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avaloneve's Reviews (205)
adventurous
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
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for allowing me to read an eARC in exchange for my honest review.
I really enjoyed this story and I had a great time reading it. I had a feeling I would, because I really like watching the author's storytelling throughout her videos and her streams. Also, The Little Mermaid was my favorite movie growing up, so it was obvious I was going to like it.
This book had some of my favorite tropes: found family, enemies to lovers and morally gray love interest.
The beginning was great; I was really immersed in the story. But around the middle part of the book, it felt a little too slow for my liking. Also, I loved the writing style; it felt very whimsical.
I really liked Celeste; she was a very different FMC to what I usually read. She was an emotional and sensitive woman with lots of confidence and courage. I also adored all the side characters; they all had really amazing personalities and little quirks and flaws that make them really unique.
Overall, this was a really good debut and I am really excited to see where this story goes and how the author evolves her writing.
Quotes:
“Celeste hadn't realized it, but they'd been drawing closer to each other. As if he was the moon and she was the helpless tide.”
“Their eyes met, and it was as if she could finally read him as easily as he did her. They weren't so different. Not really. He may be human and she a siren, but they both just wanted to belong."
I really enjoyed this story and I had a great time reading it. I had a feeling I would, because I really like watching the author's storytelling throughout her videos and her streams. Also, The Little Mermaid was my favorite movie growing up, so it was obvious I was going to like it.
This book had some of my favorite tropes: found family, enemies to lovers and morally gray love interest.
The beginning was great; I was really immersed in the story. But around the middle part of the book, it felt a little too slow for my liking. Also, I loved the writing style; it felt very whimsical.
I really liked Celeste; she was a very different FMC to what I usually read. She was an emotional and sensitive woman with lots of confidence and courage. I also adored all the side characters; they all had really amazing personalities and little quirks and flaws that make them really unique.
Overall, this was a really good debut and I am really excited to see where this story goes and how the author evolves her writing.
Quotes:
“Celeste hadn't realized it, but they'd been drawing closer to each other. As if he was the moon and she was the helpless tide.”
“Their eyes met, and it was as if she could finally read him as easily as he did her. They weren't so different. Not really. He may be human and she a siren, but they both just wanted to belong."
lighthearted
medium-paced
dark
medium-paced
Thank you to Netgalley and Second Sky/Forever Publishing for allowing me to read an eARC in exchange for my honest review.
What a fun book! I was really excited to read this after the amazing time I had reading Phantasma, and it didn't disappoint.
I am in love with the world; it is gothic, mysterious and dark. It also had the same feeling as Phantasma, but at the same time it felt quite different and unique.
There was a nice balance of plot, romance and smut. I loved the premise of the games and it was quite jarring seeing all the brothers fighting to the death.
I really liked Genevieve; she was a confident and strong woman.
The relationship between Genevieve and Rowin was sweet and hot at the same time.
I loved all of the side characters (Rowin´s family); they all had really amazing personalities and little quirks and flaws that make them really unique.
The ending was very tense and I was so anxious throughout the last chapters.
I am so excited for the possibility of more books in this world, and I can't wait to read them.
Quotes:
“She’d long given up the hope that someone with a white horse would ever come to save her. But that didn't mean she couldn't be the knight in shining armor for herself. For them.”
“I want you to know, I really would have waited for you, right here, forever if that's what it would have taken. I would have stood in this spot until I could no longer distinguish my own soul from the shadows. Until your light came back to me.”
What a fun book! I was really excited to read this after the amazing time I had reading Phantasma, and it didn't disappoint.
I am in love with the world; it is gothic, mysterious and dark. It also had the same feeling as Phantasma, but at the same time it felt quite different and unique.
There was a nice balance of plot, romance and smut. I loved the premise of the games and it was quite jarring seeing all the brothers fighting to the death.
I really liked Genevieve; she was a confident and strong woman.
The relationship between Genevieve and Rowin was sweet and hot at the same time.
I loved all of the side characters (Rowin´s family); they all had really amazing personalities and little quirks and flaws that make them really unique.
The ending was very tense and I was so anxious throughout the last chapters.
I am so excited for the possibility of more books in this world, and I can't wait to read them.
Quotes:
“She’d long given up the hope that someone with a white horse would ever come to save her. But that didn't mean she couldn't be the knight in shining armor for herself. For them.”
“I want you to know, I really would have waited for you, right here, forever if that's what it would have taken. I would have stood in this spot until I could no longer distinguish my own soul from the shadows. Until your light came back to me.”
dark
sad
medium-paced
adventurous
slow-paced
adventurous
slow-paced
mysterious
medium-paced
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced