Lou

I am not a fan of retelling but I have to say it was a great surprise. This is suppose to be a retelling of Romeo & Juliet and in some aspects it is... but I wish I didn't know. Because it doesn't really add to the story.
Shanghai in the 20s, what an amazing and interesting time to tell a story. Gangs, drug traffic and speakeasy... loved the atmosphere and ended being hooked. You want to solve the mysterious events happening and know more about our heroes pasts. I also learnt a lot about Shanghai and it made me curious to learn more about this city story.
Highly recommend.

At first I was really surprised by the artistic direction but I forgot about it quickly.
Mira Jacob is telling her story, and with this story is trying to make her son ( and the reader) understand about racism and how it feels like to be a daughter of Indian immigrants in America.
She goes throught story about her past and challenge of her present.
It made me sad. It made me angry. And I still know that I will never truly understand the meaning of her story. But at least I am a bit more educated now.
Thank you.

The only frustrating thing was not to find enough tile recently to read this book and dive in it.
The universe is quite unique with an incredible magic, but more than anything the author succeed to create this ambiance of magic and mystery. You want to unlock the secrets of this book as much as Lin want to unlock the doors of the palace.
Highly recommend.

I really forced myself to read this book.I though it was immensely boring.
I almost avoid reading this book at some point. I am not found of retelling so maybe this is one of the reasons, but I really didn't see the point of this story.
This is my first book from Marie Ali and assumed it's not representative of her work.

This book was everything I expected from it. An easy read, court plots and great romance.
Gave me gossip girl vibe from another decade.

As much as I liked the two first books of this serie, the third one was the best.
The first third is a bit slow but the rest is just pure adventure. I couldn't stop reading and just devoured the 400 last pages and wasn't able to disconnect from the story.
I will for sure keep the character and the story in my mind for a long time. Highly recommend.

I received this book as a gift and was surprise to discover it is a children's book.

I love the idea of the illustrations by the children and the beginning was quite intriguing but at the end it really feels like a book which should be half its length.
Overall it is a nice and original fairy tale; but as an adult I found it really long and quite difficult to continue in the middle of the reading.
Can't imagine reading this to a kid or recommending it as a gift.

Writing is still good but sincerely not a great read.

I understand why people say this book has the “middle book syndrom”.
Yes the action is way slower than in the first one, but I have to say I really enjoyed to go deeper in the culture of the world and the characters psychology. Even if the main plot does not advance that much, Lila, Kell and Rhys definitively do!
This serie is outstanding compare to what I have read of V.E. Schwab. I am really excited to read the last book and see how the story will wrap up !

The art is great and the story and universe original. But for a reason I can't really explain I just didn't fell in love with the story.
I would perfectly understand that people find it exceptional but I just forced a bit myself to read the end of it to be honest.

Best book of V.E Schwab I've read so far
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Everything is really unique and the action rhythm is really good and makes you want to know more.

Some plot twist are reaaaaally well done.
Looking forward to discover the rest of this serie and see if the next book fill my expectations.

Best book read since Grishaverse two years ago.

Update -> finished the all serie. This is so so good highly recommend this reading.

As much as I wanted to like this book, I must say I didn't.
The idea is really good, I liked the ending etc...
But oh gosh it was long ... the flashback doesn't really serve the story and the “ historical” aspect is the worst. It is never relevant for the character development and just make you want to skip through this to go back to the present.

So to sum up. Great idea, way too long and slow.

Une conclusion à une saga incroyable qui me laisse sur ma fin. Assez gênée avec le recul avec certaines fortes ressemblances avec À la croisée des mondes dont l'autrice semble avoir tiré nombre de ses inspirations.

La quasi disparition de nos personnages secondaires pendant ce dernier tome est tellement dommage.
L'univers reste fabuleux et unique et beaucoup des personnages me manqueront énormément.

Une dernier tome à l'image d'Ophelie, courageux et maladroit. Une déception tout de même.

Vraiment une grosse déception car j'avais très envie d'aimer ce livre que je sais en plus autobiographique.
Je l'ai trouvé inutile et plat. Bref une histoire d'amour dont on se fout complètement.

How much was I disapponted when I understood we will not see Aelin for a full book ??? ... I have no words for that.
This book was nice but I was seriously waiting only to know more about Aelin.
I don't care about Choal in general... the only highlight for me was Nesryn !!! She deserved everything that happened to her and she is actually the one bringing valuable information in this books about Maeve.
Choal story was so predictable ... anyway.
I like the south continent tradition with these scary siblings and all these schemes...
doesn't deserve more than 3,5 for me !

I really hope Kingdom of Ash will be enough to fill my expectations

A nice sequel to the book serie but seriously Sarah J Maas is taking any occasion to write a sex scene in this one which basically ruin some of the reading for me.
Hope it is not the same with the two last books.
I keep it at 4 stars because I think the global story is very deep and well written. She always manage to find her way to me as everything seemed to have been well though since the beginning.
Really curious for the end of this story

My favorite book of the TOG serie so far !
I literally can't wait to read the sequel and discover the destiny of this world.
I love what happens with the new characters and I was deeply surprise by a couple of twist.
Just an awesome serie !

Best book of the saga so far !
Celeana's adventures take another dimension and I live that the story is now decided in three perspective all over the country. It gives depth to the intrigue and the world.
Still love to read these books!

I had a great time reading Serpent and Dove. The first chapter didn't convinced me but the more you discover the characters the more you know about the story, the more you want to continue reading !!
This Book does have nice surprises, expected plot twist and less expected ones. Most of the surprising things at the beginning actually make a lot of sense when you finish your reading.

I especially enjoy the magic in this book and the fact that it is not a black and white vision. Everyone has it dark sides. There is not good or bad sides.

I def recommend this reading even though I have a real issue with the use of french in the book. It doesn't add anything to the story. It doesn't make sense at all... I expect they just stop it for the next book.

And again... Lou is not a boy name.

This book just confirmed that Leigh Bardugo is and will
remain one of my favorite author.
We leave the Grisha universe to dive with curiosity and fascination to a mysterious version of New Heaven she reinvented.
Difficult and dark, Ninth House is incredible.
A must read !!

I just dropped the book one day and never finished it. Why?
Because I got bored sincerely. I think it has the same faults as the maze runner series, it just lack something which makes you really care about the characters and what happen to them.
You have great ideas in this book but it just didn't work for me.

Évitez de lire le résumé car il gâcherait vraiment votre lecture !


Ayant adoré la nuit des temps on m'avait fortement conseillé de découvrir La Tempête qu'on m'annonçait plus abouti.
J'ai retrouvé toutes les qualités de Barjavel: un livre comme un scénario de film, incroyablement visuel et imaginatif. Ses références de guerre froide et son goût pour la tragédie et le spectaculaire.
Cependant j'ai également retrouvé son racisme et sexisme qui me font douter qu'il puisse être publié en 2019 et heureusement!

J'ai adoré ce livre, mais je lui ferait un reproche; je n'ai absolument pas cru à la romance de ce livre. Je la trouve d'ailleurs dérangeante et pas loin d'un syndrome de Stockholm. On retrouve le goût de l'auteur pour les personnages féminins tellement « pures » qu'elles sont presque dénuées de volonté propre.

Une grande romance non mais un vrai roman d'anticipation et de science fiction oui !

So this is my first reading of V.E S. I found this book in my local bookstore and though it would be nice to start discovering her with her first book !

I have to say the writing is very good. I like the universe and the story of this suffocating village where fear reigns. I could perfectly see this book be a Hayao Miyazaki movie as its universe is beautiful, weird and intriguing. Sometimes you feel like all this story is a dream.

But god it is slow... I seriously think it could have been a hundred pages shorter and be a masterpiece.
I am really excited to read shades of magic soon and discover how this potential was then mastered in her next saga. Nice book but not a great one.

Love this book, it is a great sequel and the story really evolves. Just four star because I felt like some part of the book were a bit slow and I sometimes had to focus to go through.
Also I feel like the author has difficulty to decide if she wants to focus on romance or on adventure and sometimes the global story suffer from it.
But I will def pick up the 3rd one to follow Celeana's adventures !!!

If your searching for a book with romance and adventure it is the book for you. The style is super fluid and the book full of references to myth and children stories.
Can't wait to read the next book !

J'ai pas les mots pour vous dire à quel point ce livre est une aventure merveilleuse et envoûtante.
Écrit comme un scénario de film, l'histoire est intensément visuelle et pleine de rebonsissement.
À quel point il est contemporain et juste dans notre course effrénée contre notre propre planète et nous replonge dans l'epoque de la guerre froide.
À lire absolument.

PS: à remettre dans le contexte de l'époque où aujourd'hui certains aspects de l'oeuvre seraient totalement redibitoire pour son traitement des “races” d'homme et son portrait de la femme comme une petit oiseau fragile à proteger et dont la passivité est “réconfortante”.