Lyndsey

3.5 (wish we could give half stars).
This was so much better than Throne of Glass but not quite a 4 star yet.
I have high hopes though.


1 ⭐️ Didn't like it all.
2 ⭐️ Wasn't worth the read, was boring or problematic to me.
3 ⭐️ Fair or good read. Fun but nothing profound. May have interesting characters, themes or plot items. May have flaws but I can overlook them.
4 ⭐️ Good or great read.
5 ⭐️ Perfect or as near to as possible.

3 or 3.5 can't decide.
The story wasn't what I thought it would be from reading the description - it was more YA when I was expecting something more more dark.
What was jarring was the main character was supposed to be the worlds best assassin and yet she behave like a bratty school girl.
NGL sign me up for the next one. Apparently they get better.

Update 17/01/2023: Just read Crown if Midnight. So this is definitely 3 stars.

1 ⭐️ Didn't like it all.
2 ⭐️ Wasn't worth the read, was boring or problematic to me.
3 ⭐️ Fair or good read. Fun but nothing profound. May have interesting characters, themes or plot items. May have flaws but I can overlook them.
4 ⭐️ Good or great read.
5 ⭐️ Perfect or as near to as possible.

To be fair, if I could give this a half star, my rating would be 1.5.

For a lot of the book nothing really happens - just a sequence of moving about. Books about being on the run don't do anything for me - but I realise that is personal preference.

It was just problematic for me.
- Kaida's father just appears - no questions asked, no work on getting to know each other, asking questions about her mother.
- Queen Lita. I just didn't get what that was all about (maybe we will find out).
- No further exploration of ancient magic.
- Some cringe interaction between characters.


1 ⭐️ Didn't like it all.
2 ⭐️ Wasn't worth the read, was boring or problematic to me.
3 ⭐️ Fair or good read. Fun but nothing profound. May have interesting characters, themes or plot items. May have flaws but I can overlook them.
4 ⭐️ Good or great read.
5 ⭐️ Perfect or as near to as possible.

This book was a fun quick read. A solid 3/5 on my own scale below.
I liked how the story was told from different perspectives - however the introduction of a third perspective over half way through was a bit jarring.
I liked how the world is run by dragons and not humans it was a fun take.
I struggled with how quickly Kaida who did not know she had magic was able to wield and control it when, by all accounts, it takes years to learn.
I look forward to reading the next book in the series.


Rating scale:

1 ⭐️ Didn't like it all.
2 ⭐️ Wasn't worth the read, was boring, or problematic to me.
3 ⭐️ Fair or good read. Fun but nothing profound. May have interesting characters, themes, or plot items. May have flaws but I can overlook them.
4 ⭐️ Good or great read.
5 ⭐️ Perfect or as near to as possible.

I really enjoyed the story until they get to under the mountains. That's when things get weird.
It's like reading the first half of one book and the second half of another.

Convoluted and slow.

I thought the book started well and I really liked the concept. But I thought it got a bit ‘same-y' after a while and I guessed how it was going to end pretty early on. I do get the author's message though and I know that it comes from a sincere place from his personal experience.

This book is weird.
It is missing something - which I refer to as ‘charm' but I am not sure that is quite right.

Thought it was a quirky, quick read. Not sure what happened with that ending though. Bizarre.

I get what she was trying to do but for me she didn't go far enough - although I realise I was probably not the target audience for this book. I liked the two narrator style though giving the different versions of events. There just wasn't enough there for me.

Really didn't like this book. Not because of the subject matter. Nancy was annoying and not particularly likeable at all. She weaved back and force between its my choice and being swept along into what she was doing and I didn't get the sense that she'd thought about it beforehand at all. I also didn't like that everyone is described as either fat or slim. There are a hundred ways of describing physical appearance - not just those two.

I would not recommend this book at all.

Lots of character (mostly unlikeable) with only hints of story. I enjoyed how the book was written - in fact i thought the descriptions were quite beautiful. But the story actually never went anywhere!

Promising start, interesting topic but maybe it got lost in translation.

Urgh. This is quite possibly the worst book i've read in a long time. Firstly it's not a story about witches or magic it is a witch-vampire romance and a pedestrian one at that. It's the usual over bearing and controlling vampire with a passive witch. The real shame is the missed potential to tell a really good story. But instead it got lost in describing the romance and the unnecessary historical detail. I struggled for three weeks to get through it and it wasn't enjoyable. The only highlights were the witches house which has a character of its own and Tabitha the cat. They were enough to earn one star. But unfortunately neither are good enough for me to recommend anyone to read this.

Took a while to get into and the pace didn't really pick up until half way through. Then the mystery section ends and there is still 20% of the book left. All in all I enjoyed parts of the book and other parts not so much. I can also live without knowing the square footage of every room!

Ridiculous. Enough said.

Series of short stories. Some were better than others.

I know the book is about The Rapture but I found the religious aspects just too much.

Although I thought this book was poorly written I did find it entertaining. I went along with the time and space jumping and the witchcraft. But Aliens! The last chapter turned the corner to ridiculous.