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aseaoftomes's review
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
What an absolute delight.
This book at it's core is a Rapunzel retelling, but it also has essences of Jack and the Beanstalk as well.
This book follows our main protagonist Rapunzel, an innocent and naive girl who lives in a tower with her guardian Witch. One day Rapunzel finds out that Witch's life is in danger and gets swept up in an adventure and crosses many lands to figure out how to save her. She meets a whole cast of delightful characters, including Jack who is her main companion and has a quest of his own.
The writing of this was really easy to sink into and pretty well paced. It took me a chapter or two to really get into the story, but once I did, I was sold.
The plot loosely follows the story of Rapunzel, but it's got quite a few unique twists to go along with it. But the plot is pretty much what I described above.
The world of Tyme is incredibly vivid and rich and I loved all the time we spent in it getting to know all of the nuances and different countries and politics and history along the way. I loved the magic a lot as well. The world building was honestly one of the strongest and most enjoyable parts of the book.
Finally, the characters. I loved Rapunzel. I fully admit that it took me a bit of time to warm up to her because of how she's introduced and what she's like for the first bit of the book, but her character arc was seriously one of the best things ever. I love how much she grows over the course of the novel and I couldn't help but fall in love with her more and more as the book went on. I loved Jack a lot as well. He's such a sweetheart and is just so good across the board. And I loved the relationship/friendship/dynamic between him and Rapunzel a lot as well. Witch was also a fascinating character. Even though she's the "bad character", there's a lot more to her than that and I loved getting to see her story fully fleshed out as well. Honestly the whole cast of characters were a delight to read.
All in all, a great book and I can't wait to read the next installment in the series.
This book at it's core is a Rapunzel retelling, but it also has essences of Jack and the Beanstalk as well.
This book follows our main protagonist Rapunzel, an innocent and naive girl who lives in a tower with her guardian Witch. One day Rapunzel finds out that Witch's life is in danger and gets swept up in an adventure and crosses many lands to figure out how to save her. She meets a whole cast of delightful characters, including Jack who is her main companion and has a quest of his own.
The writing of this was really easy to sink into and pretty well paced. It took me a chapter or two to really get into the story, but once I did, I was sold.
The plot loosely follows the story of Rapunzel, but it's got quite a few unique twists to go along with it. But the plot is pretty much what I described above.
The world of Tyme is incredibly vivid and rich and I loved all the time we spent in it getting to know all of the nuances and different countries and politics and history along the way. I loved the magic a lot as well. The world building was honestly one of the strongest and most enjoyable parts of the book.
Finally, the characters. I loved Rapunzel. I fully admit that it took me a bit of time to warm up to her because of how she's introduced and what she's like for the first bit of the book, but her character arc was seriously one of the best things ever. I love how much she grows over the course of the novel and I couldn't help but fall in love with her more and more as the book went on. I loved Jack a lot as well. He's such a sweetheart and is just so good across the board. And I loved the relationship/friendship/dynamic between him and Rapunzel a lot as well. Witch was also a fascinating character. Even though she's the "bad character", there's a lot more to her than that and I loved getting to see her story fully fleshed out as well. Honestly the whole cast of characters were a delight to read.
All in all, a great book and I can't wait to read the next installment in the series.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy