The Hermetica of Elysium

I flew through this book. But. I wanted it to be more. The time and place are new to me, and I was super into it, but a few things held me back from full-on love:

1. Nothing gets resolved in this book. It just ends, and you're supposed to jump straight to the next book, I guess. I am tempted, but ultimately am not enough in love to move book #2 up on my to-read list. I feel like if I read your very long book, you could at least give me something besides a preview of the next damn book at the end. Or, better yet, put it all in one book, even if it is 1,000 pages long!

2. This book needs a better editor. Grammatical errors abound and also some information is repeated too frequently. Could be much tidier.

So, what did I enjoy? The heroine, the languages, the scene, the gradual bloom of love and magic. But the end left me wanting..though not enough to delve any further, for now.

Still have more thinking to do on how I feel about this one.

All this said, I'd still recommend this book. It's a solid three to four stars and worth your time ... If you are ok with leaving things unresolved at the end.