So far so good. I enjoy the main character's hard ass attitude, which is spunky but realistic and in keeping with her life experiences. At 100 pages in things are kind of settling into a rhythm that I hope doesn't keep up until the end - sleep/eat/train/compete.
Im intrigued by some of the minor characters that they've introduced. The world building is good, but there isnt enough of it - the authors use of imagery is excellent and I hope we get to see more than just the castle.
The history of the country is mentioned briefly, but never fully explained, Im a little confused about the layout of the country/timeline of events, I wish there was 1) a map, and 2) a preface with details about the current king's invasion. I suppose we'll learn more as we go?
They've glossed over the training crap, and focused more on the mystery aspect. The romance between the main character and the prince is irritating, I like the captain more. Also love the Nahima character, would love to see her fathers kingdom - the desert. Wish there were more small details about what the characters look like, how they act.
Theres some kind of mystery about her parents thats intriguing, and her connection to the fae queen's ghost that Im sure will feature in the next book. The magic system shown is also interesting.
Good climax, and enough of an ending to wrap things up nicely. Looking forward to the next book.
This had all the elements that I want in a book but they never seemed to come together in an interesting enough way to make me want to keep reading. The world felt small, the characters were flat and although Im sure they get more interesting as the book goes on, I just couldn't make myself care enough to find out.
Generally “okay” but not enough to stand out (in my mind at least - seems to be on everyone else's lists right now).
ME = MAN - SO POWERFUL AND DANGEROUS NO ONE CAN STOP ME! But what is this? A gorgeous fragile woman with low self esteem that constantly needs rescuing? And what is that you say? You cant stay away from her, and are both suddenly in a love so strong that it conquers all things and completely changes both your personalities?
I believe after her first orgasm, (because of course shes a virgin) one of first her thoughts was: “ I AM NOW HIS WOMAN” I think it even had the all caps. Sigh.
Really? Can we all get over this bullshit already? Or at least have some kind of label so that women who actually want to read sexy books without the whole - ME MAN, YOU WOMAN thing, know to stay far farr away.
What I wouldn't give for a well written hot paranormal erotica novel that has a strong female MC and doesn't involve the words Anita Blake.
This book had definite potential but failed on many levels to live up to it. Overall I enjoyed it, but most of the time I was waiting for something to happen - things to be revealed/started and then...it ended.
The lack of any kind of clear plot line was aggravating because I went in expecting something interesting, some kind of research/quest/secrets/religion based mystery and then when everything was revealed I was disappointed at how last minute it all felt. Most of the book is based on Ana having this super frustrating drawn out romance with this Sam guy, and even that was bland.
The population concept of 1 million souls, constantly being reborn into new bodies was interesting but raised some awkward questions. Also, it seemed like we were supposed to believe that pretty much everyone lived in the main city but....why? Why not have more cities? There was one mention of a bird that lived on the other city of the world - and I mean really, if you have unlimited lives, why the hell would you spend all of them in the same place?? I really really wanted some more information about the world, there were a ton of cool details like dragons and mysterious white walls in the woods, a temple with a heartbeat and then in the end it was again - flat. I mean come on! You're apparently born fully formed, fully conscious and functioning, and trek across the world to find a completely built city waiting for you, BUT NO - lets not focus on the one really interesting item, lets instead learn about how Ana is writing a song but the melodies don't match up. Yeah, sure.
I guess we'll learn more in the other books but what I wouldn't give for writers nowadays to make each book interesting on its own - instead of needing the other two to complete it.
