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Lightlark by Alex Aster

15 reviews

avialaeleigh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad 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

Okay this book was a fucking Rollercoaster. Several of the fucking foreshadowing's were a little obvious, not completely but they were noticeable. Not to the point were I knew everything that was going to be reveled.

Though I did fucking call that she had powers and just didn't know how to fucking use them. I also knew that she knew Grim somehow, just not in what context. I can't believe that douchebag was working with Celeste/Aurora. Why didn't he just tell Isla maybe they could have figured something better out then the plan that Celeste had, especially when she cast the curses in the first place.

Also, I really hope that even with Grim pulling all the shit he did and hiding everything from her and removing Isla's memories, I still hope that they end up together. I think that all of their interactions together are so good. They remind me a lot of Feyre and Rhysand or even Aelin and Rowan.

I'm not really sure what the next two books could be about cause I feel like the book is fairly wrapped up, at least from the standpoint of the curses being broken. Guess we shall find out.

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nicoleolander's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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espurrr's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I found the premise and the world building to be underdeveloped and honestly a bit silly. This author loves sentence fragments and frequently uses the em dash, so the writing feels choppy and unrefined. The mystery is engaging and the twists are fun. I also found the characters enjoyable. I'll probably continue on with the second book for an easy, light read.

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chaptermaggot's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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brieoqueijo's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

This was a very happy surprise, I was expecting a 3.0 stars at most, and maybe even a rant review, but this was really fun!!

!!!!!!SPOILERS AHEAD!!!!!!

!!!!!I MEAN IT!!!!!!

Ok, so here are my critiques:

At the beginning I was kinda hating Grim, he was acting kinda creepy and it wasn’t sexy, just creepy

Isla was so dumb at the beginning, she literally almost died twice cause tripped????? Like girl you’re a warrior and can’t even stay standing up? Get a grip

BUT as the book went on I started really liking both her and grim, and I was thinking to myself like damn how I am supposed to ship her with oro? Cause he’s always acting like he has a stick you know where. But then he was just ✨oro✨ and we love him for it

I enjoyed the plot twists at the end (all hundreds of them), I definitely wasn’t expecting for grim and isla having a history before the games, I really thought it was just that old insta love shite

I could see celeste being evil from like a mile away, but it still was done nicely, and I think it was a great ending to the curse to kill that whoe

THE WAY I THOUGHT SHE WAS GONNA TELL ISLA GRIM WAS HER ACTUAL FATHER I ALMOST DIED IM SO GLAD MS ALEX ASTER DIDNT GO FULL ALABAMA OUT OF NOWHERE

And finally, I got kind confused at the end about how is oros and islas relationship right now, cause it kinda felt like “x months later” but they don’t seem very intimate?? I hope we haven’t lost their first kiss cause I wanted to read all that yearning

And finally, I’m still kinda devided between both love interests but grims last sentence of “remember us and than you’ll come back to me” kinda gave me the ick idk

That’s it, will be starting book #2 right now xoxo

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creataav's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious relaxing fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

I liked it but there were some moments where the characters weren’t using all of the information that they had when making decisions. they frustrated me but i still ate it up. 7/10

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