s necessary and being who she wants to be – wild, free, an author of wild stories, but yet, she needs to be obedient, dutiful and meek.. just like her mother. Living under her father’s house and under his temper she needs to rein in all of her feelings and all of her dreams.
Even from the beginning I felt like she isn’t happy and can’t wait for an escape, and when Evered Lyons, proposes to her to marry him, she accepts happily knowing that he will let her be who she wants to be, however, there’s a big obstacle to overcome, and that’s her father approval.
When we first met her father the atmosphere is tensed, very dark and very dominant, her mother a barely human behind him sitting quiet and only speaking when he allows her, gives you the feeling of such an unhappy family – you can feel the tension in the air and the fear on Avice to speak to her father about this, and with good reason. He was the one applying the worst punishments a child can go through, locking her in a cupboard without water and food, days in a row because she didn’t obey him or she was too “wild” as he called her more often than not. It was pretty sad seeing her going through this events, especially the way she saw herself through her father eyes.
I loved the fact that her mom came to her aid and helped her escape, even tho she knew the consequences of such acts, she didn’t care, she wanted her daughter to escape her husband and be free, the moment when she told her to not settle and become like her was pretty sad.
Once they escape her father and end up on the ship the book gets even more hilarious for me. Avice is getting tired of her husband who still can’t bring her over “the edge” in bed and also not getting better from the sea sick, he’s always moaning about everything, the way her hair stays, the way she smells the fact she works when in fact he doesn’t do anything and you can see her struggle of saying what crosses her mind and put him in his place and still act like a lady – the internal struggle is very palpable and it made me feel like I want to slap Evered more often than not.
Evered for sure wasn’t my favorite character and the way he found his end in the book should’ve made me gasp or feel sad, instead it made me laugh, because he was so sure on himself that he will become the first mate on the captain and he will gain their way and do that and be that when in fact he was… useless, Avice did the whole hard work and in my opinion he was such a neanderthal who thought women shouldn’t have any pleasure, just lay down and that’s it. While Avice was mourning the loss of the husband she lost she also showed how strong and the way she was coping with everything that was going on and also the biggest change that I’ve enjoyed the most is how she discovers her fae powers! Its been really interesting reading the beginning of Avice and the changes she goes through.
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