Stefa
Very messy, very rushed the relationship is a little bit off and it should be 3 books instead of 1 with proper healing, slow burn, character development and world building. But despite that it was nevertheless enjoyable. It would've been majestic if done properly tho so that's a bit of a shame :<
This story being told from single pov made it so much worse than it could be :(( I still really liked it but it kinda felt half assed the way Oh, Sacred Dark didn't. Or well, maybe not half assed but like half of the story, as if it was me who half assed reading it by reading only chapters from Mason's pov...But it was actually intentionally written that way which is worse :((
I REAAAAALLY hope we'll get dual pov nex time
DNF
After 2 chapters I decided to quit - the prompt was very promising but unfortunately the writing is very disappointing and it made it really difficult for me to immerse myself in the story.
Very interesting idea but execution was very lacking in my opinion. I couldn't really get through it even tho it's a pretty short story.
This was soo good! I love love love this author's writing, especially world building. Author's idea of magic is the best I've ever read, it's so beautiful and soothing. I wish it was much longer but I'll take what I can get ❤️
It was so incredibly sweet. I felt sad and happy with them and I felt and missed the summer (as it's beginning of the spring as I'm reading this still very wintery). It made me want to try harder to be happy not just let life pass me by.
I wish we had a special or something like that from Coley's perspective ‘cause I'm really curious about his thoughts and feelings.
It's one of the best books I've read and also one of my favorites.
The only minus for me was that at the beginning their days in Qi-Katai seemed too long, otherwise I loved everything.
I loved this story and would give it 5/5 if not for the sex scenes - the humiliation kink and all of that was not what was wrong with them but the utter lack of intimacy and the way of writing that either lacked emotions or the emotions that were portrayed weren't convincing, I felt as if I was reading a manual instead of a sex scene between 2 characters :(
The world building was nonexistent, relationship between Wyn and Danny was shallowly portrayed, and there were a few big editing shortcomings. It had potential but felt written hastily and underdeveloped. Generally had a feel of mediocre fan fiction. I have it 3 stars instead of 2 because I didn't really hate it, I enjoyed some moments, even cried some but it was still very disappointing, worth reading only because I don't have any better options rn. I hope other books in this series will be better.
This was AMAZING.
Why such a great books are so much less popular than some poorly written books with poorly written characters??? I honestly don't understand that. This book deserves so much more attention.
This book got 1 star because of how it made me feel which is so damn frustrated. You soo can tell that this book is written by a white straight woman... The action of main character mostly - being weak minded and just simply blank...the only thing characteristic for him is that he likes music. Seriously I felt as if I read mediocre Wattpad novel in terms of characters development.
Apart from that there were these small things that indicated that author doesn't know the lgbtq community well, and what's it like to be a gay man. Like pushing main characters to give a closeted guy a chance. It's not easy to date someone who is not out, but a guy who pretend you don't exist and have no real prospects of coming out or changing his behavior soon and hangs out with homophobic guys is on an entirely different level. It's totally okay if someone doesn't want to date a closeted guy and yet author thinks they (closeted guys) should be given a chance because maybe they don't have it easy. Relationship it's not a thing you have to have to feel good, on the contrary you shouldn't be in a relationship just to feel good. If someone is this closeted and surrounded by homophobia by their choice they are not ready for a relationship. And NO ONE should be encouraged to be in a relationship with this kind of person. And that, besides main character persona, annoyed me the most.
I'm really disappointed by this book, I thought it would give me a good time but I wasn't even able to finish it as it just felt as a waste of time and nerves.
Finally, a book where a character isn't miraculously healed or mentally perfect after a tough upbringing — this case was very mild compared to characters in other books (which only adds to the realism!). The psychological knowledge was beautifully utilized. The main character felt incredibly real, and their progress, and was natural and believable. The only thing I wish is that it had been just a wee bit longer. Still, 5/5 — definitely one of my favorite books.
This was delightful. This story, the worldbuilding and characters were are well thought out and it was very enjoyable reading from to begging to the end. I really wish it'd be a series, maybe Domvoda's redemption next? I think think this world is too interesting to leave behind after just one book.
The only thing I can complain about is poor editing - this book was riddled with mistakes - missing words or wrong words, it took a bit from overal enjoyment :<
