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zluvsreading's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This is my favorite book and consuming it in audio format just made me love it that much more.
Narration: 10/10
Story: 10/10
Characters: 10/10
Plot: 10/10
Simply such a great novel that has colonization and diversity and dragons and sapphic relationships and queer characters and morally grey characters and characters you want to hate but secretly love (hi Gael I love you I’m sorry)
Read this in preparation for the sequel that I have both the digital arc and ALC of. Can’t wait, since i have started that already. My hold expired and then i just got it back again so i quickly finished a little less than 70% of the audio in just today. So good. Highly recommend.
Narration: 10/10
Story: 10/10
Characters: 10/10
Plot: 10/10
Simply such a great novel that has colonization and diversity and dragons and sapphic relationships and queer characters and morally grey characters and characters you want to hate but secretly love (hi Gael I love you I’m sorry)
Read this in preparation for the sequel that I have both the digital arc and ALC of. Can’t wait, since i have started that already. My hold expired and then i just got it back again so i quickly finished a little less than 70% of the audio in just today. So good. Highly recommend.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and War
Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail
bookstarbri's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I fear I will never know peace. Kamilah Cole, you evil genius!
This won't be a long review because I feel like the less you know about this book, the better. All that's necessary to know before going in is that it's about two sisters and the lengths they will go to protect each other and their home. This aforementioned home has recently been liberated from the imperialist Languish empire that occupied San Irie for a time before San Iris fought and won their freedom. This book is incredibly timely, I think. It's easy to be distracted by the dragons and the magic and the gods, but this book's themes are rooted in issues that we are actively facing in our real world. These themes are evident in the narrative, but so carefully woven into the story, and I just think it was beautiful how Cole told this story and made it into what it was.
The characters were amazing. The sisters, Faron and Elara, were soooo good and I loved having them as our narrators. I really liked their respective love interests as well. Plus, there's one character in particular who I'm not sure if I was supposed to fall in love with, but I did! This book is also queer (featuring asexual and sapphic rep), and I loved that these identities were discussed a little as well.
Overall, I really adored reading this. I could honestly write so much more, but like I said, it's best to go in this with little info and just be surprised by the twists and turns this story takes. I LOVED this book and already cannot wait for book 2, which I know will be phenomenal. Thanks so much to NetGalley and Little Brown for providing an eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review!
This won't be a long review because I feel like the less you know about this book, the better. All that's necessary to know before going in is that it's about two sisters and the lengths they will go to protect each other and their home. This aforementioned home has recently been liberated from the imperialist Languish empire that occupied San Irie for a time before San Iris fought and won their freedom. This book is incredibly timely, I think. It's easy to be distracted by the dragons and the magic and the gods, but this book's themes are rooted in issues that we are actively facing in our real world. These themes are evident in the narrative, but so carefully woven into the story, and I just think it was beautiful how Cole told this story and made it into what it was.
The characters were amazing. The sisters, Faron and Elara, were soooo good and I loved having them as our narrators. I really liked their respective love interests as well. Plus, there's one character in particular who I'm not sure if I was supposed to fall in love with, but I did! This book is also queer (featuring asexual and sapphic rep), and I loved that these identities were discussed a little as well.
Overall, I really adored reading this. I could honestly write so much more, but like I said, it's best to go in this with little info and just be surprised by the twists and turns this story takes. I LOVED this book and already cannot wait for book 2, which I know will be phenomenal. Thanks so much to NetGalley and Little Brown for providing an eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Colonisation, and War
Moderate: Physical abuse and Racism
Minor: Slavery