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silver_ethereal's Reviews (205)
adventurous
dark
tense
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
I do feel a little mixed about this one, but overall had a good time reading it and found it enjoyable!
What I loved:
- the action/fighting
- the world building/lore around vampires/politics/multiculturalism
- gritty and real emotions - nothing feels sugar coated and I believed what I was reading
- the characters and character dynamics (they are complicated and tense and messy but also endearing)
- the romance/polyam element
- the overall plot and plot twists
What I didn't love:
- sooo much exposition, especially in the form of long winded dialogue (every decision and new development is discussed by the characters AT LENGTH)
- Remy...kind of annoyed me 😬 (part of this I feel like was intentional, but also I think is maybe a me thing?)
- I think the first half of the book in particular could have benefitted from a substantial amount of edits to cut/tighten things up - the very beginning and the last 70% had me on the edge of my seat, but the middle was a bit of a slog
- There seem to be a lot of named characters that we either never meet, meet once, or they have multiple names and I was often confused about who was even being referenced. I felt like I needed a character list to reference at times!
Overall, pretty fun ride. Original plot and very cool setting/world. I am moving on to the sequel!
What I loved:
- the action/fighting
- the world building/lore around vampires/politics/multiculturalism
- gritty and real emotions - nothing feels sugar coated and I believed what I was reading
- the characters and character dynamics (they are complicated and tense and messy but also endearing)
- the romance/polyam element
- the overall plot and plot twists
What I didn't love:
- sooo much exposition, especially in the form of long winded dialogue (every decision and new development is discussed by the characters AT LENGTH)
- Remy...kind of annoyed me 😬 (part of this I feel like was intentional, but also I think is maybe a me thing?)
- I think the first half of the book in particular could have benefitted from a substantial amount of edits to cut/tighten things up - the very beginning and the last 70% had me on the edge of my seat, but the middle was a bit of a slog
- There seem to be a lot of named characters that we either never meet, meet once, or they have multiple names and I was often confused about who was even being referenced. I felt like I needed a character list to reference at times!
Overall, pretty fun ride. Original plot and very cool setting/world. I am moving on to the sequel!
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
removing my review due to the author being outed as lying about their ethnicity and identity - for more info look up Freydís Moon, Jupiter Wyse, and Taylor Barton online (they're all the same person with different pennames)
removing my review due to the author being outed as lying about their ethnicity and identity - for more info look up Freydís Moon, Jupiter Wyse, and Taylor Barton online (they're all the same person with different pennames)