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peppa1972's review against another edition
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
aliharvey01's review against another edition
I don't know what it was about this book, but I just could not get into it at all.
spensacanread's review against another edition
4.0
i feel like this deserves more hype.
i did not expect to enjoy it that much but i did.
we're basically just following the mc as she discovers her power. it has the chosen one trope which i have mixed feelings of, but i liked it in this one.
the world-building and magic sustem are still a little weak and there's no plot whatsoever. there's no clear enemies except for an annoying politician (which is obvs a must in every fantasy) who only showed up at the end and there's no hint to what his motivations are for such hostility with the fl. even the action fight scenes were a little bit forced and just put there to test the girl powers. there where no explanations as to why they were suddenly attacked by the enemies in their own turf.
Also i would like to think this is a romance fantasy but the ml & fl did not even kiss lol. this is quite tame actually so im excited how their "relationship" (if you can call it that) would progress. also hoping the next books would have more semblance of a plot and clearer picture of the enemies and happenings in the war front.
i did not expect to enjoy it that much but i did.
we're basically just following the mc as she discovers her power. it has the chosen one trope which i have mixed feelings of, but i liked it in this one.
the world-building and magic sustem are still a little weak and there's no plot whatsoever. there's no clear enemies except for an annoying politician (which is obvs a must in every fantasy) who only showed up at the end and there's no hint to what his motivations are for such hostility with the fl. even the action fight scenes were a little bit forced and just put there to test the girl powers. there where no explanations as to why they were suddenly attacked by the enemies in their own turf.
Also i would like to think this is a romance fantasy but the ml & fl did not even kiss lol. this is quite tame actually so im excited how their "relationship" (if you can call it that) would progress. also hoping the next books would have more semblance of a plot and clearer picture of the enemies and happenings in the war front.
ash_012's review against another edition
4.0
3.5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
I kept having that feeling like I am waiting for something to happen and make this book amazing, so I am a bit disappointed that it didn't
This book starts out with our girl Vhalla (you can't imagine the number of times I read that as vanilla but moving on) so Vhalla here wakes up one day to everyone freaking out about some prince being hurt and she somehow was the only one who was able to heal him
Then alot of filler stuff happens (which I honestly can't remember) for like a 100 pages?
Vhalla starts somehow then communicating with someone through letters and SURPRISE, it's the prince. So the number of love interests in this was so confusing, Vhalla got attracted literally to anything that don't have boobs.
She and the prince meet up and bam he pushed her and she is falling of a roof and I guess it supposed to be romantic?
Then of course the usual twilight drama happens with all the love triangles or hexagons in this case.
Some other drama happens but I won't talk about it because spoilers, but it was really rushed.
And for the life of me I can't figure out what's so endearing about calling someone a parrot but okay.
I think at one point the author tries to give Vhalla a backbone but she is just too dry for that
Aldrik is the usual misunderstood dark prince and I honestly still can't figure out whats the point of his brother existing
To sum it up, I didn't really hate it (even if the review may seem negative but I am a bit cranky right now)
What this book has:
-Sorcerers
-Best friend x dark guy love triangle
-A girl finding out she has powers and the usual drama
-pretty cover (because well its pretty)
Am I going to continue with the series? Honestly I don't know yet but I have to admit I may be shallow enough to give the second book a go because of the cover
I kept having that feeling like I am waiting for something to happen and make this book amazing, so I am a bit disappointed that it didn't
This book starts out with our girl Vhalla (you can't imagine the number of times I read that as vanilla but moving on) so Vhalla here wakes up one day to everyone freaking out about some prince being hurt and she somehow was the only one who was able to heal him
Then alot of filler stuff happens (which I honestly can't remember) for like a 100 pages?
Vhalla starts somehow then communicating with someone through letters and SURPRISE, it's the prince. So the number of love interests in this was so confusing, Vhalla got attracted literally to anything that don't have boobs.
She and the prince meet up and bam he pushed her and she is falling of a roof and I guess it supposed to be romantic?
Then of course the usual twilight drama happens with all the love triangles or hexagons in this case.
Some other drama happens but I won't talk about it because spoilers, but it was really rushed.
And for the life of me I can't figure out what's so endearing about calling someone a parrot but okay.
I think at one point the author tries to give Vhalla a backbone but she is just too dry for that
Aldrik is the usual misunderstood dark prince and I honestly still can't figure out whats the point of his brother existing
To sum it up, I didn't really hate it (even if the review may seem negative but I am a bit cranky right now)
What this book has:
-Sorcerers
-Best friend x dark guy love triangle
-A girl finding out she has powers and the usual drama
-pretty cover (because well its pretty)
Am I going to continue with the series? Honestly I don't know yet but I have to admit I may be shallow enough to give the second book a go because of the cover
weezle's review against another edition
2.0
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I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.
I was in a huge reading slump when I picked up Air Awakens. I expected that I would get about five chapters into it and lose interest. After all, that is exactly what happened with the five books I picked up before it. I tried everything from Alternate History to Paranormal. Nothing stuck. It’s not that the books were bad. I just couldn’t get into them. I was absolutely sure that Air Awakens was going to be the next book on my ever growing DNF list.
I am happy to announce that I was wrong. Air Awakens sucked me in from the very beginning and refused to let go. After devouring the book in one sitting, I immediately purchased the next two books in the series, Fire Falling and Earth’s End. I just couldn’t get enough of this fun and easy fantasy series. Honestly, I still can’t. Water’s Wrath cannot come out fast enough.
That said, Air Awakens is far from perfect.
Yeah, I know that I just raved about how they saved me from the dreaded reading drought of 2016. That means this review is glowing, right? Unfortunately, no. These Fantasy-lite Romances are tons of fun on the surface, but digging deeper reveals more than a couple of issues.
While the book is a quick and easy read, the pacing in the first half of the book is awkward and clumsy. Weeks fly by in two sentences while minutes take pages. This causes the book to drag until the author finds her rhythm about halfway through.
The Solaris Empire will feel very familiar to fans of Avatar: The Last Airbender. In fact, I found myself filling in the holes left in the world with information from that series. I will say that the world building issues do seem to be getting better as more books come out, but I still have a list of questions that have yet to be answered. If you liked detailed settings, maybe skip this series.
Vhalla is your stereotypical YA heroine. She’s a nobody that hides in the shadows reading her books until suddenly, and without warning, she finds out that she is extremely special. Like, Last Airbender special. When I say that, I mean it literally. She’s the first person in a century that has possessed the ability to use wind magic. Making her the Last Windwalker. The special snow flake syndrome doesn’t stop there. Nope, she catches the eye of Crown Prince Aldrik (who reminds me of Prince Zuko from Avatar), the broody and erratic sorcerer who has never really loved anyone, until Vhalla.
The secondary characters almost always fall flat. They are often one dimensional, from Larel, the mentor turned confidant, to Sareem, the undeveloped and intolerant third piece of the required love triangle. The only supporting character that caught my eye was Baldair, Prince Aldrik’s golden younger brother. My attachment to him could be that I felt he was one of the better developed characters as the series progressed, or it could be that I can’t get enough of tall, blonde, and handsome. Either way, I can’t get enough Baldair.
On the upside, I found the romance scenes in this book to be pretty steamy. I didn’t exactly approve of the romance itself, though. I found Aldrik to be pretty unstable. In the interest of keeping this review as spoiler free as possible I will not go into extreme detail, but I will say that if I had been Vhalla, I wouldn’t have allowed that man anywhere near me, Crown Prince or not. Baldair, on the other hand… Well, he’s a different story.
In the end, I still devoured the series in less than three days. So, in spite of all of the problems, I will read Water’s Wrath on release day. If you like a steamy romance, or wish there had been more Avatar, or are just looking for some quick and easy Fantasy to take your mind off of life, give this a try. It’s not highbrow lit, but it sure is fun.
Recommended for: Readers who enjoyed the Grisha Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo, Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard, Avatar: The Last Airbender, and The Legend of Korra.
I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.
I was in a huge reading slump when I picked up Air Awakens. I expected that I would get about five chapters into it and lose interest. After all, that is exactly what happened with the five books I picked up before it. I tried everything from Alternate History to Paranormal. Nothing stuck. It’s not that the books were bad. I just couldn’t get into them. I was absolutely sure that Air Awakens was going to be the next book on my ever growing DNF list.
I am happy to announce that I was wrong. Air Awakens sucked me in from the very beginning and refused to let go. After devouring the book in one sitting, I immediately purchased the next two books in the series, Fire Falling and Earth’s End. I just couldn’t get enough of this fun and easy fantasy series. Honestly, I still can’t. Water’s Wrath cannot come out fast enough.
That said, Air Awakens is far from perfect.
Yeah, I know that I just raved about how they saved me from the dreaded reading drought of 2016. That means this review is glowing, right? Unfortunately, no. These Fantasy-lite Romances are tons of fun on the surface, but digging deeper reveals more than a couple of issues.
While the book is a quick and easy read, the pacing in the first half of the book is awkward and clumsy. Weeks fly by in two sentences while minutes take pages. This causes the book to drag until the author finds her rhythm about halfway through.
The Solaris Empire will feel very familiar to fans of Avatar: The Last Airbender. In fact, I found myself filling in the holes left in the world with information from that series. I will say that the world building issues do seem to be getting better as more books come out, but I still have a list of questions that have yet to be answered. If you liked detailed settings, maybe skip this series.
Vhalla is your stereotypical YA heroine. She’s a nobody that hides in the shadows reading her books until suddenly, and without warning, she finds out that she is extremely special. Like, Last Airbender special. When I say that, I mean it literally. She’s the first person in a century that has possessed the ability to use wind magic. Making her the Last Windwalker. The special snow flake syndrome doesn’t stop there. Nope, she catches the eye of Crown Prince Aldrik (who reminds me of Prince Zuko from Avatar), the broody and erratic sorcerer who has never really loved anyone, until Vhalla.
The secondary characters almost always fall flat. They are often one dimensional, from Larel, the mentor turned confidant, to Sareem, the undeveloped and intolerant third piece of the required love triangle. The only supporting character that caught my eye was Baldair, Prince Aldrik’s golden younger brother. My attachment to him could be that I felt he was one of the better developed characters as the series progressed, or it could be that I can’t get enough of tall, blonde, and handsome. Either way, I can’t get enough Baldair.
On the upside, I found the romance scenes in this book to be pretty steamy. I didn’t exactly approve of the romance itself, though. I found Aldrik to be pretty unstable. In the interest of keeping this review as spoiler free as possible I will not go into extreme detail, but I will say that if I had been Vhalla, I wouldn’t have allowed that man anywhere near me, Crown Prince or not. Baldair, on the other hand… Well, he’s a different story.
In the end, I still devoured the series in less than three days. So, in spite of all of the problems, I will read Water’s Wrath on release day. If you like a steamy romance, or wish there had been more Avatar, or are just looking for some quick and easy Fantasy to take your mind off of life, give this a try. It’s not highbrow lit, but it sure is fun.
Recommended for: Readers who enjoyed the Grisha Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo, Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard, Avatar: The Last Airbender, and The Legend of Korra.
tuufa's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
lexihworth's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
ebonwilde's review against another edition
2.0
reads like a first draft on wattpad. complete with bad writing, a y/n chosen one fmc, a cinderella love triangle (one of the princes is dark and traumatized, and the other one is a manwhore. the only two personalities of fantasy men, of course), no plot whatsoever (but there's a ball!), and extremely generic avataresque worldbuilding (they're elementals, and she's the thor-y one. everyone clap). an amalgamation of every tiktok romantasy trope with no originality or substance, and this was written in 2015. i'm genuinely so disappointed.
aguscaiti's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75