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4,5 stars! ⭐️ Elemental magic? yeah, count me in!
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The Ex Hex has a certain charm to it! It transports you to a charming small town, where Halloween is just around the corner and where being a witch is just as regular as it gets!
I didn't loved it, LOVED IT - as I think that it the second chance love trope resulted in an insta-love and I'm just a sucker for slow-burns!
But I guess that it really depends on what you're seeking for the season! If you're in the mood for something that is spicy, charming and, let's face it, explicit! this is your book! It will transport you to an adult version of Halloweentown and it will help you enjoy (even more?) this fall season!
If there's a moment to read this kind of book... it's now!
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5 stars! ⭐️ Well. This book was fantastic? Why I had to end it?
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4 stars! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I'm so torn with this book! I loved the overall story- the characters are interesting, the setting was compelling and the plot was interesting enough to keep me very hooked to the pages! It's a very plot-driven book and I felt that although the main PoV is Red and her story, the interludes are a very interesting way to give the reader the “OMG. See what's building up here... this is going to turn out wrong!!”
I was in the mood for a bit of romance and an easy read- which this book 100% gave me.
HOWEVER, I really didn't understand the world of this story and why the main plot happened. It's a beautiful story in a forest perpetually in the twilight, but... why do we need the Wolf?, what's the role of the 5 kings? why do we need second daughters?....
Maybe it was very clear and I just missed it, but overall I think that the world-building wasn't done in a way that satisfied me, and I'm not sure if the second book will give it to me either (LOL)
4,5 stars!
Winds of Strife is a VERY solid debut of the author U.G Gutman! He has been able to create a compelling world with a thrilling story where the nights are getting longer and longer and the only way to stop them seems to be hunting down witches. To achieve it, the king uses the Harbingers, a group of warriors that are able to harness magic (yeah, magic!!!) to their purpose.
So, let's talk about the magic!! Very reminiscent of Brandon Sanderson's magic, Winds of Strife has a magic system that follows very clear rules! (we have witches and magical powers but they don't spontaneously do whatever they like!) The magic is based on emotions (how cooool is that? - very very cool!)
The characters are gray, like really gray! and we have some trigger warnings about mental illnesses & physical abuse... but the author makes it work! It doesn't have clearly hateful characters (well, just one, lol!) and all of them do good and bad stuff- I think that's the magic of this book, to be honest!
All in all, a great book if you want to jump into a new world with a great magic system!!
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I mean! If you're in the mood for some Feel Good Halloween vibes, this is your book: a fantastic blend between Halloweentown, Sabrina the teenage witch and Harry Potter and the goblet of fire- this book is fun, lighthearted and cozy!
Don't come to the book expecting something dark or incredibly complex! But rather something cozy!
I was pleasantly surprised by this book! I honestly thought it was going to be 100% predictable, full of cliches and kinda boring. BUT NO! I mean, yes it's predictable! but in a delightful way. Beyond that very engaging and with a very unique setting that made the read one of the best in October!
This was such a great story! Lately I felt that YA fantasy books were falling short, but this one shines. Not only is the story great, but the humor is very on point and the characters interesting! I read this in a few days and absolutely love my time. Recommend if you like a story that goes beyond thieving and really manages to steal a piece of your heart!
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4 ⭐️
Six Crimson Cranes has a place within the finalists of the Goodreads Choice Awards for a reason.. and that reason is its beautiful setting, the sweet story, and the overall coziness that the story projects. I think it's a perfect book to read when you're feeling a bit down.
The story is very compelling: we will see a curse fallen upon our main girl, turning her brothers into cranes and forcing her to remain silent as for every word spoken, one of her brothers will die.
However ☝️I found the pacing of the book to be a bit weird- packed at the beginning and the end and really, really slow at the middle - bigger- chunk. And also... the characters were a bit plain for me, I wasn't really moved by their story... compelled and thrilled by the ambiance? YES. Suffering for our main girl and her brothers? No really, no.
I'm still very interested in book 2 as it promises to spend even more time with one of my fave characters, the dragon! Let's see!
Better than the second but still preferred Crescent City 1! Good parte and overall entertaining. It isn't 5 stars because it felt very convenient and fairly predictable.
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3 -3,5 stars
Oh no! I came to The Shadow of the Gods really expecting to end the year with a 5 stars read and to add this series as my most anticipated reads for years to come. But... well, no.
This book is great in so many ways: it has a Norse setting, characters that suffer and that evolve through the story, a compelling plot, a great writing style, and overall the beginning of a new epic fantasy story. I can see why this book is so well-loved...
But still... It didn't click for me:
- Although the setting was very enticing, it took me a fair amount of time to understand properly what the characters were seeing because I didn't understand the lingo. I kept confusing the names of some of the side characters (all seemed similar to me!!)
- Although I'm a character-driven reader... I wasn't in love with any of the characters. I feel that the fact that each story advanced separately, plus the fact that the chapters were very short prevented me to be really hooked to them. I wonder if longer characters would have helped me to bond with them
- Also, each chapter kind of ended strongly so I really wanted to continue reading, but at the same time as so much stuff happened before I reached to the same story again (because the book follows mostly the order of presenting in each chapter one PoV).. I just was like “wait what then?”
Anyway, not a read I regret- it was alright! butttt not sure if I would recommend it to my closest friends!
This was.. surprisingly great. I really really enjoyed it. Well, it's dark, full of drama and I was absolutely depressed while reading it. BUT, it was good.
If you want to read what would have happened if Harry Potter lost the war and Voldy was to rule, then give this one a go. I don't believe I'll ever be able to read Harry Potter now, it has broken it for me!
Ahh an entertaining read, but it felt very predictable to me! I enjoyed the first one more, even though the stakes and the setting were pointing for a thrilling conclusion with this installment.
Recommend if you want something very easy to get into and that overall has a very similar taste to Bridge Kingdom but with a younger tone!
Yep. This is as good as everyone is saying. Deserves all the hype!
Not only it has a fantastic worldbuilding, but oh my god was I invested in the characters!
Wow! I never should have doubted this book would be phenomenal! Why I didn't read it before after listening the praise repeatedly is a mystery!
New favorite!
Definitely more around the vibes than the story itself! I heard that it was very atmospheric & that you could almost feel the sand in your hands... well, that is alll true!
The pace however, was somewhat slow and I wasn't really able to connect with the characters. It was very hard for me to know what Fable was feeling! But again, ain't matter! The vibes made it all worth it!
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4,5 stars ⭐️
I absolutely adored book 1, and this still was fantastic. A great read, BUT it didn't make me feel the same as the first. I guess the question and message underneath this book wasn't as powerful for me as the first, but still a very comfy read
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Soo! I can honestly say that this book got me hooked since page 30! It's being a while since I binge-read a book, finding any spare seconds to pulse play to the audiobook!
This was such a good read! Pitched as Gossip Girl + Get Out, Ace of Spades is phenomenal both in the content of the story as well as the format of the chapters: short, character oriented and with a very engaging and mindblowing plot!
I must say that I was picturing something different for the end (as the result of all the theories this book made me do/ re-do as I was reading it). But all and all, very happy with the book! Really recommend! Specially if you're looking for something spooky but still YA!
4,5 stars! I didn't want this to end, truly! It is a bit predictable tho, but in the most charming way!
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4 nice and solid stars ⭐️
After reading Caraval I said... “Caraval was great, but I do hate her sister, Tella”. WELL THAT AGED POORLY.