Ok ... I was not feeling it. The book is a Romeo and Juliet retelling which can be one of the reasons that I didn't love it as much.
The book did have such great premise, but I felt liked it lacked and was a bit too slow at points.
Edit: after thinking about this book for a day, I noticed I only liked the last chapter. I didn't care about the characters at all. Just no.
Game of Thrones meets The Witcher and Interview with the Vampire and created this bad ass of a story. HOLY FUDGERY FUDGE. This book was everything I hoped for and more. I loved, no, I ADORED, the world and the characters. The story was so long, but it was so so worth it. I enjoyed every single page and I can't wait for the next book.
Mister Kristoff, you've done it again. A masterpiece.
Quick read, I really wished this volume was longer and added a tad more depth to the characters and the story itself. I do really, really like the characters with all their crazy and adorable little quirks! I am definitely going to read the next volume since I'm curious to see what these characters get into.
This was such a fast read, holy moly! I started it like three hours ago. The writing style is great, what else would you expect from Schwab!!! I do wish the ending was prolonged a bit or that the pace of the story was more evenly ‘spread' through the book. The conclusion felt a bit rushed in my opinion.
Overall a very interesting and great read! Highly recommend. Love the spooky vibes. ;3
3.5 stars
I'm having a hard time to properly rate this book. It was beautiful, without a doubt. But I expected even more of it? I loved LOVED Adaline's storyline, it was so empowering, beautiful, intense and sad to read. Alice was just an okay character for me. I felt like the romance was unnecessary in one of the storylines. Overall, this was a solid story.
I am way too biased to review this book since I love it so damn much. So here I am giving it five wonderful stars again, because I want to. Okbye xoxo
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ILLUMINAE IS ILLUMIBAE <3
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I finished it last evening.. and omg. WHAT A BOOK!!!!
It is so amazing and i love Kady and Ezra so so so much..
Cannot wait to read “Gemina” and continue with this amazing story