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blodeuedd's review against another edition
4.0
I liked this one, what a great way to start the year. With something good!
Isoka is not a nice person, she is a gang enforcer. She kills without remorse, she'd kill her best friend to save her sister, but then Isoka does not have friends. But still, she is great reading about.
I felt like the book did not start off any YAish, when she gets to the ship it gets a bit more YAish, but not that much. Not angsty, silly romance, silly drama, ok sorry YA, but so many have these issues! It feels strong and it stands on its own. No need to label it.
The story is great. She is sent to a creepy ship that comes to collect people of a certain age with powers, and they are given as tribute, cos else bad things happen. And the ship is untouchable, and no one knows anything about it.
What a creepy ship, why does it collect people with power? Who sails it? Why are there creepy things attacking?
We do learn a bit, but not enough. I need answers! I need book 2 at once.
Great book, quite the thrilling ride. Wexler does not disappoint.
Isoka is not a nice person, she is a gang enforcer. She kills without remorse, she'd kill her best friend to save her sister, but then Isoka does not have friends. But still, she is great reading about.
I felt like the book did not start off any YAish, when she gets to the ship it gets a bit more YAish, but not that much. Not angsty, silly romance, silly drama, ok sorry YA, but so many have these issues! It feels strong and it stands on its own. No need to label it.
The story is great. She is sent to a creepy ship that comes to collect people of a certain age with powers, and they are given as tribute, cos else bad things happen. And the ship is untouchable, and no one knows anything about it.
What a creepy ship, why does it collect people with power? Who sails it? Why are there creepy things attacking?
We do learn a bit, but not enough. I need answers! I need book 2 at once.
Great book, quite the thrilling ride. Wexler does not disappoint.
izziei's review against another edition
4.0
I liked it. It was a fun, quick read with interesting characters. I like the magic. Definitely YA with some maze runner-esque features and the epilogue felt a bit rushed but I'm looking forward to the sequel.
acolyteofsins's review against another edition
4.0
Pretty enjoyable! Great world building and fun characters. Really engaging and had me on my toes with what was going to happen next. Excited to start the next one.
dragonessreads's review against another edition
5.0
Everything about this story was perfect. It had a fast-paced and well-developed plot. The characters were fantastic. I loved the main character. She had powerful and clever but not cocky about it. She did what was needed. I also really enjoyed the slow building romance. It was done really well.
apousson's review
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Really immersive - I very much enjoyed the world building and nature of the challenges faced by the characters.
typedtruths's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
A fun romp! A little slow to start but once I was invested in the romance, there was no stopping me. I had no idea this was sapphic!
I'd highly recommend it to fans of The Maze Runner who wanted less dystopia nonsense and more magic.
▷ Representation : Isoka (mc) is bisexual/mga & sapphic; brown lesbian love interest; deaf & mute sc; f/f side couple.
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I'd highly recommend it to fans of The Maze Runner who wanted less dystopia nonsense and more magic.
▷ Representation : Isoka (mc) is bisexual/mga & sapphic; brown lesbian love interest; deaf & mute sc; f/f side couple.
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Body horror, Alcohol, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
Moderate: Child death, Lesbophobia, Vomit, Child abuse, Kidnapping, and Homophobia
Minor: Classism, Sexual content, and Trafficking
➸ Trigger warnings for homophobia recounted, internalised homophobia discussed, classism, human trafficking and sex work mentioned, child abuse recounted, alcohol consumption, graphic blood, gore and injury depiction, body horror, emesis, murder of a lover (on-page), death of a friend (on-page), murder and attempted murder, torture of a child by a parent recounted, physical assault, knife and sword violence, captivity, blackmail, and animal attackkevinscorner's review against another edition
4.0
“𝘙𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨, 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦. 𝘌𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘶𝘦, 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦.”
Ship of Smoke and Steel was not at all what I expected. Since it seems like people like to compare it to other fantasy books, I’d say this is a cross between Mistborn and The Maze Runner. It’s the Maze Runner aspect that really took my by surprise. It has all the action and mystery of that book without the confusing backstory. This was a fun exhilarating read with a badass protagonist you can root for in Isoka.
Ship of Smoke and Steel was not at all what I expected. Since it seems like people like to compare it to other fantasy books, I’d say this is a cross between Mistborn and The Maze Runner. It’s the Maze Runner aspect that really took my by surprise. It has all the action and mystery of that book without the confusing backstory. This was a fun exhilarating read with a badass protagonist you can root for in Isoka.
forsakenfates's review against another edition
4.0
It took me a while to read this book, but I really enjoyed it. The magic system is fascinating and I really hope we get to learn more about it in future books. I also appreciate that this book did not end with a crazy cliffhanger. I definitely want to know what is going to happen next, but this installment had a nice story arc that feels complete to some extent.