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steffandbooks's review
adventurous
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? No
4.75
This book was soooooo good. Stunning. Loved it. The characters, the found family, the slow burn, the plot twists, everything!!!
Nara is such a strong FMC, I love her so much. I wouldn’t directly describe her as morally grey, but she has her moments when someone threatens the ones she loves, or she usually resorts to more vulgar actions and languages, but she can also be sweet and forgiving. And she learns so much about herself and grows throughout this book.
The friends she makes during her venator training are everything. We see a lot of Freya and I wish that we will see more of the others as well.
The world building was strong, I love the idea of shifters and others creatures, witches, sorcerer, elves, sea creatures and the likes, how the history has been introduced to us and I always love when they have their own cuss words 😂 it just fits with a high fantasy.
In the beginning, I wasn’t sure whether there are going to be multiple love interests or a love triangle, but I still enjoyed it to some extent. How the author described it as “she falls for the wrong person first” is fitting I guess.
There isn’t really any spice in this book, but I didn’t miss it yet since it was a slow burn. We got some steamy kissing scenes tho 🔥
The book doesn’t end on a cliffhanger and I assume the second one will give us some forced proximity and hopefully some answers to Nara’s weirdness 😁
Not a 5-star read tho because there were a few typos in there that started to bother me, but was still able to look over it since it’s the author’s first ever book and self-published.
Now, can’t wait for the second!
Nara is such a strong FMC, I love her so much. I wouldn’t directly describe her as morally grey, but she has her moments when someone threatens the ones she loves, or she usually resorts to more vulgar actions and languages, but she can also be sweet and forgiving. And she learns so much about herself and grows throughout this book.
The friends she makes during her venator training are everything. We see a lot of Freya and I wish that we will see more of the others as well.
The world building was strong, I love the idea of shifters and others creatures, witches, sorcerer, elves, sea creatures and the likes, how the history has been introduced to us and I always love when they have their own cuss words 😂 it just fits with a high fantasy.
In the beginning, I wasn’t sure whether there are going to be multiple love interests or a love triangle, but I still enjoyed it to some extent. How the author described it as “she falls for the wrong person first” is fitting I guess.
There isn’t really any spice in this book, but I didn’t miss it yet since it was a slow burn. We got some steamy kissing scenes tho 🔥
The book doesn’t end on a cliffhanger and I assume the second one will give us some forced proximity and hopefully some answers to Nara’s weirdness 😁
Not a 5-star read tho because there were a few typos in there that started to bother me, but was still able to look over it since it’s the author’s first ever book and self-published.
Now, can’t wait for the second!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Racial slurs, Blood, and Gore
Moderate: Death of parent, Sexual assault, and Bullying
Minor: Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Torture, and Abandonment
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