❁lilith❁'s Reviews > One for My Enemy

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"𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬, 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝𝐬, 𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 - 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐧 𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥."
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i absolutely devoured this book, ate it up so quickly. there's just something about olivie blake's novels that hold my attention even when i don't particular love a plot point or a character or the pacing gets too slow.
➵ marya and dima absolutely own my entire heart, their tragic lives make what they found at the end so much more beautiful. i think marya is my favourite character here, that eldest daughter who has the world on her shoulders for her mother and younger siblings, and has the right to go a little batshit sometimes <3
➵ the comedy works most when the bridge is on the page, it was so funny to watch him as witches burst into his office left right and centre, my man was so done with them all.
➵ i did not really care for sasha, there still isn't a strong reason i can pick out for this, i did not vibe with her character for the most part and often found her annoying, and i would have loved more depth for the rest of her siblings rather than a strong focus on her.
➵ the development for most characters worked really well for me, in particular roman - with his second-born son complex that drives him to extreme actions - and marya.

➵ the plot relies on the relationships between the two main families of the story, the antonova sisters and the fedorov brothers. the conflicts between these factions were nuanced and ran deep from decades of hatred - hence the romeo and juliet retelling - and made reading the book very easy and enjoyable.
➵ not always the most beautiful prose, but when referring to some of the relationships blake does a good job of showing their devotion to each other with her words.
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"𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐞, 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐢𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞."