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r1vana's review against another edition
medium-paced
2.0
No one is born a monster,she said quietly. We become monsters because of our choices.
Ana has created her own revolution named Red Tigress: It had become the symbol for her party, for her revolution.
The symbol for a new Cyrilia: an equal, balanced land free of oppression, where Affinites and non-Affinites walked side by side.
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Ana; till the very end, she has always taught about her people before her.
Ramson; I am glad to see his character growth in this last book: Your heart is your compass.
Ramson wasn’t sure he fully understood what that meant anymore. His heart pointed in a completely different direction than his mind, than what made sense.
Linn; I enjoyed her pov. Whenever I read her chapters, I feel like she was the main character. She definitely stands out a lot.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, and Blood
veronikahvee's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
tense
fast-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? It's complicated
5.0
Whew!! It's over my friends! I cannot believe this journey has finally reached its end. It's wild to think how I first heard of this book trilogy through a less fun series of events and it ended up becoming a most beloved story to me. I mean, I already knew I'd enjoy it just from the summary, but I didn't expect to end up having it up there with my all time faves.
As the rating of this and my opening paragraph clearly hint at: I loved this final book. It was a fantastic wrap-up of Ana's, Ramson's, Linn's and Kaïs' stories, both as individual stories as well as their overarching story.
The high stakes were always high, the dangers were real, the emotions were messy as it usually is with us humans and the big climax was *chef's kiss*.
I honestly think Amélie did an excellent job at ending her debut. She had a goal and it slowly unfolded before my eyes and it was great to be kept at the edge of the seat as I read her beautiful writing open more and more of what she had planned for us poor readers. The angst was off the charts, it was really angsty in the way you just go *insert meme of old man clutching his chest*, but it had a light at the end of the tunnel and I'm grateful for that (don't want angst if it's just suffering kay??). The most sensitive topics were well-handled as well, I could tell Amélie cared for these topics and wanted to write them well, but without sugar-coating anything.
Now for my more loose fangirl comments alskjdlasd this trilogy has filled the hole the grisha trilogy left in me. I'm serious, it's like Amélie knew all that I love about tgt, picked it and wrote something utterly satisfying without the things I was left wanting or disappointed with in tgt. I don't usually say this, but it's the final book and the final review, so I had to say it at some point, especially now that I reached the end haha. Also the main ship is... nikolina but endgame y'all *chef's kiss*!! oh one more thing, in spoilers in case you reading this review want to read tgt but don't want spoilers: the blood heir trilogy handled the magic/powers and the loss of said powers in the way I wish tgt had handled. especially the loss! what it does to a wielder, how it affects their life! it was excellent, honestly. as well as the variety in powers, I loved that. ok, now I'm done haha alksdj
PS: got a new otp and it's called Ramsana!! WOOO
As the rating of this and my opening paragraph clearly hint at: I loved this final book. It was a fantastic wrap-up of Ana's, Ramson's, Linn's and Kaïs' stories, both as individual stories as well as their overarching story.
The high stakes were always high, the dangers were real, the emotions were messy as it usually is with us humans and the big climax was *chef's kiss*.
I honestly think Amélie did an excellent job at ending her debut. She had a goal and it slowly unfolded before my eyes and it was great to be kept at the edge of the seat as I read her beautiful writing open more and more of what she had planned for us poor readers. The angst was off the charts, it was really angsty in the way you just go *insert meme of old man clutching his chest*, but it had a light at the end of the tunnel and I'm grateful for that (don't want angst if it's just suffering kay??). The most sensitive topics were well-handled as well, I could tell Amélie cared for these topics and wanted to write them well, but without sugar-coating anything.
Now for my more loose fangirl comments alskjdlasd this trilogy has filled the hole the grisha trilogy left in me. I'm serious, it's like Amélie knew all that I love about tgt, picked it and wrote something utterly satisfying without the things I was left wanting or disappointed with in tgt. I don't usually say this, but it's the final book and the final review, so I had to say it at some point, especially now that I reached the end haha. Also the main ship is... nikolina but endgame y'all *chef's kiss*!! oh one more thing, in spoilers in case you reading this review want to read tgt but don't want spoilers:
PS: got a new otp and it's called Ramsana!! WOOO
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: Death and Violence
caidyn's review against another edition
adventurous
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
A solid ending to the series. To be honest, I was expecting a different ending but I did like this one. I finally felt that the history this is inspired by came through in this book, so that was a lot of fun!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, and War
afi_whatafireads's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
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
3.5
"To create a future, one first had to destroy the past."
The end of the monarchy and the end of a series!
It always saddens me when I finished a series, as we have fought along with the characters, experiencing their character growth and their fight finally coming to an end.
I would say Crimson Reign was great in a sense that it concluded and wrapped up everything swiftly. From the issues, to the political play and also the romance. Unfortunately, for me, there were a few things that just made me a tad disappointed in how the book turned out, as it is the last book to the series. Its not bad but its not entirely good, so I would say that the final book to this series was just an OKAY read for me.
Personal Ratings : 3.65🌟
The end of the series means the end of our MC journey. As per the first and second book, told in multiple POV's, we follow Ana, Ramson and Linn into their last adventure into taking over the crown. A story of relationships of nature and magic, the fight for power and the fight for equality.
Personal Thoughts
Don't get me wrong, I actually enjoyed 75% portion of the book. It was thick, in a way that I like. It tied every loose ends properly and it was concluded well. With Zhao, I loved how she writes the Politics in her books. I liked that the dedication and the motivation of the characters are not because of love but because of the greater good. The author was very consistent in this part of her writing, in which the power play, the fight for equality and the topic of injustice and slavery is one that came to light, in which made the story so intriguing. The Plot for me was done well and the flow of the story , in which the transitions from each character's POV was quite well done as well. Unfortunately, despite loving the characters, especially Ana and Ramson in the first book and loving their chemistry, their romance, just, felt..... off.
Character wise , I would say Linn had the biggest character progression and her love interest was the best one to read (despite it being very minuscule and the side love story), then Ramson's and Ana's. I kinda felt that Ramson was somehow... out of character? I don't know if it was the pacing of the author wanted to somehow made the connection happened, but when it did...... I didn't feel as happy as I thought it would. In fact, it felt, just very.... cringey and awkward in a sense. I kind of understand why Ramson is acting the way he is , in a sense that he had never fell in love and the only love that he knew was of loving Ana, but Ana's reaction; felt , very, childish to me. It threw me off towards the second half of the book.
Another thing that I felt was a bit of a missed opportunity was in how the author killed of her characters. I personally don't mind characters being killed off, as it adds depth and emotions to the plot of the story, but it just felt rushed and unrefined. It made me mad that the scenes were somehow cut off just like that WITH EVERY PERSON THAT DIED. It was okay with some characters, but there was one very important character, and his death, felt, unfair and just swept off really fast. Its understandable but maybe it was how it was written that made it portrayed as such.
But, even with all of that, I had still enjoyed the book and the series overall. It does have it flaws and it may not be the best fantasy series out there, I would say, its not a bad one either. I think I enjoyed the second book the most out of the three books in the series, but would also recommend this book for beginners. The magic system is unique and it will be a good start if you're looking into reading a fantasy book.
Thank you to Times Reads for generously providing me this gorgeous copy of the book.
Disclaimers: All my reviews are my thoughts of the book and according to my personal preferences. Even though I had received a review copy, it does not affect my review and honest thoughts for the book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Genocide, and War
bookwormbullet's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, and Blood