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All the Tides of Fate by Adalyn Grace

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madsmccray's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

3.25

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karingforbooks's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.0

The descriptions are gorgeous and I like the magic in the world. The legends are well thought out and woven into the story well. I do think amora could have been more developed, especially in this book, since she was so closed off for lost of it then seemed to open up instantly. But that’s my biggest complaint. Otherwise it’s a good book, a well done ending to the duology

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rachrreads's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

Adalyn Grace where can I send my therapy bill?!

**SPOILERS FOR BOOK 1 ALL THE STARS AND TEETH. BACK AWAY IF YOU HAVEN’T READ IT, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED**

After taking down Kraven the Kingdom of Visidia is doing it’s best to rebuild with Amora as it’s Queen. Amora is doing everything she can to win the trust of her people and to set the wrongdoings of the Montara’s right. They have sent aid to Kerost to help them rebuild and they’ve reestablished Zudoh in the Kingdom after their wrongful banishment by her father.

Amora is dealing with the stress of her father’s death and the loss of half her soul— the part that holds her magic. Without it she’s broken and she will do anything to get it back. Her people do not fully believe in her and her advisors urge her to set off to the islands to take a husband. Amora balks at the idea initially. When presented with the possibility of restoring her soul and getting rid of the Montara curse, Amora sets off on a journey across the Kingdom. No one can know the truth, so she uses the ruse of finding a husband to search the different islands. Through it all, Amora puts Bastian at a distance— she doesn’t know if her feelings are because she loves him or if it’s due to him being cursed to hold the other half of her soul.

Amora really comes into herself during this book and I love how much of a girl boss she is! She is the movement!! When being mansplained to and looked down upon, Amora responds beautifully.

“…[My father’s] no longer the one who sits on the throne; I am. I'm not sure if you felt it was okay to condescend to me because I'm a woman, because of my age, or simply because I'm new to this position and you felt the need to establish some sort of dominance you do not and will never have. But the next time you open your mouth to speak to me, remember that you're talking to your queen. Do you understand?"

I also love how Amora’s mental health is dealt with in this book. Amora suffers from anxiety, panic attacks, depression, and immense grief through this book. She’s constantly blaming herself and shutting others out— trying to take everything on herself. Adalyn does a great job of representing Amora’s feelings, as well as having an accurate representation of how one might such a traumatic event such as watching your father die in front of you.

THE ANGST between Amora and Bastian through this book is absolutely golden. I don’t want to give too much away but I felt the pain and the longing though out the whole book. Amora is so confused as to how she feels about Bastian and she’s constantly resisting against her instincts to lean into him.

“I very well might be in love with Bastian Altair. But until our curse is broken, I cannot trust myself to make that decision.”

But, Bastian makes his feelings clear to her time and time again.

“’Tell me what you want me to do and I'll do it,’ he urges. ‘I would move mountains for you. I would chase down the stars just so you could hold one.’”

The ending is bittersweet — I was broken and crying at one moment, but peaceful and full of happiness the next. This was an absolutely fabulous conclusion to the story and I’m so glad Adalyn Grace made this a duology rather than a trilogy.

Thanks again, Adalyn for the free personalized and signed copies!

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alimoo511's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense fast-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

4.5

I fucking hate character deaths.

Honestly I have to say I had low expectations. I thought a second book was unnecessary and Adalyn should have just made it a chunky stand alone and include freeing the curse in there.

And while this was mostly filler and I would have done this completely differently I still have to admit that I was wrong.

I love the feminist commentary and I love BASTIAN. Especially because he called out Amora's BS, but he was still accepting that she was going through shit and was there for her and just ASFJGKVKLFK I love their whole dynamic.

I love how Adalyn handled grief and how it affects everyone and the reality that political leaders will never be perfect people and that means we shouldn't write them or remember them as such when reflecting on their political careers and I STAND by that truth.

Overall I think this is a fine conclusion to a great debut duology and I am in LOVE with the pink design.

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stormywolf's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

3.0

Audiobook Read by Natalie Naudus
Unabridged Length: 10.5 Hours
Listened at 2x Speed

Read my full review at The Wolf's Den

Overall, a fine production that'll serve to get you through the story. As with most fantasy books, I always find it handy to have an audio pronouncing the foreign words, and this time is no different. No huge changes in the text, just a word added or dropped a couple times, probably in service to the flow. Still wish there were musical bits when its relevant to the story (like humming a shanty), but it's more uncommon to have them than not. So, maybe not one to hold up as a shining example of all that audiobooks could be, but a serviceable production that gets the job done and concludes the duology well.

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ryleecanread's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I truly don’t know what the plot of the book was. So much happened and I literally don’t know why. The main character made a lot of decisions that the author took extra time to carefully explain why but still the decisions made no sense. I really only finished this book to see what would happen with Bastian. But when you finish the book

you find out that a side character undeservedly dies. Literally for no good reason does he die. It’s just a character death for the sake of character death. It was an annoying last two chapters…

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