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All the Tides of Fate by Adalyn Grace
5.0
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Overall Review (spoilers)
Though I rated this book five stars, I do have some qualms with it. I want to get the good out of the way first.
This book’s writing was a step above All the Stars and Teeth! I really enjoyed the exploration of the rest of Amora’s kingdom and more of an explanation of how her magic works. I also loved the way in which PTSD was explored within this book. Overall, it’s a great read and a great book.
Now for my issues with it. I felt like the characters I read in this book are different than the ones I read in the last one. Amora seems less like a caring, kind, and strong princess and more of a brat who only sees herself dealing with grief. Bastian lacked a lot of his charm and swagger from the last book. The two main characters just did not seem like themselves. Now, I have explained this away in the fact that they are both cursed, as Amora’s lost part of herself and Bastian has more soul than he should. However, it took the rest of the characters in this book way too long to call Amora out for her selfish and reckless actions, and she got away relatively easily with some pretty horrible things.
Plot Rating:
The reason I rated this book five stars is that it really is just that good when it comes to plot. Despite having some predictable plot points, Adalyn Grace does a pretty great job making them come off as natural and not as just common tropes. I read this book in a day because I could not put it down.
Favorite Quotes:
“Laugh, Amora. Make them love you because the standards are different for us, Amora. “
“I always make it out okay…it is everyone else around me who gets hurt.”
“Men don’t always need lessons; sometimes they need punishments. His age is no excuse…”
“But which outweighs the other? The wrong or the rights?”
“Make this life everything it should be”
Spice Rating:
Overall Review (spoilers)
Though I rated this book five stars, I do have some qualms with it. I want to get the good out of the way first.
This book’s writing was a step above All the Stars and Teeth! I really enjoyed the exploration of the rest of Amora’s kingdom and more of an explanation of how her magic works. I also loved the way in which PTSD was explored within this book. Overall, it’s a great read and a great book.
Now for my issues with it. I felt like the characters I read in this book are different than the ones I read in the last one. Amora seems less like a caring, kind, and strong princess and more of a brat who only sees herself dealing with grief. Bastian lacked a lot of his charm and swagger from the last book. The two main characters just did not seem like themselves. Now, I have explained this away in the fact that they are both cursed, as Amora’s lost part of herself and Bastian has more soul than he should. However, it took the rest of the characters in this book way too long to call Amora out for her selfish and reckless actions, and she got away relatively easily with some pretty horrible things.
Plot Rating:
The reason I rated this book five stars is that it really is just that good when it comes to plot. Despite having some predictable plot points, Adalyn Grace does a pretty great job making them come off as natural and not as just common tropes. I read this book in a day because I could not put it down.
Favorite Quotes:
“Laugh, Amora. Make them love you because the standards are different for us, Amora. “
“I always make it out okay…it is everyone else around me who gets hurt.”
“Men don’t always need lessons; sometimes they need punishments. His age is no excuse…”
“But which outweighs the other? The wrong or the rights?”
“Make this life everything it should be”
Spice Rating: