this book is if ‘Zodiac Academy’, ‘Fourth Wing’, and ‘Harry Potter’ had a baby in a vampire world.
ᝰ writing˖ ࣪ ⟡˚3 stars˚⟡ ࣪ ˖ ⤷ ARC review! ⋆ˎˊ˗
this book is if ‘Zodiac Academy’, ‘Fourth Wing’, and ‘Harry Potter’ had a baby in a vampire world.
ᝰ writing ⊹.˚ it wasn’t the best, but it also wasn’t the worst. i’ve kind of given up on having any expectations at all for writing in romantasy books at this point, because despite most of them being set in medieval times, the author makes the characters use internet slang.
ᝰ world building ⊹.˚ i feel like this book was more focused on the world building than the plot or romance so i was pretty shocked and impressed by that.
ᝰ plot ⊹.˚ however, because of what i’ve mentioned above, i must say the plot was pretty lack luster. the first 100 pages were incredibly interesting, but after that i found myself bored until the last 150 pages. the middle chunk was very repetitive and made me feel like nothing was actually happening.
ᝰ characters ⊹.˚ ⭒Medra, i low-key really liked her character. she was the confident and badass FMC all the other popular BookTok book FMC’s wish they were. despite going through all the terrible stuff she has, she never changed her character and never let herself be manipulated or used by others. her friendship with Florence was my favorite thing ever!
⭒Blake, he is your typical possessive romantasy vampire MMC (personality-wise, because looks-wise he is a blonde… shocking!). he has a snarky personality and loves shitting on the FMC. however, he did go through a lot of character development, so in the end i didn’t absolutely hate him. i also liked that although their relationship was insta-lust (she found him attractive immediately), they didn’t get together or have a physical relationship until later into the book. it was a pretty good ‘enemies-to-lovers.’
ᝰ tropes ⊹.˚ ⭒ fae FMC x vampire MMC ⭒ 1st person dual POV ⭒ lost princess ⭒ dragons ⭒ magic school ⭒ found family ⤷spice level:...more
i feel so bad, as i feel it’s wrong to DNF ARC’s, but i genuinely could not continue. i was so incredibly co˖ ࣪ ⟡˚DNF @ 36%˚⟡ ࣪ ˖ ⤷ 24/10/2024 ⋆ˎˊ˗
i feel so bad, as i feel it’s wrong to DNF ARC’s, but i genuinely could not continue. i was so incredibly confused the whole time.
i feel like the world and the characters were not developed properly or even described because i got to around 30% and i still had no idea what the characters looked like or how the world worked.
on top of that, the pacing was extremely slow and i didn’t feel connected to any of the characters.
i’m genuinely so sad because i was so excited for this and thought i was gonna love it :(
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with this digital ARC. ...more
the premise of this book sounded really interesting to me. a fantasy book with dragons, politics, and magic˖ ࣪ ⟡˚2.5 stars˚⟡ ࣪ ˖ ⤷ ARC review! ⋆ˎˊ˗
the premise of this book sounded really interesting to me. a fantasy book with dragons, politics, and magic that’s set in a medieval world - that’s something that i should absolutely love.
ᝰ writing ⊹.˚ the language used in this book was very clear and understandable. at times, though, and especially the dialogue, sounded immature and very cringy. overall, it wasn’t anything special, but i didn’t absolutely hate it.
ᝰ world-building ⊹.˚ this is where i have the most complaints. nothing in this book was explained. even during the first 40%, which i enjoyed, i didn’t understand anything about the world, magic, politics, or even the characters. what is a Star Person? why are they important? why can some characters shape shift into dragons? why are they dangerous? i feel like i know absolutely nothing. there’s a very nice map at the beginning of the book, but it doesn’t really explain that much either.
ᝰ characters ⊹.˚ ⭒Kora, i don’t really know how to feel about her. we know a lot about her past, but we don’t know her personality at all. it was more focused on what happened to her family, than on her alone as a character. in general, she’s very fierce, and would do anything to get what she wants, but unfortunately, i didn’t feel connected to her.
⭒Derek, to be honest when i first saw him he gave me the ick. we don’t really know a lot about him either, but he seems like a very cocky character. he was introduced as this guy that everyone wants to sleep with and it really made me cringe. in the end, though, he was extremely devoted to Kora and would do anything to insure her safety, even by putting himself in danger.
⤷ what was really weird was that randomly new characters would appear that weren’t even introduced properly, and i just didn’t know who they were, or why they were important to the story. i know that this is a duology, but i think it’s important to give the reader at least some information about characters before making them have a huge impact on the story.
thank you to NetGalley, the publisher ‘Twelfth House Publishing’, and the author for allowing me to read an ˖ ࣪ ⟡˚DNF @ 32%˚⟡ ࣪ ˖ ⤷ 09/09/2024 ⋆ˎˊ˗
thank you to NetGalley, the publisher ‘Twelfth House Publishing’, and the author for allowing me to read an E-arc of this book.
i feel so bad, as i hate leaving negative reviews, but unfortunately this book wasn’t for me.
the synopsis sounded like something that’d be right up my alley. the first couple chapters were very interesting and i was immediately intrigued, but after the initial 50 pages i felt like we were just going in circles.
the world-building, premise, and overall vibes of this book were incredible - everything was so well explained. yet, i couldn’t connect with any of the characters. that caused me to not want to pick the book up and get bored with the story.
on top of that, i didn’t vibe with the writing style at all. while i love stories with simple writing, here it felt like there was just something missing....more
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