A review by vivianne
Grace and Fury by Tracy Banghart
4.0
Actual rating: 3.75*
Spoiler free mini review.
This book actually pleasantly surprised me. After reading book after book that I get from Fairyloot and being disappointed almost every time, my expectations weren’t high going into this book. But I liked it well enough and I had fun while reading.
The strongest thing about this book was definitely the plot. It moved really fast and I loved that while there was always something going on, it still build to a spectacular finale. I thought the ending was a great way to make readers want to pick up the second book, which I’m already currently reading. I think the characters were okay, I loved how the stereotypical was broken through and that while the sisters both trained for a specific life they were sent a completely different way and needed to survive in the new circumstances. I also liked the writing and the (kind of predictable) twists.
Things I didn’t much enjoy was that it was overall a bit predictable and that it contained a lot of tropes, I’m especially tired of seeing a man driven world where the mc is the only one that can change it. I also think that it lacks some dimension and depth, especially in the world building and characters. I just wanted a bit more sometimes. But for a 320 page book that was overall satisfying, I think 3.75 is a fair enough rating.
Spoiler free mini review.
This book actually pleasantly surprised me. After reading book after book that I get from Fairyloot and being disappointed almost every time, my expectations weren’t high going into this book. But I liked it well enough and I had fun while reading.
The strongest thing about this book was definitely the plot. It moved really fast and I loved that while there was always something going on, it still build to a spectacular finale. I thought the ending was a great way to make readers want to pick up the second book, which I’m already currently reading. I think the characters were okay, I loved how the stereotypical was broken through and that while the sisters both trained for a specific life they were sent a completely different way and needed to survive in the new circumstances. I also liked the writing and the (kind of predictable) twists.
Things I didn’t much enjoy was that it was overall a bit predictable and that it contained a lot of tropes, I’m especially tired of seeing a man driven world where the mc is the only one that can change it. I also think that it lacks some dimension and depth, especially in the world building and characters. I just wanted a bit more sometimes. But for a 320 page book that was overall satisfying, I think 3.75 is a fair enough rating.