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Cage of Ice and Echoes by Pam Godwin
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.25
Wisteria by Adalyn Grace
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.25
Oh how I love when last books of a series are better than the previous books! When series endings are not disappointing, rather the best part of the story
This story was one I'd been hoping for and then waiting for throughout the whole book 2. And finally when I got it it was all the more sweeter for that.
Although few of the plot twists are what I expected already, some things that I found repetitive from all other fantasy books;I still loved this series a lot as a whole. It had a good concept, divesting from the most of the typical romantsy series. Though it could have expanded a bit more on the concept, incorporated a few more characters, more fantasy element, detailed out the plot a bit more.
All in all, the series was better than good!
This story was one I'd been hoping for and then waiting for throughout the whole book 2. And finally when I got it it was all the more sweeter for that.
Although few of the plot twists are what I expected already, some things that I found repetitive from all other fantasy books;I still loved this series a lot as a whole. It had a good concept, divesting from the most of the typical romantsy series. Though it could have expanded a bit more on the concept, incorporated a few more characters, more fantasy element, detailed out the plot a bit more.
All in all, the series was better than good!
Belladonna by Adalyn Grace
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
3.5
3.5 ⭐
Umm.... it was good. End was not as satisfactory. Making the most loved side character as the murder suspect, and the suspected character an innocent good person is getting too repetitive.
Death as the protagonist was a good thing. But that personality reveal was also expected and not wanted.
I liked the book. I liked that we didn't have detailed sex scenes.
Expected more of a fantasy thing from the name and the cover. It was more of a mystery plus romance. But either way, it was a well-written book. And I'll continue the series.
Umm.... it was good. End was not as satisfactory. Making the most loved side character as the murder suspect, and the suspected character an innocent good person is getting too repetitive.
Death as the protagonist was a good thing. But that personality reveal was also expected and not wanted.
I liked the book. I liked that we didn't have detailed sex scenes.
Expected more of a fantasy thing from the name and the cover. It was more of a mystery plus romance. But either way, it was a well-written book. And I'll continue the series.
The Syndicater by RuNyx
dark
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.0
People saying this book was just an extended epilogue - so what if it was? All 4 couples had their stories complete. This was supposed to be just a wrap-up.
I mean, RuNyx has been saying from so long that it will be a lengthy book, over 600 I remember, it will be heartbreaking, dark - so yes my hopes were hight. But when I started this, and saw it was just a 300-pager, I guessed there might not be too much in it. But I'm fine with it, because extending the end of the villain would have meant more trauma to the characters.
So what if it was just a fewl good novel?
I mean haven't we have had enough of fights and tortures and darkness in the first 5 books?
I agree this ending could have been better, with a lengthier plot. But what I think is that even the author was done with more trauma writing now. She just wanted the characters to heal, and be a family. So she gave them that. And we should have absolutely no problem with this fact.
The Syndicator is not a standalone novel with a weak plotline. No. It's the ending of a 6 book-series. So it is fine as it is!!
I mean, RuNyx has been saying from so long that it will be a lengthy book, over 600 I remember, it will be heartbreaking, dark - so yes my hopes were hight. But when I started this, and saw it was just a 300-pager, I guessed there might not be too much in it. But I'm fine with it, because extending the end of the villain would have meant more trauma to the characters.
So what if it was just a fewl good novel?
I mean haven't we have had enough of fights and tortures and darkness in the first 5 books?
I agree this ending could have been better, with a lengthier plot. But what I think is that even the author was done with more trauma writing now. She just wanted the characters to heal, and be a family. So she gave them that. And we should have absolutely no problem with this fact.
The Syndicator is not a standalone novel with a weak plotline. No. It's the ending of a 6 book-series. So it is fine as it is!!
Power of Five by Alex Lidell
adventurous
fast-paced
2.5
I've already read the next series by the author, set in the same world. And I feel like you've read one book by her, you've read all books by her. Also, this one book felt, again, like all the phrases and dialogues from all the good fantasy romances out there - combined into one without any context. So. Really tasteless.
Not continuing with the series. Won't read 5 books just for the sake of RH.
Not continuing with the series. Won't read 5 books just for the sake of RH.
Enslaved by Claire Thompson
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
4.0
The Embroidered Book by Kate Heartfield
informative
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
4.25
"The best lies are those which have truth mixed in them"
This book proves this quote. As in - the best fictions are those which have facts mixed in them.
Because, did I read history with this interest or what? This book was such a perfect web of facts and fantasy! I never even thought that I had an interest in this part of the world history. All my reading on the topic so far has been compulsory reading till high school.
Never thought I would side against the overthrowing of monarchy for democracy. We were all pro-French Revolution, right? Well, I'm not so sure now. And that is what a good book does to you!
Anyway, I started from the ending. Let's start with the beginning first. I had no idea that an Austrian family had control over most of Europe. And then doing some research, the Hapsbergs ruled Austria from 1282 to 1918. So what led the author to choose this particular century from amongst over 600 years of rule - I want to know this.
This statement in the book, I think, sums it from the beginning to the end.
"Europe is populated with Habsburgs on every throne, just as Maria Theresa intended, and a fat lot of good it has done anyone. They may not be fighting each other but they don’t have the power to fight the enemies rising up from within their own nations."
The beginning and the end, really. Not the middle.
The middle is total women power. These two girls, thrust in an unknown country, separated from everyone they know, married to a stranger, all for the sake of politics , and amidst all that political power struggle in the new countries - they struggle, they suffer, they fight, they scheme, and eventually they become the primary powers in their countries.
They become two powerful queens who change the course of history.
And yet history blames them.
Has history ever sided with women really?
Now the magic. These threads so finally wovem with reality. The historical events all moulded with the cause and effect being elements of magic. The whole fight being fought on the magical front along with the hardcore facts.
I do not need to show a screenshot of my search history after this.
Now, all that knitting and weaving that was being done from the beginning - I was wondering how it would end. Where it would end. We know the history. We know the ending.
So I was wondering how the book will end. Will I ne satisfied?
And God was I!
This was perfect.
I'll remember this story for days to come..
This book proves this quote. As in - the best fictions are those which have facts mixed in them.
Because, did I read history with this interest or what? This book was such a perfect web of facts and fantasy! I never even thought that I had an interest in this part of the world history. All my reading on the topic so far has been compulsory reading till high school.
Never thought I would side against the overthrowing of monarchy for democracy. We were all pro-French Revolution, right? Well, I'm not so sure now. And that is what a good book does to you!
Anyway, I started from the ending. Let's start with the beginning first. I had no idea that an Austrian family had control over most of Europe. And then doing some research, the Hapsbergs ruled Austria from 1282 to 1918. So what led the author to choose this particular century from amongst over 600 years of rule - I want to know this.
This statement in the book, I think, sums it from the beginning to the end.
"Europe is populated with Habsburgs on every throne, just as Maria Theresa intended, and a fat lot of good it has done anyone. They may not be fighting each other but they don’t have the power to fight the enemies rising up from within their own nations."
The beginning and the end, really. Not the middle.
The middle is total women power. These two girls, thrust in an unknown country, separated from everyone they know, married to a stranger, all for the sake of politics , and amidst all that political power struggle in the new countries - they struggle, they suffer, they fight, they scheme, and eventually they become the primary powers in their countries.
They become two powerful queens who change the course of history.
And yet history blames them.
Has history ever sided with women really?
Now the magic. These threads so finally wovem with reality. The historical events all moulded with the cause and effect being elements of magic. The whole fight being fought on the magical front along with the hardcore facts.
I do not need to show a screenshot of my search history after this.
Now, all that knitting and weaving that was being done from the beginning - I was wondering how it would end. Where it would end. We know the history. We know the ending.
So I was wondering how the book will end. Will I ne satisfied?
And God was I!
This was perfect.
I'll remember this story for days to come..