Reviews

Eden. Nowy początek by Mia Sheridan

alexhalvari's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense 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

ava_mussell's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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

4.25

cjcharding's review against another edition

4.0

Review for both books: 

3/5🌶️, MF, contemporary, duet, Libby ebook

(Very Short) Summary: Two young members of a cult fall in love and try to escape the cult. 

Tropes: cult members, childhood loves, virgin MCs, forbidden love, instant love, friends to lovers, fighting to be together, purity culture and religious trauma, second chance

Thoughts: I enjoyed this duet. The first book is about the MCs childhood and how they grew to be friends and eventually fell in love. It also detailed how they had to fight hard to be together and to escape the cult they grew up in. The second book is about their life in the “real world", finding answers, dealing with guilt and grief and learning to live without the restrictions of the cult. I liked the MCs and how resilient and kind they were. I wish there was a bit more about the secondary characters though. They felt like incomplete caricatures. It was such a sweet love story though and you really felt like the two MCs were meant to be together. While there was a bit of religious trauma unpacking, I feel as though there could have been a lot more to that bit of the story. The characters adjusted to the “real world” surprisingly easily. There was also a lot of formulaic HEA stuff near the end of the book, where everything gets wrapped in a bow, but considering how the first book ends (with everyone near death), I didn’t mind the series ending on a overly sweet high.

crisfxgo's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

4.0

sofyy1102's review against another edition

5.0

Guys, this book is definitely one of the most beautiful books I've ever read. This one and obviously, Becoming Calder, the first one of the series.
I want to recommend it to everyone I've ever known, five stars is definitely not nearly enough for this book. Can I give 10 stars? This book deserves its own rating.

One word.

Damn!

ciarabartley's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

readfrenzy's review against another edition

4.0

I was disappointed in the depressing overtones of "Becoming Calder" but was pleased to find the story picked up steam in "Finding Eden." As Calder and Eden matured, we discovered the many facets of their personalities and I finally felt invested in the development of them as a couple. This is what I expected from Mia Sheridan. She has a way of creating a detailed world filled with characters you feel you know intimately. And then she wraps readers in a little cocoon so they can submerge themselves in her world as they fall in love with the characters. She makes you think of them when you're not reading the story and then you feel sad when you have to say goodbye. This was a satisfying conclusion to a series that started slow but finished strong.

marialopes0's review against another edition

5.0

Actual rating: 4.7 stars.

glimmerofadream's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

mary_leigh's review against another edition

slow-paced

3.0