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mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Fun, atmospheric, and with a sweet romance! Really enjoyable!
The MC, Maeve, had a rough life – orphaned, displaced, homeless and forced to hide her identity – but she was still confident and spunky, which I appreciated! She often did things that lowkey stressed me out (like, girl you’re gonna get CAUGHT!!!) but it made her a great POV character, because she was always trying to solve whatever mysteries appeared in front of her. 🙂↕️
The story had a bunch of small mysteries to uncover, and, for the most part, I enjoyed how things played out, though I wish the Bad Guys ™ had had more reasons to do what they did / a bigger role in the story + I didn’t love that they just went through their evil monologue where they explained everything they did lol 🥲.
Regarding the side characters: I liked Nan and Shea, but I wish we’d seen more of them!! I feel like Maeve’s friendship with them was not as developed as it should’ve been, which is a shame, because I really liked Nan and Shea!
Tristan, on the other hand, was a great LI! I really liked his personal story with scriptomancy and the aldervine, and I also liked his dynamic with Maeve! They bantered a bit, but Tristan was always really sweet and understanding, which is exactlyyyyy how I like male LIs 🙂↕️ 🙂↕️ 🙂↕️. Overall, Tristan was such a great character (both on his own, and as Maeve’s LI). Also, I appreciate that he wears glasses. We NEVERRR see dudes wearing glasses, especially in fantasy books! Finally some poor-vision representation!!! 😤
I really liked this world! The setup was super interesting – the portals between worlds being destroyed and their society collapsing was quite intriguing! Though, I will say, some aspects of the world building were a little clunky. Like, why not just teach the displaced people scriptomancy so they can go back home? It might be hard to learn, but surely it’s better than having a bunch of refugees + insane amounts of letters to send between worlds, no? Regardless, I liked the world. I also really the magic system! Scriptomancy was simple in concept, but I really enjoyed the idea of using written words as magic.
I think the ending was a bit abrupt, but overall I still enjoyed this book a lot, and I’d definitely recommend it, especially for the Autumn/Winter time – this book has a GREAT atmosphere! 🤩
The MC, Maeve, had a rough life – orphaned, displaced, homeless and forced to hide her identity – but she was still confident and spunky, which I appreciated! She often did things that lowkey stressed me out (like, girl you’re gonna get CAUGHT!!!) but it made her a great POV character, because she was always trying to solve whatever mysteries appeared in front of her. 🙂↕️
The story had a bunch of small mysteries to uncover, and, for the most part, I enjoyed how things played out, though I wish the Bad Guys ™ had had more reasons to do what they did / a bigger role in the story + I didn’t love that they just went through their evil monologue where they explained everything they did lol 🥲.
Regarding the side characters: I liked Nan and Shea, but I wish we’d seen more of them!! I feel like Maeve’s friendship with them was not as developed as it should’ve been, which is a shame, because I really liked Nan and Shea!
Tristan, on the other hand, was a great LI! I really liked his personal story with scriptomancy and the aldervine, and I also liked his dynamic with Maeve! They bantered a bit, but Tristan was always really sweet and understanding, which is exactlyyyyy how I like male LIs 🙂↕️ 🙂↕️ 🙂↕️. Overall, Tristan was such a great character (both on his own, and as Maeve’s LI). Also, I appreciate that he wears glasses. We NEVERRR see dudes wearing glasses, especially in fantasy books! Finally some poor-vision representation!!! 😤
I really liked this world! The setup was super interesting – the portals between worlds being destroyed and their society collapsing was quite intriguing! Though, I will say, some aspects of the world building were a little clunky. Like, why not just teach the displaced people scriptomancy so they can go back home? It might be hard to learn, but surely it’s better than having a bunch of refugees + insane amounts of letters to send between worlds, no? Regardless, I liked the world. I also really the magic system! Scriptomancy was simple in concept, but I really enjoyed the idea of using written words as magic.
I think the ending was a bit abrupt, but overall I still enjoyed this book a lot, and I’d definitely recommend it, especially for the Autumn/Winter time – this book has a GREAT atmosphere! 🤩
adventurous
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
This is the type of book that I couldn’t really connect with, but could still recommend. I’m not a fan of the arranged marriage trope, but I don’t really mind the way it was done in this book. Tru and Elang’s allyship was well-done, at first… but then we get to the plot twist and I was like…. 🤨😬
So, Elang knew that Tru was his “soulmate” and met her when she was younger, then proceeded to pretend to be an old man and work with her for years because he lowkey immediately fell for her and didn’t want to kill her…… I understand that, on one hand, this makes their relationship a bit more developed – after all, Tru and Elang were already coworkers/friends for a while, even though she didn’t realize that had been Elang all along. HOWEVERRRRR I just couldn’t get over the fact that Elang had been stalking, lying and manipulating her for years 😭😭😭. Like, yeah, he wasn’t mean or anything, but it was just a weird dynamic, imo. I just didn’t really like that plot twist, and what it meant for their relationship dynamic. I also didn’t feel anything when they declared their love for each other. 🫤 The ending was sweet, though, albeit nonsensical (like, Elang just came back 3 years later with no memories of Tru and then in 1 page he gets all his memories back???? Okay, whatever……)
I enjoyed Tru’s relationship with her family and the love she had for them, though I kinda wish we’d spent a little longer with them. I also never really cared about the other side characters (the guards, the demon, even the Bad Guy…) – I just found them quite forgettable.
The setting was also a little underutilized. The underwater kingdom should’ve been a magical place, but I could barely envision it. I wish it’d been a bit more descriptive, or used in a more unique way. This story could’ve taken place anywhere, and not much would change, which is a shame. I often forgot we were underwater lol. I think it’s because they were always doing things that lowkey would be impossible underwater. Like, didn’t they make soup and boil noodles UNDER THE SEA, at some point?? Lmao 🥴
And why was Tru always saying “demon turds”? Girl, enough!!!! 😭
Overall, I can see why other people might like this, but I just never cared for anything that was happening, and will forget about this book in 2 days. The audiobook is great, though, and the US edition has an incredible cover!!
I enjoyed Tru’s relationship with her family and the love she had for them, though I kinda wish we’d spent a little longer with them. I also never really cared about the other side characters (the guards, the demon, even the Bad Guy…) – I just found them quite forgettable.
The setting was also a little underutilized. The underwater kingdom should’ve been a magical place, but I could barely envision it. I wish it’d been a bit more descriptive, or used in a more unique way. This story could’ve taken place anywhere, and not much would change, which is a shame. I often forgot we were underwater lol. I think it’s because they were always doing things that lowkey would be impossible underwater. Like, didn’t they make soup and boil noodles UNDER THE SEA, at some point?? Lmao 🥴
And why was Tru always saying “demon turds”? Girl, enough!!!! 😭
Overall, I can see why other people might like this, but I just never cared for anything that was happening, and will forget about this book in 2 days. The audiobook is great, though, and the US edition has an incredible cover!!
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I enjoyed that the romance was sweet and tender, but for some reason, this never fully grabbed my attention. It took me 2 weeks to read 280 pages… 🥲 I don’t know why, but I just never fully connected to this story. But I think that’s a “me” problem, and I genuinely think other people could like this book more than I did; I’d still recommend it, for sure! 🫶🏻
I like that this book was written from the male character’s POV; so many straight romances are in the girl’s POV, and I enjoyed that this story gave me something unique.
I enjoyed both Seth and Nina, but I think I would’ve liked to see more of them, individually. Seth, in particular: at the start of the book I related a lot to him, when he was talking about drifting away from all of his high school friends and finding it difficult to make new friendships; but turns out he already has 2 best friends at uni (that we don’t see much of, particularly Anya) and that’s it. I think there was an opportunity here to make his friendships more meaningful to the story, and to really explore his loneliness.
We know less about Nina (which makes sense, since we’re not in her POV), and the main thing I wanted for her was for her to be LESS PATHETIC!!!!!!!!! Like, oh my goddddddddddd girl! For some reason, she had a crush on Seth in school (even though they never talked; she just fell for a stranger), and then she stayed in love for 5 YEARS???????????? 🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨 Mind you, during this time, they were acquaintances, at best. They weren’t even *friends*, and you’re telling me she was deeply in love with this dude (who spoke to her maybe 3 times) for HALF A DECADE???? 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ Nina was PATHETIC and PITIFUL! I couldn’t get over the fact that she fell for a stranger and continued to be down-bad for him for so long, especially given the fact that he didn’t even talk to her. 😭😭😭 She does acknowledge that she has no reasons to like Seth, so at least she’s self-aware, but I would’ve preferred if Nina had *actual reasonings* for this long-ass crush, you know? Like, if Seth had done something super nice for her when they first met, if they’d had a meet-cute she could never forget, if he was really talented at something she’s really into…… ANYTHING to justify her absurd levels of pining. 🫤
And then, when they reconnect after 4 years, Seth falls for her in like, 2 weeks?? I understand that he had a repressed crush for her, back in the day, but I just couldn’t get on board with the fact that neither of these 22-year-olds ever got over some little high school crushes that never amounted to anything (given that, as I mentioned, they didn’t even really speak to each other). Seth keeps mentioning that it makes no sense for him to start liking Nina in only 2 weeks, and I was right there with him! Makes zero sense, I agree lol. 🥴
Seth gets this revelation pretty early on, so most of the book is him groveling and pining after Nina. I do enjoy when a man is very much in love with a woman, so I guess I liked that aspect of this story. With that said, their romance never made me *feel* a lot. I didn’t really get any butterflies or fuzzy feelings. They were cute, and I really enjoyed that they communicated their feelings and how much they cared for each other, but I never *fell* for their romance, you know? 🫤🫤🫤
Regarding the writing: this was quite an easy read. The way the present storyline was interwoven with the flashbacks + diary entries from Nina was both easy to understand and also made the story more interesting. There were typos, but I’ll give the book a pass, since it’s self-published (though, I’ll say, the occasional use of present tense in a book that’s supposed to be written in the past tense sometimes pulled me out of the story).
Overall: fine. I’m still looking forward to this author’s next release!
I like that this book was written from the male character’s POV; so many straight romances are in the girl’s POV, and I enjoyed that this story gave me something unique.
I enjoyed both Seth and Nina, but I think I would’ve liked to see more of them, individually. Seth, in particular: at the start of the book I related a lot to him, when he was talking about drifting away from all of his high school friends and finding it difficult to make new friendships; but turns out he already has 2 best friends at uni (that we don’t see much of, particularly Anya) and that’s it. I think there was an opportunity here to make his friendships more meaningful to the story, and to really explore his loneliness.
We know less about Nina (which makes sense, since we’re not in her POV), and the main thing I wanted for her was for her to be LESS PATHETIC!!!!!!!!! Like, oh my goddddddddddd girl! For some reason, she had a crush on Seth in school (even though they never talked; she just fell for a stranger), and then she stayed in love for 5 YEARS???????????? 🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨 Mind you, during this time, they were acquaintances, at best. They weren’t even *friends*, and you’re telling me she was deeply in love with this dude (who spoke to her maybe 3 times) for HALF A DECADE???? 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ Nina was PATHETIC and PITIFUL! I couldn’t get over the fact that she fell for a stranger and continued to be down-bad for him for so long, especially given the fact that he didn’t even talk to her. 😭😭😭 She does acknowledge that she has no reasons to like Seth, so at least she’s self-aware, but I would’ve preferred if Nina had *actual reasonings* for this long-ass crush, you know? Like, if Seth had done something super nice for her when they first met, if they’d had a meet-cute she could never forget, if he was really talented at something she’s really into…… ANYTHING to justify her absurd levels of pining. 🫤
And then, when they reconnect after 4 years, Seth falls for her in like, 2 weeks?? I understand that he had a repressed crush for her, back in the day, but I just couldn’t get on board with the fact that neither of these 22-year-olds ever got over some little high school crushes that never amounted to anything (given that, as I mentioned, they didn’t even really speak to each other). Seth keeps mentioning that it makes no sense for him to start liking Nina in only 2 weeks, and I was right there with him! Makes zero sense, I agree lol. 🥴
Seth gets this revelation pretty early on, so most of the book is him groveling and pining after Nina. I do enjoy when a man is very much in love with a woman, so I guess I liked that aspect of this story. With that said, their romance never made me *feel* a lot. I didn’t really get any butterflies or fuzzy feelings. They were cute, and I really enjoyed that they communicated their feelings and how much they cared for each other, but I never *fell* for their romance, you know? 🫤🫤🫤
Regarding the writing: this was quite an easy read. The way the present storyline was interwoven with the flashbacks + diary entries from Nina was both easy to understand and also made the story more interesting. There were typos, but I’ll give the book a pass, since it’s self-published (though, I’ll say, the occasional use of present tense in a book that’s supposed to be written in the past tense sometimes pulled me out of the story).
Overall: fine. I’m still looking forward to this author’s next release!
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
2+ years in my tbr, and it should’ve stayed there…
Listen…… this book wasn’t terrible, it was simply underwhelming, to me. Everyone talks about how epic this is, but most of the book felt like setup. I just kept waiting for something interesting to happen.
There are 2 parallel worlds: the normal-world and the dream-world. In the dream-world live creatures that are basically manifestations of the dreams/nightmares of people from the normal-world, which is a really interesting concept!
In this story, there’s an Evil Guy ™ who wants to rule both of these worlds, and he plans on doing so with the help of a super powerful child. Our 4 MCs all oppose this Evil Guy ™:
➤ Wren – works for Evil Guy ™, but he mistreated her and she wants revenge. She either wins fights super easily or gets super injured and needs to be rescued. No in-between.
➤ Alaric – used to work for Evil Guy ™ but is now with the rebels.
➤ Ila – is the adoptive sister of the child Evil Guy ™ wants to use, so she wants to save the child + free her country from Evil Guy ™’s army.
➤ Caine – son of the Evil Guy ™, and although he dislikes his daddy, he’s mostly just following Ila around without a clear motivation.
The characters themselves were alright (except for Caine – he was kinda boring and I wish he’d been evil, cuz then at least he’d have some ~flavour~). Their relationships, however, left a lot to be desired. Caine and Ila were boring as hell. Wren and Alaric were kind of interesting. However, in both of these cases, I just didn’t understand why they liked each other. They simply fell in love in like, 2 days, and I didn’t buy any of that. And, mind you, 1 person in each couple was in a relationship with somebody else (I can kind of give Wren a pass bc her relationship seemed a bit on-and-off, but Ila was fully in LOVE with her partner since they were teens!!).
We’d just get vague descriptions of how 1 person is attractive and the other one feels their pulse rising / gets aroused looking at them, and that’s it. 😐😐😐 There was literally nothing interesting in these romances.
Also, idk why this book is tagged as lesbian. This isn’t a lesbian book. There’s a wlw sex scene at the beginning between Wren and a SC we barely even see, and that’s it. I mean, Wren is very much bi, so this book is still queer, but to tag this as a **lesbian book** when none of the MCs is a lesbian + the relationships between the MCs are all m/f is just… incorrect, methinks. 🫤
Now, regarding the plot: I found this story painfully basic. It took sooooo long for anything interesting to even start happening! It was just the MCs coming together and walking/riding. Some small things would happen here and there, I guess, but nothing that substantial or intriguing. It felt like side-quests. 🫤 When cool stuff actually started happening, it was all so predictable that it wasn’t even enjoyable to read. I don’t even mind a predictable plot! The problem is that this entire book felt like buildup for a really underwhelming ending, which means that it truly just gave me *nothing*. It wasn’t even a fun journey to go on, you know?
And sometimes, when we’d get (potentially) cool scenes, they’d be written in the weirdest way????? Like, at some point Wren and Alaric go through a bruuuutal fight — there were literally DOZENS of bodies piled around them, and they were drenched in blood and gore! — and yet the fight scene was literally just 1 page 😭💀………… Like??????????? I just spent 200 pages seeing these characters basically go on a long walk, and when I finally get some action, it’s basically OFF-PAGE?? I just have to *believe* that it was really cool and epic and brutal?? JUST LET ME SEE ITTTTTTT!!!!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭 Did the author just not want to write the action scenes?
Idk man, but I was BORED reading this!!! It seems like a good setup for book 2, and this wasn’t even a terrible book, but I ain’t touching the sequel.
Listen…… this book wasn’t terrible, it was simply underwhelming, to me. Everyone talks about how epic this is, but most of the book felt like setup. I just kept waiting for something interesting to happen.
There are 2 parallel worlds: the normal-world and the dream-world. In the dream-world live creatures that are basically manifestations of the dreams/nightmares of people from the normal-world, which is a really interesting concept!
In this story, there’s an Evil Guy ™ who wants to rule both of these worlds, and he plans on doing so with the help of a super powerful child. Our 4 MCs all oppose this Evil Guy ™:
➤ Wren – works for Evil Guy ™, but he mistreated her and she wants revenge. She either wins fights super easily or gets super injured and needs to be rescued. No in-between.
➤ Alaric – used to work for Evil Guy ™ but is now with the rebels.
➤ Ila – is the adoptive sister of the child Evil Guy ™ wants to use, so she wants to save the child + free her country from Evil Guy ™’s army.
➤ Caine – son of the Evil Guy ™, and although he dislikes his daddy, he’s mostly just following Ila around without a clear motivation.
The characters themselves were alright (except for Caine – he was kinda boring and I wish he’d been evil, cuz then at least he’d have some ~flavour~). Their relationships, however, left a lot to be desired. Caine and Ila were boring as hell. Wren and Alaric were kind of interesting. However, in both of these cases, I just didn’t understand why they liked each other. They simply fell in love in like, 2 days, and I didn’t buy any of that. And, mind you, 1 person in each couple was in a relationship with somebody else (I can kind of give Wren a pass bc her relationship seemed a bit on-and-off, but Ila was fully in LOVE with her partner since they were teens!!).
We’d just get vague descriptions of how 1 person is attractive and the other one feels their pulse rising / gets aroused looking at them, and that’s it. 😐😐😐 There was literally nothing interesting in these romances.
Also, idk why this book is tagged as lesbian. This isn’t a lesbian book. There’s a wlw sex scene at the beginning between Wren and a SC we barely even see, and that’s it. I mean, Wren is very much bi, so this book is still queer, but to tag this as a **lesbian book** when none of the MCs is a lesbian + the relationships between the MCs are all m/f is just… incorrect, methinks. 🫤
Now, regarding the plot: I found this story painfully basic. It took sooooo long for anything interesting to even start happening! It was just the MCs coming together and walking/riding. Some small things would happen here and there, I guess, but nothing that substantial or intriguing. It felt like side-quests. 🫤 When cool stuff actually started happening, it was all so predictable that it wasn’t even enjoyable to read. I don’t even mind a predictable plot! The problem is that this entire book felt like buildup for a really underwhelming ending, which means that it truly just gave me *nothing*. It wasn’t even a fun journey to go on, you know?
And sometimes, when we’d get (potentially) cool scenes, they’d be written in the weirdest way????? Like, at some point Wren and Alaric go through a bruuuutal fight — there were literally DOZENS of bodies piled around them, and they were drenched in blood and gore! — and yet the fight scene was literally just 1 page 😭💀………… Like??????????? I just spent 200 pages seeing these characters basically go on a long walk, and when I finally get some action, it’s basically OFF-PAGE?? I just have to *believe* that it was really cool and epic and brutal?? JUST LET ME SEE ITTTTTTT!!!!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭 Did the author just not want to write the action scenes?
Idk man, but I was BORED reading this!!! It seems like a good setup for book 2, and this wasn’t even a terrible book, but I ain’t touching the sequel.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
OMGGGG this was genuinely really good!!!!!!!!!!! 🤩🤩🤩 It’s quite an intimating book – lots of POV characters, almost 700 pages, high fantasy – but the author managed to do it FLAWLESSLY!!!!!!!!!
I am genuinely so impressed that Niamh Rose managed to make this book so accessible. I read the glossary before I started the actual story, and that did give me a lot of the context needed regarding this world and the magic system. But, honestly, I don’t really think I even needed to do that. The worldbuilding is quite seamless and well-woven into the story, and the (beautiful!!) map makes it easy to understand where everything is.
And this world is so rich! 😍 I genuinely loved going through the glossary and learning about the plants and animals of this world, how the magic worked, the different kingdoms and their traditions and styles… And the way everything worked in the story made for such a lush experience, reading this book! I hope to see more of it in the next book (especially the animals!).
Regarding the plot: we have multiple plot-lines, and they’re also really well done! The main plot-line is in regards to a courting season: we are following a new king who’s looking for a wife, while also dealing with rebel sorcerers who oppose the enslavement and torture that sorcerers go through. We’re also following a prince and princess who’re participating in the season with intentions to kill the king 🫢🫣.
In the second plot-line we’re following rebel sorcerers who managed to escape the concentration camps. We see them gathering information and helping other sorcerers, clearly trying to raise their numbers so they can fight back against their oppressors, which is something that doesn’t happen yet in this book, but I’m excited to see how it develops. Also, it seems there’s something ~strange~ about one of these sorcerers……… 👀
The last plot-line is the one we spend the least time on, but is one that has A LOT of potential. The king’s cousin is working with an enslaved sorcerer to find information regarding some weird curses. There were some CREEEEEPY revelations here, and I genuinely can’t WAIT to see where this goes in the next book! 🫣🫣🫣
All these plot-lines ended up converging at some points – not really in a “they all come together in the climax” way. There were just specific instances here and there throughout the story, which made everything more engaging, and made me excited to see when and how things would connect. Also, I have to say: I’m REALLY IMPRESSED that the author managed to make EVERY PLOT-LINE interesting!!! 🤩🤩🤩 I was worried that I would be bored in some POVs, and while I did have my favourites, there wasn’t a single POV I found dull, and I NEVER felt the urge to skip ahead to a different plot-line! The story was genuinely so well-built, and the distribution of the plot-lines was great. The story was engaging all throughout!
Now let’s talk about the characters: I reeeeally enjoyed them!!! They were all so well-constructed and three-dimensional. Some characters are good, some are quite evil, and some are very much morally grey. BUTTTTT what I really appreciated is that we could genuinely see where they were coming from. Even when I didn’t agree with a character’s actions, there was still a logical explanation for them – they weren’t evil just for the sake of it. The characters’ motivations were very well-written. I also like that, while the characters were very three-dimensional, there are still things we don’t know about their pasts (particularly, Elias, Hestan and Nathon). The author managed to make these characters have depth, while also still leaving some mysteries for the readers to learn in book 2. 👀👀👀 SOOOO EXCITING!
And I enjoyed the dynamic between the characters!
➤ Nathon being really protective of Loria, and her being mad at him for keeping her in the dark was really engaging (and I liked their sibling banter hehe). I’m also really curious to learn more about their creepy ass father. 😬😰
➤ King Eliel’s relationship with his cousin Elias was interesting and genuine,though, given how the book ended, now I’m wondering if Eliel actually trusts Elias or not 🤔 . I’m really intrigued about how it’s gonna develop in book 2!
➤ King Eliel’s connection with the ladies and their respective escorts for the courting season was also very captivating; I was always wondering if he actually liked and trusted them or not.
➤ Nemina and Baz’s friendship could’ve been a bit more developed. I really liked their banter, and I wanna see more of themmmmm!!! 😩🤲🏻 I hope to see more of their friendship (+ the other rebel sorcerers) in the next book!
➤ Shadae and Elias’ dynamic was probably my least favourite – you’ll rarely find me enjoying a partnership between an enslaved person and someone who isn’t against their enslavement 😵💫. I was worried the author was gonna make them fall in love, but that didn’t happen at all! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 Shadae straight up can’t stand Elias (as she should), and he still has a lot of growing to do before I get to *like* him. I’m really interested in their plot-line, though – the things they found and the reveals at the end of the book were veryyyy 👀👀👀👀👀.
➤ NATHON AND HESTANNNNN 💖🤭💫🌱🤍🌷🌈🌼🌺💕🫶🏻😊🍃✨🩵🥰💛🫧❣️💓🌸💚🥹💙🎀🤲🏻🌙☁️. Literally my favourite relationship in the book! I really liked seeing them slowly cooperating and building an allyship, and then realizing they could only really trust one another in that palace. They had me smiling as I read 🤭. Their little balcony-scene was my favouriteeee!!!!
The writing was really immersive and I enjoyed the structure of the story and the way the plot, world and characters were built. On a technical sense, I had some issues – there were some typos and the punctuation definitely wasn’t to my taste –, but it was alright. I always give self-published books grace, when it comes to editing.
Overall, this book was genuinely amazing and I’m SOOOOO EXCITED for book 2! Like, it’s genuinely one of my most anticipated books of 2026 already!!!!!! 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 Just the fact that I spent several days just reading this, from morning to evening, says a lot. It’s the first book in a LOOONG time that kept my attention so consistently and made me want to never put it down! Genuinely so fun!
Spoilery thoughts + things I want to remember once book 2 comes around:
➤ I’m suuuper curious about Raviel aka the Healer aka possibly the King of Jurasa (????).
➤ What the fuck happened to Silas? Like, what do you meeeean he’s a ghost (?),,,,,,, like? What is going ONNNNN?!
➤ The whole thing with the rebels having a traitor in their group SCARES ME!! And the fact that there’s a necromancer somewhere!!!?!???! 😰 Like, why would a necromancer (aka a sorcerer) be working against the rebel sorcerers??? Could he be bound by a servitude curse?? But, if that were the case, wouldn’t he already have taken down the rebels long ago?? I don’t knowwwww but I’m worriedddddd. 😭😭😭
➤ Shadae realizing that the previous King and Queen of Vasara weren’t actually killed by sorcery hmmmm 🧐.
➤ And apparently Elias has been collecting noxstone for years??? Bro, why??? 🤔
➤ Learning that King Eliel was the one who poisoned Dyna + killed his own parents + bound Loria with a curse at their wedding + he went to attack the Kingdom of Kalnasa (which was already suffering because they had literally no food, to the point where people were EATING EACH OTHER!!!!!!!!!!)??!?!?!!!?! Bro I’m genuinely so scared of this man like what do you meeeeannnnnnn??!!!?! 😰😰😰
➤ Nemina going into the fight in Kalnasa was STUPIDDDDDD. Like, GIRL??? Yaseer and Ullna were so correct – y’all gotta LEAVE! 😭 I’m so worried about her and Baz, omggg. I’m also curious about Nemina’s blood manipulation powers, though! 👀
➤ The fact that the book ends with Hestan about to be TORTURED so that King Eliel can get information out of Nathon, because he realized Nathon cares for Hestan, was CRIMINALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭. I’m so scared like Eliel is ruthless!! Please let Hestan live I’m BEGGINGGGGGG.
I am genuinely so impressed that Niamh Rose managed to make this book so accessible. I read the glossary before I started the actual story, and that did give me a lot of the context needed regarding this world and the magic system. But, honestly, I don’t really think I even needed to do that. The worldbuilding is quite seamless and well-woven into the story, and the (beautiful!!) map makes it easy to understand where everything is.
And this world is so rich! 😍 I genuinely loved going through the glossary and learning about the plants and animals of this world, how the magic worked, the different kingdoms and their traditions and styles… And the way everything worked in the story made for such a lush experience, reading this book! I hope to see more of it in the next book (especially the animals!).
Regarding the plot: we have multiple plot-lines, and they’re also really well done! The main plot-line is in regards to a courting season: we are following a new king who’s looking for a wife, while also dealing with rebel sorcerers who oppose the enslavement and torture that sorcerers go through. We’re also following a prince and princess who’re participating in the season with intentions to kill the king 🫢🫣.
In the second plot-line we’re following rebel sorcerers who managed to escape the concentration camps. We see them gathering information and helping other sorcerers, clearly trying to raise their numbers so they can fight back against their oppressors, which is something that doesn’t happen yet in this book, but I’m excited to see how it develops. Also, it seems there’s something ~strange~ about one of these sorcerers……… 👀
The last plot-line is the one we spend the least time on, but is one that has A LOT of potential. The king’s cousin is working with an enslaved sorcerer to find information regarding some weird curses. There were some CREEEEEPY revelations here, and I genuinely can’t WAIT to see where this goes in the next book! 🫣🫣🫣
All these plot-lines ended up converging at some points – not really in a “they all come together in the climax” way. There were just specific instances here and there throughout the story, which made everything more engaging, and made me excited to see when and how things would connect. Also, I have to say: I’m REALLY IMPRESSED that the author managed to make EVERY PLOT-LINE interesting!!! 🤩🤩🤩 I was worried that I would be bored in some POVs, and while I did have my favourites, there wasn’t a single POV I found dull, and I NEVER felt the urge to skip ahead to a different plot-line! The story was genuinely so well-built, and the distribution of the plot-lines was great. The story was engaging all throughout!
Now let’s talk about the characters: I reeeeally enjoyed them!!! They were all so well-constructed and three-dimensional. Some characters are good, some are quite evil, and some are very much morally grey. BUTTTTT what I really appreciated is that we could genuinely see where they were coming from. Even when I didn’t agree with a character’s actions, there was still a logical explanation for them – they weren’t evil just for the sake of it. The characters’ motivations were very well-written. I also like that, while the characters were very three-dimensional, there are still things we don’t know about their pasts (particularly, Elias, Hestan and Nathon). The author managed to make these characters have depth, while also still leaving some mysteries for the readers to learn in book 2. 👀👀👀 SOOOO EXCITING!
And I enjoyed the dynamic between the characters!
➤ Nathon being really protective of Loria, and her being mad at him for keeping her in the dark was really engaging (and I liked their sibling banter hehe). I’m also really curious to learn more about their creepy ass father. 😬😰
➤ King Eliel’s relationship with his cousin Elias was interesting and genuine,
➤ King Eliel’s connection with the ladies and their respective escorts for the courting season was also very captivating; I was always wondering if he actually liked and trusted them or not.
➤ Nemina and Baz’s friendship could’ve been a bit more developed. I really liked their banter, and I wanna see more of themmmmm!!! 😩🤲🏻 I hope to see more of their friendship (+ the other rebel sorcerers) in the next book!
➤ Shadae and Elias’ dynamic was probably my least favourite – you’ll rarely find me enjoying a partnership between an enslaved person and someone who isn’t against their enslavement 😵💫. I was worried the author was gonna make them fall in love, but that didn’t happen at all! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 Shadae straight up can’t stand Elias (as she should), and he still has a lot of growing to do before I get to *like* him. I’m really interested in their plot-line, though – the things they found and the reveals at the end of the book were veryyyy 👀👀👀👀👀.
➤ NATHON AND HESTANNNNN 💖🤭💫🌱🤍🌷🌈🌼🌺💕🫶🏻😊🍃✨🩵🥰💛🫧❣️💓🌸💚🥹💙🎀🤲🏻🌙☁️. Literally my favourite relationship in the book! I really liked seeing them slowly cooperating and building an allyship, and then realizing they could only really trust one another in that palace. They had me smiling as I read 🤭. Their little balcony-scene was my favouriteeee!!!!
The writing was really immersive and I enjoyed the structure of the story and the way the plot, world and characters were built. On a technical sense, I had some issues – there were some typos and the punctuation definitely wasn’t to my taste –, but it was alright. I always give self-published books grace, when it comes to editing.
Overall, this book was genuinely amazing and I’m SOOOOO EXCITED for book 2! Like, it’s genuinely one of my most anticipated books of 2026 already!!!!!! 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 Just the fact that I spent several days just reading this, from morning to evening, says a lot. It’s the first book in a LOOONG time that kept my attention so consistently and made me want to never put it down! Genuinely so fun!
Spoilery thoughts + things I want to remember once book 2 comes around:
➤ What the fuck happened to Silas? Like, what do you meeeean he’s a ghost (?),,,,,,, like? What is going ONNNNN?!
➤ The whole thing with the rebels having a traitor in their group SCARES ME!! And the fact that there’s a necromancer somewhere!!!?!???! 😰 Like, why would a necromancer (aka a sorcerer) be working against the rebel sorcerers??? Could he be bound by a servitude curse?? But, if that were the case, wouldn’t he already have taken down the rebels long ago?? I don’t knowwwww but I’m worriedddddd. 😭😭😭
➤ Shadae realizing that the previous King and Queen of Vasara weren’t actually killed by sorcery hmmmm 🧐.
➤ And apparently Elias has been collecting noxstone for years??? Bro, why??? 🤔
➤ Learning that King Eliel was the one who poisoned Dyna + killed his own parents + bound Loria with a curse at their wedding + he went to attack the Kingdom of Kalnasa (which was already suffering because they had literally no food, to the point where people were EATING EACH OTHER!!!!!!!!!!)??!?!?!!!?! Bro I’m genuinely so scared of this man like what do you meeeeannnnnnn??!!!?! 😰😰😰
➤ Nemina going into the fight in Kalnasa was STUPIDDDDDD. Like, GIRL??? Yaseer and Ullna were so correct – y’all gotta LEAVE! 😭 I’m so worried about her and Baz, omggg. I’m also curious about Nemina’s blood manipulation powers, though! 👀
➤ The fact that the book ends with Hestan about to be TORTURED so that King Eliel can get information out of Nathon, because he realized Nathon cares for Hestan, was CRIMINALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭. I’m so scared like Eliel is ruthless!! Please let Hestan live I’m BEGGINGGGGGG.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Violence, Blood, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Murder, War
Minor: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Genocide, Sexual assault, Cannibalism, Death of parent
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
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
this book:
This book was so engaging! From the very first chapter I was invested in Loren and Felix’s story, and I was excited to find out more about each of their respective pasts + how they were connected in the present.
I reeeeally liked both MCs! Loren’s prophetic nightmares making him feel like he could (and needed to) save Pompeii, even though nobody believed in his visions, made for a really interesting character arc. And Felix, with his constant need to run away, suddenly being anchored to someone else and basically becoming part of a prophecy was really fascinating to see. I liked how their paths connected, and I enjoyed their bond! The way their personalities clashed was also very amusing and made for great banter!
The story itself was different from what I was expecting. I thought there’d be more focus on the volcano eruption itself, but the story ended up being more about Loren’s prophetic nightmares + political machinations. Looking back, it actually makes a lot of sense – the reader already knows the volcano is about to erupt, so focusing the story on something else made it much more intriguing. And I thoroughly enjoyed all of it!
The pacing was great, in my opinion. Even in instants when the plot slowed down, we had bonding moments between Loren and Felix that furthered their connection and eventually led to their romance, which was sooooo nice!! 🥰🥰🥰 I loved seeing them break each other’s walls down and genuinely learning to appreciate being loved by someone else. 🥹
Near the end, the plot slowed down a bit, but I honestly really enjoyed it! The fallout after the climax felt necessary, and seeing these characters confront their issues and deal with the aftermath of the eruption was genuinely great. The pacing was languid in the last 2 or 3 chapters, but it felt earned, and the ending was both raw and hopeful, in a way I truly appreciated.
I just really enjoyed this book, and I wasn’t disappointed, after having it in my TBR for over 2 years. I’m really excited to read Cass Biehn’s next story! ☺️
This book was so engaging! From the very first chapter I was invested in Loren and Felix’s story, and I was excited to find out more about each of their respective pasts + how they were connected in the present.
I reeeeally liked both MCs! Loren’s prophetic nightmares making him feel like he could (and needed to) save Pompeii, even though nobody believed in his visions, made for a really interesting character arc. And Felix, with his constant need to run away, suddenly being anchored to someone else and basically becoming part of a prophecy was really fascinating to see. I liked how their paths connected, and I enjoyed their bond! The way their personalities clashed was also very amusing and made for great banter!
The story itself was different from what I was expecting. I thought there’d be more focus on the volcano eruption itself, but the story ended up being more about Loren’s prophetic nightmares + political machinations. Looking back, it actually makes a lot of sense – the reader already knows the volcano is about to erupt, so focusing the story on something else made it much more intriguing. And I thoroughly enjoyed all of it!
The pacing was great, in my opinion. Even in instants when the plot slowed down, we had bonding moments between Loren and Felix that furthered their connection and eventually led to their romance, which was sooooo nice!! 🥰🥰🥰 I loved seeing them break each other’s walls down and genuinely learning to appreciate being loved by someone else. 🥹
Near the end, the plot slowed down a bit, but I honestly really enjoyed it! The fallout after the climax felt necessary, and seeing these characters confront their issues and deal with the aftermath of the eruption was genuinely great. The pacing was languid in the last 2 or 3 chapters, but it felt earned, and the ending was both raw and hopeful, in a way I truly appreciated.
I just really enjoyed this book, and I wasn’t disappointed, after having it in my TBR for over 2 years. I’m really excited to read Cass Biehn’s next story! ☺️
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
This was really cute, and I enjoyed the story very, very much! Definitely underrated! The short movie was super cute, and I’d love to see the full-length movie someday!
I liked Gus and Bridger; their personal struggles felt very real, and their relationship was really cute. I enjoyed how much they cared for each other! Gus’s relationship with his father was also very interesting. I overall liked learning about the SCs as well, though I would’ve liked to see more (especially of Tara + Bridger’s friends, who were so nice and understanding).
The bittersweet ending was actually really well done, and really great for this type of book! probably my favourite part of this whole narrative. It was just very sweet and hopeful!
The writing was simple and easy to get through. I didn’t always love the little time jumps, though. Sometimes we’d get a page break, other times we’d get a time jump or POV switch from one paragraph to the other, which made things a little confusing.
One thing I really appreciated were the sketches at the beginning of the chapters! Such a great addition to this book, given that Gus is always drawing!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia
Minor: Death of parent
mysterious
slow-paced
well, at least gay things happened in this book. happy pride month.
I’ve wanted to read this series for over a DECADE. It is one of the tumblr darlings, and has basically been my step-fandom for almost half my life. So imagine how crushed I am to find it disappointing…
This whole series felt like filler. The setup in book 1 was interesting, but we only had real developments at the end of book 4, and everything in between was mediocre, and just made me wish we could actually get to the plot that this series is (allegedly) about.
In this book, we finally got a resolution to the plot points that were set up at the start of the series, but at that point I was so exhausted that I couldn’t even bring myself to care about any of it (even though I’d been really intrigued by it all in book 1 – Blue’s kiss curse, Gansey’s imminent death, the hunt for the king). It all just fell flat because of how long it dragged on for, and the resolution was not worth the 4-book-long slog.
The quest to find the king was anticlimactic. Like, omggggg, you’re telling me that this ancient man is… DEAD??? *GASP* !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Such an underwhelming resolution to that whole plot! 😑😑😑
And Gansey’s death was solved in such a simple way… Like, we learned early on that he’d already died and come back to life once, so the characters are like “Why not do it again”……???? Like, yeah???? That was my first thought too!! Like, 4 books ago… Did it really take y’all that long to think of that?? 🥴 I did appreciate Noah’s role in that whole thing, though.
No wonder nobody ever talks about the story of The Raven Cycle. I’ve known about this series for over a decade, and yet all I’ve ever seen people talk about is the characters. I now realize why nobody ever talks about the plot of this series: it’s because the plot is THINNNNNN. 😒 Not much happens (especially not for 4 BOOKS), and the few things that actually go on are interesting on paper, but their development and resolution are anticlimactic. I also feel like a lot of things were left unresolved, which is ridiculous, since the author had so much time and space to wrap things up.
Regarding the characters:
➤ Adam and Ronan continue to be my favourites.
➤ Gansey was kind of interesting, but, as I already mentioned, the plot regarding his imminent death was stretched for soooo long (only for it to be resolved in an underwhelming way) that I completely lost interest in his character.
➤ Blue continues to be kind of irrelevant. She was in a fight. She found out about her dad. Kissed Gansey. That was all. 😐 She was very underutilized in this series. Noah was also barely there, but at least he had 1 interesting part in the story.
➤ The other characters just annoyed me. Like, I DON’T CARE about that Orphan Girl, or whoever those Laumonier people are, or fucking Henry Cheng. I wish the author stopped focusing on these SCs and started giving the MCs something interesting to do. The constant addition of new characters (especially new villains!) made it hard for me to even care about them.
The audiobook continued to be annoying, with that old man with a raspy voice narrating this whimsical story about a bunch of teens. But at least I managed to get through the series thanks to the audiobook, so there’s that.
I’ve wanted to read this series for over a DECADE. It is one of the tumblr darlings, and has basically been my step-fandom for almost half my life. So imagine how crushed I am to find it disappointing…
This whole series felt like filler. The setup in book 1 was interesting, but we only had real developments at the end of book 4, and everything in between was mediocre, and just made me wish we could actually get to the plot that this series is (allegedly) about.
In this book, we finally got a resolution to the plot points that were set up at the start of the series, but at that point I was so exhausted that I couldn’t even bring myself to care about any of it (even though I’d been really intrigued by it all in book 1 – Blue’s kiss curse, Gansey’s imminent death, the hunt for the king). It all just fell flat because of how long it dragged on for, and the resolution was not worth the 4-book-long slog.
And Gansey’s death was solved in such a simple way… Like, we learned early on that he’d already died and come back to life once, so the characters are like “Why not do it again”……???? Like, yeah???? That was my first thought too!! Like, 4 books ago… Did it really take y’all that long to think of that?? 🥴 I did appreciate Noah’s role in that whole thing, though.
No wonder nobody ever talks about the story of The Raven Cycle. I’ve known about this series for over a decade, and yet all I’ve ever seen people talk about is the characters. I now realize why nobody ever talks about the plot of this series: it’s because the plot is THINNNNNN. 😒 Not much happens (especially not for 4 BOOKS), and the few things that actually go on are interesting on paper, but their development and resolution are anticlimactic. I also feel like a lot of things were left unresolved, which is ridiculous, since the author had so much time and space to wrap things up.
Regarding the characters:
➤ Adam and Ronan continue to be my favourites.
➤ Gansey was kind of interesting, but, as I already mentioned, the plot regarding his imminent death was stretched for soooo long (only for it to be resolved in an underwhelming way) that I completely lost interest in his character.
➤ Blue continues to be kind of irrelevant. She was in a fight. She found out about her dad. Kissed Gansey. That was all. 😐 She was very underutilized in this series. Noah was also barely there, but at least he had 1 interesting part in the story.
➤ The other characters just annoyed me. Like, I DON’T CARE about that Orphan Girl, or whoever those Laumonier people are, or fucking Henry Cheng. I wish the author stopped focusing on these SCs and started giving the MCs something interesting to do. The constant addition of new characters (especially new villains!) made it hard for me to even care about them.
The audiobook continued to be annoying, with that old man with a raspy voice narrating this whimsical story about a bunch of teens. But at least I managed to get through the series thanks to the audiobook, so there’s that.
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Hey guys! Did you know that Blue is short? 😀 She’s actually super tiny! 😀 She’s sooooo small! 😀 She’s like, teeny tiny! 😀 Super petite! 😀 Basically microscopic!! 😀 It’s important to remind you of how short she is every other chapter, lest you forget! 😀
Somehow, the fact that Blue is small was more clear than the plot of this damn book. Idek what happened and I’m only finishing the series for completionist’s sake. 🥱
This feels like a filler book, which is crazy, because not much happened in book 1, and even less happened in book 2. 💀💀💀 At this point, I’m wondering if the interesting things that this series is allegedly about (the hunt for the Welsh King + Blue’s kiss curse + Gansey’s imminent death) are ever gonna progress, or if this entire series is simply filler.
The “plot” of this book is about this random man (Greenmantle) who I didn’t care about at all. There’s also Persephone and the weird magical cave, and those could’ve been interesting, but tbh I’ll forget about them in 2 days. The fact that these underwhelming villains keep getting introduced and quickly defeated makes it hard for me to care about, or feel threatened by them. 🫤🫤🫤
I also couldn’t bring myself to care much about Blue’s mum, because it seemed like the characters weren’t that invested in finding her lmaoooo. Overall, the plot was super underwhelming and forgettable.
The characters continue to be endearing, but, I’m not gonna lie, I feel like the only reason I care about them is because they’re ~ tumblr royalty ~ . Like, if I hadn’t been familiar with them for over a decade, I probably wouldn’t care about them that much. 😐 Also, Blue keeps on *not shining*, even when the it’s her own mother in danger. I wanted to love her, but alas, she continues to feel secondary.
I continue to not love the audiobook, but I will keep listening to it as background noise while I draw, because otherwise I wouldn’t be able to get through this slog. Hoping that the FINAL BOOK finally develops the plot points that were setup AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE SERIES. 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
Somehow, the fact that Blue is small was more clear than the plot of this damn book. Idek what happened and I’m only finishing the series for completionist’s sake. 🥱
This feels like a filler book, which is crazy, because not much happened in book 1, and even less happened in book 2. 💀💀💀 At this point, I’m wondering if the interesting things that this series is allegedly about (the hunt for the Welsh King + Blue’s kiss curse + Gansey’s imminent death) are ever gonna progress, or if this entire series is simply filler.
The “plot” of this book is about this random man (Greenmantle) who I didn’t care about at all. There’s also Persephone and the weird magical cave, and those could’ve been interesting, but tbh I’ll forget about them in 2 days. The fact that these underwhelming villains keep getting introduced and quickly defeated makes it hard for me to care about, or feel threatened by them. 🫤🫤🫤
I also couldn’t bring myself to care much about Blue’s mum, because it seemed like the characters weren’t that invested in finding her lmaoooo. Overall, the plot was super underwhelming and forgettable.
The characters continue to be endearing, but, I’m not gonna lie, I feel like the only reason I care about them is because they’re ~ tumblr royalty ~ . Like, if I hadn’t been familiar with them for over a decade, I probably wouldn’t care about them that much. 😐 Also, Blue keeps on *not shining*, even when the it’s her own mother in danger. I wanted to love her, but alas, she continues to feel secondary.
I continue to not love the audiobook, but I will keep listening to it as background noise while I draw, because otherwise I wouldn’t be able to get through this slog. Hoping that the FINAL BOOK finally develops the plot points that were setup AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE SERIES. 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
I wish I understood what y’all see in this series, but I’m afraid I don’t. 😐 Not much happened in this book. The plot felt vague and the characters were mostly just meandering around. The thing with Ronan’s dreams and the Gray Man were interesting, but not enough to carry an entire book. The plot was sloooowwwww, and the climax wasn’t that fun.
Also, the main plots of the series (the hunt for the Welsh King + Blue’s kiss curse + Gansey’s imminent death) were not developed at all?????? The stuff that I was actually excited to see was basically just background noise, which was not only disappointing, but also made this book feel like filler. 😕
I did enjoy the characters, for the most part. Ronan and Adam were my favourites to follow. Gansey was cool, too. Blue and Noah feel mostly irrelevant, which I kind of get, in Noah’s case, since he’s dead and all, but with Blue… It was like she was only there to tag along with the boys. The only thing she had really going on was the love triangle that was, for some reason, still dragging on. 😪
The audiobook narrator continues to annoy me, but the only reason I’m finishing this series is because I can easily listen to it as background noise while drawing, so I guess I’ll continue to put up with this 45-year-old man with a raspy voice narrating this whimsical story about teenagers. 🙄 I wouldn’t continue otherwise. This was boring as hell.
Also, the main plots of the series (the hunt for the Welsh King + Blue’s kiss curse + Gansey’s imminent death) were not developed at all?????? The stuff that I was actually excited to see was basically just background noise, which was not only disappointing, but also made this book feel like filler. 😕
I did enjoy the characters, for the most part. Ronan and Adam were my favourites to follow. Gansey was cool, too. Blue and Noah feel mostly irrelevant, which I kind of get, in Noah’s case, since he’s dead and all, but with Blue… It was like she was only there to tag along with the boys. The only thing she had really going on was the love triangle that was, for some reason, still dragging on. 😪
The audiobook narrator continues to annoy me, but the only reason I’m finishing this series is because I can easily listen to it as background noise while drawing, so I guess I’ll continue to put up with this 45-year-old man with a raspy voice narrating this whimsical story about teenagers. 🙄 I wouldn’t continue otherwise. This was boring as hell.