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ebonwilde's Reviews (901)
underwhelming compared to the the dream thieves, but still enjoyable. i loved that blue had more focus in this installment however, because she was the only reason i started this series, and she's still my favorite part. and adam's somewhat graduated from his incelitis, so there's another plus. stiefvater's writing is ethereal as always, but the plot did fall a bit flat for me.
3.75
3.75
going to ignore the wmaw couple but moving on! this is one of the few books i've read where the hype was completely deserved. absolutely gorgeous prose, fast paced plot, enjoyable characters, it had everything. gave me the enemies to lovers i've been craving since the folk of air. juliette is already one of my favorite book characters, and i can tell this is going to be a series i'm going to be obsessed with for a long time. definitely recommend!
has the best evajacks moments of the trilogy. chapter 12 with jacks "training" evangeline, the scene where eva regained her memories, eva's love confession, their first kiss, the alternate epilogue in the hollows, there wasn't a bad evajacks scene to be found.
but it had the most underdeveloped plot. i can't say i care that much because i wasn't reading for the plot anyway, but there's a lot of questions i want answered (begging for a castorlala spinoff !!!). also, i'm petty, i hate that apollo was the most fleshed out character in this book because why him?
3.5 (3.75) stars
but it had the most underdeveloped plot. i can't say i care that much because i wasn't reading for the plot anyway, but there's a lot of questions i want answered (begging for a castorlala spinoff !!!). also, i'm petty, i hate that apollo was the most fleshed out character in this book because why him?
3.5 (3.75) stars
"Whatever scene you're planning on causing right now? It won't change anything. He won't leave her." okay.
She’s the only divine thing he’s ever believed in. The only creature in this vast, cruel land who could kill him. And sometimes, in his loveliest dreams, he imagines she does.
I absolutely adored everything about this book. I've loved Krystal Sutherland's writing since I read House of Hollow a couple years ago, and this did not disappoint. With lovable, fully fledged out characters and an enthralling plot, this is one of the best books I've read recently. The premise immediately caught my attention: three girls, Zara Jones, who has a murdered sister, Jude Wolf, the billionaire's daughter with a cursed soul, and Emer Byrne, the cursewriter whose clients are being killed, team up catch a witch hunting serial killer.
One thing I loved was how all the POVs were unique—ya books with multiple point-of-views often have characters that all blend together, but that did not happen at all with this. Each perspective is so distinct from each other, yet the characters come together so well. I also loved the worldbuilding and plot. Incorporating witchcraft and witch hunting into feminist analysis is not new by any means, but Sutherland's rendition of this theme was fascinating. A story that's unapologetically pro-female, with QUEER female characters at the center? Without any sort of male apologia incorporated into it? Do you know how rare that is? I couldn't tell you much joy this brought me, how emotionally invested in this book I was. The writing itself is flawless, switching seamlessly from emotional to humorous to back again.
The ending I adored as well. While it could definitely be considered obvious, it was still an emotional rollercoaster. It's also the perfect ending in my opinion, especially with the feminist undertones of the story, because who is often a girl's first betrayal, if not her own family? And the epilogue with Jude and Emer has my entire heart. I absolutely recommend this to anyone who enjoys gritty horroresque fantasy. 4.5 stars.
Thank you to Netgalley and the author for the early copy.
One thing I loved was how all the POVs were unique—ya books with multiple point-of-views often have characters that all blend together, but that did not happen at all with this. Each perspective is so distinct from each other, yet the characters come together so well. I also loved the worldbuilding and plot. Incorporating witchcraft and witch hunting into feminist analysis is not new by any means, but Sutherland's rendition of this theme was fascinating. A story that's unapologetically pro-female, with QUEER female characters at the center? Without any sort of male apologia incorporated into it? Do you know how rare that is? I couldn't tell you much joy this brought me, how emotionally invested in this book I was. The writing itself is flawless, switching seamlessly from emotional to humorous to back again.
The ending I adored as well. While it could definitely be considered obvious, it was still an emotional rollercoaster. It's also the perfect ending in my opinion, especially with the feminist undertones of the story, because who is often a girl's first betrayal, if not her own family? And the epilogue with Jude and Emer has my entire heart. I absolutely recommend this to anyone who enjoys gritty horroresque fantasy. 4.5 stars.
Thank you to Netgalley and the author for the early copy.
