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kitvaria_sarene's review against another edition
4.0
3,5*
Finally a stand alone YA fantasy, that does *not* have a love triangle!
I really enjoyed Rune Kingdom, and found the world and magic system rather fascinating. It's kept rather mysterious, so you don't know exactly what magic can and can't do, but that allows the story to flow fast and never loose steam. It got the book really neatly!
The characters are the usual cast for most YA books, so we have the stubborn girl, the drop down gorgeous boy, as well as the fighter best friend and the good hearted "conscious" of the group.
Despite these roles that felt a bit stereotypical, I liked spending my time with them, and was nicely surprised with little twists and turns every so often.
The plot was not new, but did hold up well enough to keep me breezing through.
The main strength of the book however was definitely the writing. It's both easy to comprehend and devour, and yet manages to really settle you into the world and scene.
Finally a stand alone YA fantasy, that does *not* have a love triangle!
I really enjoyed Rune Kingdom, and found the world and magic system rather fascinating. It's kept rather mysterious, so you don't know exactly what magic can and can't do, but that allows the story to flow fast and never loose steam. It got the book really neatly!
The characters are the usual cast for most YA books, so we have the stubborn girl, the drop down gorgeous boy, as well as the fighter best friend and the good hearted "conscious" of the group.
Despite these roles that felt a bit stereotypical, I liked spending my time with them, and was nicely surprised with little twists and turns every so often.
The plot was not new, but did hold up well enough to keep me breezing through.
The main strength of the book however was definitely the writing. It's both easy to comprehend and devour, and yet manages to really settle you into the world and scene.
bookdragonheart's review against another edition
4.0
3.75 overall. The story was a solid YA fantasy with an interesting world of rune magic. The MC was at times annoyingly arrogant, but that seemed to be by design. I listened to the audiobook, and the narrator had an almost robotic intonation most of the time, with not a lot of variation between character voices, which I think distracted from the story some. Overall a good story, but I wonder if I would’ve enjoyed it more if I had just read it.
*I received the audiobook for free in exchange for my honest review.
*I received the audiobook for free in exchange for my honest review.
jckang's review against another edition
5.0
There's some fascinating world building surrounding different types of rune magic, and an action-packed story told at breakneck pace.
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