Les Fiancés de l'hiver
Ratings69
Average rating3.9
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Ratings69
Average rating3.9
"Plain-spoken, headstrong Ophelia cares little about appearances. Her ability to read the past of objects is unmatched in all of Anima and, what's more, she possesses the ability to travel through mirrors, a skill passed down to her from previous generations. Her idyllic life is disrupted, however, when she is promised in marriage to Thorn, a taciturn and influential member of a distant clan. Ophelia must leave all she knows behind and follow her fiancé to Citaceleste, the capital of a cold, icy ark known as the Pole, where danger lurks around every corner and nobody can be trusted. There, in the presence of her inscrutable future husband, Ophelia slowly realizes that she is a pawn in a political game that will have far-reaching ramifications not only for her but for her entire world."--Amazon.
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Dévoré en l'espace de deux jours, ça faisait un petit temps qu'une saga n'avait pas aussi bien débuté à mes yeux. Que ce soit l'univers, la galerie de personnages, les intrigues, les pouvoirs, tout m'a séduit dans ce livre. J'avais un petit peur d'un côté trop girly par rapport au titre, j'ai été très agréablement surpris, et suis très heureux d'avoir suivi les conseils m'enjoignant à me jeter sur ce livre. Une très bonne découverte que je file poursuivre en attaquant le tome 2 !
J'ai eu du mal à me lancer dans l'histoire. Après le premier chapitre, je me suis demandé dans quoi je m'étais lancé mais je suis content d'avoir continué malgré tout car l'intrigue qui s'est mise en place donne envie d'être découverte dans les tomes suivants.
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I had a hard time getting into the story. After the first chapter, I wondered what I had gotten myself into but I'm happy to have continued after all because the intrigue that was put in place makes me want to discover how it ends in the following volumes.
4 stars for the unique setting.
Audio: 5/5
Plot: 4/5 (slow beginning)
Characters: 3/5 (I need more Ophelia / Thorn interactions)
This was really, really good! I loved how the fantasy was so different from stuff I've read till now. The setting and the powers were all new and unique.
I liked the characters (weird as the majority were). Ophelia was nice and not very talkative initially to the point that she didn't even voice her dislikes. But then changed when she got so fed up with everyone that decided to give an earful to Thorn and his aunt near the end was very well written.
Her interactions with Thorn in the latter half were also good. I like how she noticed all the small details.
Her powers were so unique. I liked both of them. The mirror visiting/walking part was my favourite. The dragon clans powers were more violent and the reveals were mind blowing.
I still don't understand how the family spirit part works. But enjoyed this book a lot. It was damn slow in the beginning but gets really interesting when they arrive on Claire de Lune.
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