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4.32 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
inspiring
mysterious
tense
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:
Yes
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
funny
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:
Yes
adventurous
funny
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
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Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Voidwalker tells the story of Fi (our Voidwalker) who uses her skills to smuggle goods between the Season Locked Planes. In her world humans aren't top of the food chain; the immortal daeyari rule and require require sacrifices in exchange for assistance. When a heist takes an unexpected turn Fi is forced to confront her fears and work with a daeyari to set things right.
I enjoyed this way more than I expected. I don't mind spice in books, but I don't seek it out and the "monster romance" aspect had me wary from the start. I will say it is still weird to think about the concept of sleeping with someone who literally eats your species alive, but I suppose its adjacent to vampires. Antal reminded me so much of Nightcrawler with the tail and teleporting (just add antlers), that it made it easier to forget about the whole eating people of it all.
The majority of the novel is quite action packed and the world building is done beautifully. Details are sprinkled in as needed and we learn most of what we know about daeyari as Fi learns it through Antal. I personally prefer a novel that builds the world throughout instead of info-dumping all the knowledge at the beginning.
I am curious what the second novel will be about, as this one wraps up pretty nicely. I will likely read the sequel when it comes out, but this also works well as a standalone.
I enjoyed this way more than I expected. I don't mind spice in books, but I don't seek it out and the "monster romance" aspect had me wary from the start. I will say it is still weird to think about the concept of sleeping with someone who literally eats your species alive, but I suppose its adjacent to vampires. Antal reminded me so much of Nightcrawler with the tail and teleporting (just add antlers), that it made it easier to forget about the whole eating people of it all.
The majority of the novel is quite action packed and the world building is done beautifully. Details are sprinkled in as needed and we learn most of what we know about daeyari as Fi learns it through Antal. I personally prefer a novel that builds the world throughout instead of info-dumping all the knowledge at the beginning.
I am curious what the second novel will be about, as this one wraps up pretty nicely. I will likely read the sequel when it comes out, but this also works well as a standalone.
adventurous
funny
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
S.A Maclean has done it AGAIN - such a fun read! It was funny, exciting, had me questioning myself when I fell for a MMC with a tail and antlers but no regrets at all. THIS is what these book subscriptions with random monthly books are all about, getting to read these underrated gems. I’m obsessed.
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
tense
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:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
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:
Yes
Voidwalker is such a refreshing romantasy book. I love romantasy, and I read a lot of it, but sometimes it feels so familiar. You might have a stabby FMC who blazes in and doesn't listen to anyone else's advice. She's normally amazingly talented at something and finds an equally strong MMC to banter and fight with. He's usually charming and super masculine, the strongest person in any room he finds himself in. I loved that the author subverted the stereotypes and just did something different with the characters. In Voidwalker, MMC Antal isn't the strongest person in the room. He's vulnerable and he fails. He admits that he's bad at things. The FMC, Fi, is constantly battling to appear brave and has a fake-it-til-you-make it persona that masks her guilt and shame at running away from an awful situation 7 years ago. They just felt real. The plot didn't feel like it was spun together by picking a collection of popular tropes and micro tropes and ordering them in a certain way to create the storyline. It just did its own thing and didn't focus on the tropes and stereotypes. I love that and it genuinely felt a breath of fresh air.
Also, Fi is 32, and I love protagonists who are 30+. I'm so happy when I get to cheer on a formidable, competent woman!
Although Voidwalker is part of the Beasts of the Void series, it doesn't end on a cliffhanger and tells a complete story so it's safe to read now - you don't have to fear a horrible cliffhanger. It definitely leaves the characters in a good place for a sequel and there's so much of the world still to explore so I'm very excited to see how it all progresses further!
Listen, I don’t want to be mean here but I really disliked this book. I didn’t like the romance. I didn’t like the plot. The writing style was both boring and infuriating and I don’t know how that’s possible. There something to be said about the inherent victim blaming but that would mean delving into a thoughtful critique and I honestly would like to forget about this book right now and the time I wasted waiting for it to get better. The nicest thing I can say about this book is that I didn’t DNF it (but honestly, I should have).
adventurous
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:
Yes