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lizdemarigny's review
1.0
I didn't actually finish the trilogy, but I'm counting this as two books towards my goal because I got 2/3 of the way through it before deciding it was too bad to finish.
rachelstopreads's review
5.0
There are two women, living centuries apart but connected in some way. One of them has the power to save the world and the other has the power to destroy it. This book is filled with unique magic, beautiful world building, angels, mystical creatures, action, romance, and the MOST HEART BREAKING BETRAYALS. The Empirium Trilogy takes you up and down through so many twists and turns. You get your hopes up and feel so happy just to have your heart broken again. And rinse & repeat.
The characters are incredibly imperfect and many of them are morally gray. The MCs, Rielle and Eliana are flawed, capable, strong women. The main villain is a true, down to the core, bad guy who you love to hate. All of the side characters are wonderful and endearing (and honestly I love them the most).
Book 1 is a lot of world building and introducing the characters/ magic but if you can push through that, you won’t regret it. The storylines do flip back and forth between POVs and past & present. I didn’t have any trouble following along but things start making sense about halfway through the first book.
Tropes:
- chosen one
- enemies to lovers
- friends to lovers
- slow burn
- found family
- betrayal
- love triangle
- morally gray characters
- well-written villain
- plot twists on plot twists on plot twists
- unique magic & telepathy
- angels
Inclusion
- strong female leads
- mental health issues
- brief LGBTQ+ rep
- brief mention of polygamy
Content warnings
- violence & death
- abduction/kidnapping
- anim*l cruelty
- ch*ld ab*se
- non-graphic s*xual ab*se
- spicy
The characters are incredibly imperfect and many of them are morally gray. The MCs, Rielle and Eliana are flawed, capable, strong women. The main villain is a true, down to the core, bad guy who you love to hate. All of the side characters are wonderful and endearing (and honestly I love them the most).
Book 1 is a lot of world building and introducing the characters/ magic but if you can push through that, you won’t regret it. The storylines do flip back and forth between POVs and past & present. I didn’t have any trouble following along but things start making sense about halfway through the first book.
Tropes:
- chosen one
- enemies to lovers
- friends to lovers
- slow burn
- found family
- betrayal
- love triangle
- morally gray characters
- well-written villain
- plot twists on plot twists on plot twists
- unique magic & telepathy
- angels
Inclusion
- strong female leads
- mental health issues
- brief LGBTQ+ rep
- brief mention of polygamy
Content warnings
- violence & death
- abduction/kidnapping
- anim*l cruelty
- ch*ld ab*se
- non-graphic s*xual ab*se
- spicy
not42wallabyway's review
1.0
I struggled reading this trilogy. The worldbuilding and the rules surrounding the magic were cool, but I could not connect with any of the characters. I hoped that Legrand would lean into her villains more than she did and in general the characters were not engaging.
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