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joskypay's review
5.0
Wonderful debut!
I really enjoyed the fantasy world this author created and am even more impressed learning it was her first. I look forward to more from this crew as I feel we haves just barely gotten to know them.
I really enjoyed the fantasy world this author created and am even more impressed learning it was her first. I look forward to more from this crew as I feel we haves just barely gotten to know them.
emmdahl's review
4.0
A good debut novel. Intriguing storyline, individual characters. Wished there was more steam.
maschlemmer's review
adventurous
challenging
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
bookish_dandan's review
5.0
I absolutely loved this book and the characters! This type of overprotective vibes will always be my tops! Great writing and story building with a FMC going through the motions and trying to find answers to all her questions. Great debut book for an author!
sdemo08's review
lighthearted
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
5.0
Interesting premise. Kind of weird in that a lot happens but also not a lot happens. Enjoyed the re-read though and now I'm ready for the 2nd book.
Content Warnings
Minor: Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Medical content, War, and Injury/Injury detail
rain_e's review
1.0
DNF'd at 40%. This book- I wouldn't even classify this as a book- this collection of self indulgent, unedited, horrendous attempt at storytelling- has no plot and absolutely no structure. The characters are about as deep as a drop of water and even at nearly the halfway point NOTHING happens! If you would consider a bunch of huge growly (ugh) men having to constantly control themselves (and failing) from keeping their hands off of Amethyst (of course she has one of those kinds of names) and off of each other (not in the fun way), good storytelling, then I guess you're in for a treat. Someone is always threatening someone else. Someone always keeps getting growled at (ugh). Someone always ends up almost losing control of their super special powers around our sparkly, vanilla-sweet, gemstone given human form and regretting it deeply whilst the others loom in threatening fashion over the errant male. The reader is told, at least once, on every page that none of the male love (lust?) interests care about anything that is not Amethyst, not even siblings or allies or best friends whom they've known for nearly all their lives. Case in point-
"Ambrose walked into the room then, and I remembered my loyalty to him. I’d sworn it to him years ago, and yet. The one I had towards her outshined that by seemingly a mile, because I knew then that I would easily hurt him to protect her.
Easily.
I owed this man my life, but her? She’d managed to own me in the little time she’d been here.
Own my very fucking soul."
And over and over and over again with miniscule readjustments. Thank goodness I don't own a physical copy of this work, because I would have dented my poor blameless walls with it, many times over.
"Ambrose walked into the room then, and I remembered my loyalty to him. I’d sworn it to him years ago, and yet. The one I had towards her outshined that by seemingly a mile, because I knew then that I would easily hurt him to protect her.
Easily.
I owed this man my life, but her? She’d managed to own me in the little time she’d been here.
Own my very fucking soul."
And over and over and over again with miniscule readjustments. Thank goodness I don't own a physical copy of this work, because I would have dented my poor blameless walls with it, many times over.
mablejean216's review
5.0
WOW
holy freaking wow i love this book i was laughing and i felt what the characters were feeling! amazing i loved this
holy freaking wow i love this book i was laughing and i felt what the characters were feeling! amazing i loved this