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Year of the Reaper
by Makiia Lucier
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/ 5 stars
Thank you to the publisher for providing me with an eARC of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review!
Year of the Reaper is a story about Cas, who has survived three years in prison while everyone thought him death, who returns to his home where the royal court currently lives. When an assassin targets those close to the queen, Cas is swept up in trying to find them.
I absolutely loved this story, from the very first page until the end! The world building is super detailed, in a way that takes your breath away. Without any information dumps the world slowly comes to live when reading the pages in a brilliant way.
There are subtle supernatural elements and the mystery of who the assassin is, trying to figure that one out is really engaging. You want to find out as well, which made the story addicting and hard to put down. Towards the ending, there are some jaw-dropping plot twists! I absolutely loved the reveals and never even saw them coming!
The characters are so complex, but not in a way that they are hard to understand, relate to or follow. Cass especially, was such a strong and powerful character. His strength is something I truly admired while reading. Knowing what he went through and reading how he deals with everything truly speaks of the power and strength of his character. Those sorts of characters can’t be easy to write or think of, and then executing it perfectly like done in this book is a just as hard. I also just loved how Lena was like the opposite of Cass and how their characters balanced each other out. It made for a great dynamic between to two!
The relationships within this book are something else. The friendship between Cass and Lena is super sweet, but the teasing and bickering make the scenes with them just as fun to read. Also, I just love how they first met! The brotherly love between Cass and Ventillas is just as heartwarming to read as the family bond between Lena, Rayan and Jehan and the friendship between Ventillas and Rayan. All the relationships are unique in their own ways.
The war and the plague that are in this story remind me so much of the situation we’re in right now. We might not be fighting against other countries, but for almost two years we have been fighting against the Corona virus, doing everything to beat it, so the world can return to how it was before. Reading this book, with the current situation in the world, gave me so much hope. They had been fighting for 52 years, battling against a deadly plague and still, they could smile, fell in love, found their happiness despite all the sadness. It truly was powerful and hopeful to read, as I strongly believe and know we will be able to beat this to and find our own happiness.
Overall, it was an amazing story about friendship, family and the strength of humans. I would’ve loved to see much more of these characters and this world.
Thank you to the publisher for providing me with an eARC of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review!
Year of the Reaper is a story about Cas, who has survived three years in prison while everyone thought him death, who returns to his home where the royal court currently lives. When an assassin targets those close to the queen, Cas is swept up in trying to find them.
I absolutely loved this story, from the very first page until the end! The world building is super detailed, in a way that takes your breath away. Without any information dumps the world slowly comes to live when reading the pages in a brilliant way.
There are subtle supernatural elements and the mystery of who the assassin is, trying to figure that one out is really engaging. You want to find out as well, which made the story addicting and hard to put down. Towards the ending, there are some jaw-dropping plot twists! I absolutely loved the reveals and never even saw them coming!
The characters are so complex, but not in a way that they are hard to understand, relate to or follow. Cass especially, was such a strong and powerful character. His strength is something I truly admired while reading. Knowing what he went through and reading how he deals with everything truly speaks of the power and strength of his character. Those sorts of characters can’t be easy to write or think of, and then executing it perfectly like done in this book is a just as hard. I also just loved how Lena was like the opposite of Cass and how their characters balanced each other out. It made for a great dynamic between to two!
The relationships within this book are something else. The friendship between Cass and Lena is super sweet, but the teasing and bickering make the scenes with them just as fun to read. Also, I just love how they first met! The brotherly love between Cass and Ventillas is just as heartwarming to read as the family bond between Lena, Rayan and Jehan and the friendship between Ventillas and Rayan. All the relationships are unique in their own ways.
The war and the plague that are in this story remind me so much of the situation we’re in right now. We might not be fighting against other countries, but for almost two years we have been fighting against the Corona virus, doing everything to beat it, so the world can return to how it was before. Reading this book, with the current situation in the world, gave me so much hope. They had been fighting for 52 years, battling against a deadly plague and still, they could smile, fell in love, found their happiness despite all the sadness. It truly was powerful and hopeful to read, as I strongly believe and know we will be able to beat this to and find our own happiness.
Overall, it was an amazing story about friendship, family and the strength of humans. I would’ve loved to see much more of these characters and this world.