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A review by erin0999
Ace of Swords by Clare Carter
5.0
This book was really original and fun to read. The plot is something new and interesting and the characters have great interactions. I particularly liked the weaving timeline/ perspectives that Carter used throughout the story, sometimes that method confuses me or makes me lost, but it’s handled really cleanly here that it wasn’t ever a problem for me. It also helped that this book is a very smooth read, chapters go into one another, the last line is almost always a banger so you have to keep going to know what’s next! The second half of this book is especially strong and fun to read, and the twists and information revealed there I think is handled really skillfully.
I will say that there were some parts I am just DYING to know more about in terms of world building and reasoning/ purposes (why the war? What does the Fool Card do? Where do the tarot origins come from?) and while i had those questions in the back of my head, the plot at the front line was snappy and high stakes enough that I never really felt held back out of curiosity or questions. This is Carter’s debut novel, and I believe that plot, characters, world building, and quality can only continue to go up in her future projects.
I will say that there were some parts I am just DYING to know more about in terms of world building and reasoning/ purposes (why the war? What does the Fool Card do? Where do the tarot origins come from?) and while i had those questions in the back of my head, the plot at the front line was snappy and high stakes enough that I never really felt held back out of curiosity or questions. This is Carter’s debut novel, and I believe that plot, characters, world building, and quality can only continue to go up in her future projects.