Scan barcode
yriax's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Sexual content, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Blood, Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Violence
Moderate: Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Murder, Child abuse, and Child death
ravensandlace's review
dark
emotional
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Find this review and others like it at https://aravenclawlibraryx.wordpress.com
Alright, my friends. Buckle up because this is going to be a rough review. We’ve haven’t had a negative review in quite a while so I know we are overdue for one. I truly wanted to like this book because the premise was pretty good. I even debated about buying this book on Kindle because it was on sale. But I saw a lot of reviews saying it was not good. So I decided to check it out on Overdrive first before I bought it. I’m so glad I did because I would have been so mad to waste two united states dollars.
We’ll start with the characters because they tend to make or break a book. Rielle was from the past. I think the author was trying to turn her into this misunderstood villain. Rielle didn’t have an easy life and I feel for her. Truly I do. But wow, she was so unlikable. I so badly wanted to like her but she was just awful. She had an attitude and was cocky as hell. Don’t get me wrong, I love it when girls have cocky attitudes and stand up for themselves but there’s a limit. Still, I preferred her over Eliana.
Eliana was actually the bane of my existence. Anytime the book switched to her POV, I cringed. She was awful. She acted incredibly entitled, thinking she was so damn great at everything she does. She treated every single person she came across horribly, even her poor brother. There’s a difference between being hard because life has handed her a crap hand and being hard because you’re just an awful person. She was just an awful person.
The plot and world building wasn’t fun either. I think the book could have worked better if the book was just about Rielle or if the time gap wasn’t so large. It was jarring to constantly go between 1,000 years. There was a plot twist that I had trouble trying to connect the dots because the time gap is large.
A couple of last things before I wrap it up. We aren’t going to talk about the sex scene because it is cringe and I don’t want to think about it anymore than I have to. The addition of angels was also too much. There were already powers that happened in Rielle’s world. Adding angels just became too confusing.
Overall, this wasn’t a good book and I’m so disappointed. I don’t think I will continue with the series because it just doesn’t appeal to me. Maybe I’ll check out some reviews and see if the series gets better but I doubt it. Especially if I’m going to have to deal with Eliana again. She almost ruined the whole book for me. Oh well. There is always another book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death
Moderate: Toxic relationship
Minor: Murder, Suicide, and Drug use
There is a very graphic scene of animal death in the book.juliette_95's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Blood
Moderate: Genocide, Gore, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, and Sexual content
Minor: Child abuse and Drug use
More...