Beks
You need to have read the previous duology to have an understanding of the world with the realms and magic but yet reading the previous ones makes it a little confusing with the realms and peoples and history of this story. Could have done a little bit more world building and history explanations to make it work as both a standalone but also be in same world as the previous books. But regardless, it is well written and was very enjoyable
Such a hilarious and cozy romantasy! I've never read a book that had me laughing so freaking much. Hubs thought I was dying a couple times π€£ Highly, highly recommend (totally didn't start recommending to friends before I was 10 chapters in lol) Looking forward to more books by this author, their sense of humor seems sooo similar to my own, witty & mischievous and I was loving it π some grammatical errors and typos, but did not detract from the overall enjoyment imho.
It felt a little forced at times, but very good plot in general. Added a lot more depth to the story and the hard topics from the first book. But the emotions that are expressed in the book are like whiplash a lot of the time lol. Sel is still my fav character but I feel like he just got written out of the story π Still not a big fan of Bree but a little better than the first.
Very slow for the first 75% then the last 25% finally got interesting imho. Very heavy on character & world building from one POV for most of the book without much suspense or excitement. MC is a child 6-14 yrs old for the entire novel. The writing itself, though, is so beautiful and well-written. Has some moments heavy with suicidal ideation/attempt, depression, physical & emotional abuse, murder/poisoning, and narcissism. Overall,Β the last few chapters and the beauty of the writting itself made the whole book worth it for me.
When I started reading and realized the main 2 characters were kids, I didn't have high expectations but it was actually pretty good and well-written, better than my expectations for sure! But warning the end is a bit sad/bittersweet. It includes creatures and stories from the most well-known mythologies and some not so well-known ones as well, but with a unique twist. Now, I'm eagerly awaiting the sequel!
Unengaging, lacked depth to the plot, seemed like a big jump in the world-building from the first series The Seven Realms to this series with the addition of dragons. But I love dragons so once my brain could adjust to that from what it was used to from the last series, it was great. Was pretty sad and disappointed that the author killed off Han in the first chapter, would've loved to have seen more of that character. Some sexual content that was more descriptive/open-door at one point than I prefer. I think overall it's similar to the first series in that there's not a lot of meat to the story or engaging action and character relationships until the 2nd or 3rd books.
Again, a very very slow start to point I thought of DNFing, but there was that little something that held me to wanting to finish it. Also, at least half of the story could have been left out without hurting the plot. But regardless, by the end I was hooked and I have to read the next story to find out what happens with the loose ends.
