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A review by write_of_passages
Prophecy Awakened by Tamar Sloan
2.0
A fun spin on the fated mates that leans a little too heavily towards the romance side of romantasy with a very slow-moving plot line. Most of the characters are fun and intriguing, although Eden, the main female character, leans heavily towards cliche which had me sighing or rolling my eyes more than once.
Would I go back in time and still read this book, knowing what I know now?
Maybe. It certainly gave me something to occupy my mind, but I’m not sure I’m going to continue the series.
See below for the four criteria I use to decide whether and when to read a book
CHARACTERS: As mentioned above, Eden leans heavily towards some character traits that to me are highly cliche and they don’t have the backstory to back them up. She’s intriguing when we get to see more of her powers, but that takes a backseat throughout most of the book. Noah is also fun, though borderline cliche as well. Again, the backstory isn’t fully there for me in a way that makes some of their character traits make sense. But they were compelling enough combined with the plot to want to keep reading to the end.
PLOT: The plot is very slow. At least a quarter of the book is the same ‘gushing over what the other looks like’ and ‘staring into each other’s eyes’ regurgitated with the same verbiage. We don’t learn much or see the plot move along until closer to the midpoint of the story. And by the time we got to these action moments, they were fleeting and fast. The stakes which I expect when it comes to werewolves were sadly ignored, which reduced the intensity of the moments. The main characters either don’t get physically hurt or if they do, somehow it just isn’t an issue at all. And if anyone is going to need saving, it’s Eden. Because of course the guy always has to save the girl. I’ll admit, it’s a plot line I’ve read too much and I find it makes me sigh. Someday it’ll be the girl saving the guy, but that didn’t happen in this one.
EMOTIONAL INTENSITY: There is no good/bad here. Sometimes I just want a low-investment entertainment read whereas other times a high-stakes 'I need a therapist to recover' is what I need.
1 out of 5. It had so much potential, and it wanted to be higher, but because it was heart-eyes while skirting the deep substance of the action and stakes and consequences, the intensity leaned towards sappy rather than deep.
CATHARTIC FULFILLMENT: Is the emotional journey worth it? Do I finish this book feeling that I've crested the wave of the climactic moment and everything has been settled, leaving me settled and fulfilled?
50%. Very little denouement, the buildup just dissipates, the consequences of actually getting into a high-stakes moment are simply ignored by the author, and I definitely was rolling my eyes when once again it flipped into the girl being in the position of powerlessness and the man has to save/help her. No, I did not appreciate the end and was really disappointed by it.
Would I go back in time and still read this book, knowing what I know now?
Maybe. It certainly gave me something to occupy my mind, but I’m not sure I’m going to continue the series.
See below for the four criteria I use to decide whether and when to read a book
CHARACTERS: As mentioned above, Eden leans heavily towards some character traits that to me are highly cliche and they don’t have the backstory to back them up. She’s intriguing when we get to see more of her powers, but that takes a backseat throughout most of the book. Noah is also fun, though borderline cliche as well. Again, the backstory isn’t fully there for me in a way that makes some of their character traits make sense. But they were compelling enough combined with the plot to want to keep reading to the end.
PLOT: The plot is very slow. At least a quarter of the book is the same ‘gushing over what the other looks like’ and ‘staring into each other’s eyes’ regurgitated with the same verbiage. We don’t learn much or see the plot move along until closer to the midpoint of the story. And by the time we got to these action moments, they were fleeting and fast. The stakes which I expect when it comes to werewolves were sadly ignored, which reduced the intensity of the moments. The main characters either don’t get physically hurt or if they do, somehow it just isn’t an issue at all. And if anyone is going to need saving, it’s Eden. Because of course the guy always has to save the girl. I’ll admit, it’s a plot line I’ve read too much and I find it makes me sigh. Someday it’ll be the girl saving the guy, but that didn’t happen in this one.
EMOTIONAL INTENSITY: There is no good/bad here. Sometimes I just want a low-investment entertainment read whereas other times a high-stakes 'I need a therapist to recover' is what I need.
1 out of 5. It had so much potential, and it wanted to be higher, but because it was heart-eyes while skirting the deep substance of the action and stakes and consequences, the intensity leaned towards sappy rather than deep.
CATHARTIC FULFILLMENT: Is the emotional journey worth it? Do I finish this book feeling that I've crested the wave of the climactic moment and everything has been settled, leaving me settled and fulfilled?
50%. Very little denouement, the buildup just dissipates, the consequences of actually getting into a high-stakes moment are simply ignored by the author, and I definitely was rolling my eyes when once again it flipped into the girl being in the position of powerlessness and the man has to save/help her. No, I did not appreciate the end and was really disappointed by it.