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thecozybookclub's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
4.0
Read by Victoria for THe Cozy Book Club
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death, Blood, and War
Minor: Slavery
221bpinkst's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death, Slavery, Blood, and War
alizasminilibrary's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Thank you to Kayla Ann for the Advanced Readers Copy of this book in exchange for an honest review! This book is dual pov, fantasy, and has beautiful illustrations.
I did not know what to expect going into this book and I'm sure all the fantasy readers know that still was not clear until a decent amount of chapters in to this read. However, once it started to pick up it did not stop. This novel was more intense than most thrillers, I was on the edge of my seat wondering when the next paint filled moment would be.
The main character, Larissa is painfully human. There are so many moments where she surprises me with her response but I always completely understand them, if I was in her position I would have the exact same reaction if not worse. She surprises me so much with how loyal and determined she is in protecting her sister, Halla, even at the expense of others and herself. Seeing how much she changes as her whole world flips upside down is raw and beautiful. I cannot wait to see her grow more in the second book and see how she bonds more with the other characters!
I have high expectations for the rest of this series and for what it can be!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Colonisation
Moderate: Death, Slavery, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Genocide and Trafficking