4.14 AVERAGE

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

KEEP READING, THE SEQUEL IS SO MUCH BETTER!!

Now that I got that out of my system, here's

The Good:
  • Very cool & mysterious magic system
  • Intriguing plot hook 
  • Great twists!
  • Incredible one-liners.

The Bad:
  • During the prologue, I found myself thinking "this could have used editing" multiple times. It gets much better as the book goes on, but still.
  • The middle of the story d r a g s. 
  • Kol randomly shows up twice in the desert? I get that we have to develop him as a love interest I guess but holy shit it feels forced as hell to have him randomly show up twice.

The Mixed:
  • The fight scenes could use some work. I enjoyed them, but the writing came off as clunky sometimes. 
  • Suri can be dense. I get that it's a flaw of hers and it's written well, but I just don't like it very much.

“All is well, sweet Suri.”

This book was SO good! I was hooked early on. It is well-written and the world is very unique but also easy to grasp.

I kept thinking I had it all figured out, but then something else would happen that got me guessing again. There was also a pretty good twist toward the end.

Thank you to the author for giving me an advance reader copy! I can’t wait to read book two!
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Ah, this was so good! I loved our morally grey FMC so much. It was such a nice, refreshing change from most fantasy books to have a MC like her. I loved Kol, even though we didn't get a whole lot of him. I even loved Rasel. It was such an enjoyable read.

Can not wait for the next book!

This was an amazing read! Every chapter had me HOOKED.

I already knew this was going to be a high rating at page 16 and thats saying a lot. The writing, the world building, the character development is really well done and thought out.

I love that its a realistic depiction of how characters would actually interact with each other and not just fall head over heels at first sight.

A++ 
adventurous 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

seoulgood's review

3.0
adventurous challenging sad medium-paced
adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

This is a great read! It’s fun, well plotted, and gives of Witcher vibes but with a strong female main character. It’s not heavy on the romance, which I actually appreciated, though there is tons of intrigue and the book lets us travel through a super unique world. I can’t wait to read the rest of the series and highly recommend to all fantasy fans!