cloudsofescape's Reviews (71)

“𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦.” 

“𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵. 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦. 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺; 𝘐’𝘮 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵.” 

“𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴, 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵-𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺; 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘵, 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘴.”

✨ Vibes ✨ 

Meg Smitherman does it again!!! Oh my god, another fantastic novella! 

This was a very trippy ride and I never ever thought I’d read a book where the plants were horny 😌 so yes it was quite spicy, but hello? The twist at the end? I don’t even know if I even have anything against the planet honestly, like, slay I guess. 

But I had a lot of fun reading this and I really liked Ben and Jill’s characters, but now I can’t decide if I dislike Darcie or not? But was her emotions just heightened because of the planet or was she straight up just delulu, again I’m always left questioning. I enjoyed the pace and I like that once again Meg has my emotions all over the place 🫣

READ THIS, and also I cannot wait for entity to come out!!!! 

“𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴.”

“𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘈𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘢, 𝘈𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥. 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴.”

“𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦?” 𝘚𝘢𝘮𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥. “𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘥? 𝘙𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘦𝘹? 𝘋𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥?”

“𝘈𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘰 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘥.”

✨ Vibes ✨ 

THIS BOOK WAS SO GOOD! This is also my first historical horror and oh my god, I need more and will definitely read Broms’ other works. 

The whole plot was fantastic, and I loved the build up. I really enjoyed that we got a POV from Abitha as well as Samson, it was really interesting and I honestly love Samson 🫠 but he deserved better, so did Booka, SWEET BOOKA 😭 Abitha and you know what? Even Forrest. He was a bit of a knob but he grew on me I won’t lie. The main characters were written well and I really enjoyed the pace of the story and the story overall tbh. 

And also FUCK WALLACE AND IM GLAD THE TOWN GOT WHAT WAS COMING TO THEM BECAUSE THIS BOOK HAD ME PISSED. 

Anyway. I definitely recommend this, the art inside which is done by the author also is SO GOOD, and it really helps you feel more of a connection to the characters and visualise them more 🖤 

“𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦’𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦, 𝘚𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘺. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦’𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘺.” 

“𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥.’ 𝘑𝘢𝘬𝘰𝘣 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥. ‘𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦.”

“𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘰𝘭𝘧” 

“𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐𝘧 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘪𝘵, 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴. 𝘍𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦.”

“𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘉𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘻𝘢𝘳 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘮 𝘐𝘷𝘢𝘮 𝘋𝘳𝘢𝘹𝘪.”

“𝘏𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬”

✨ Vibes ✨ 

This is my first Joe Abercrombie book and I have to say, I thoroughly enjoyed this. It felt like a dnd campaign or even an RPG. The whole adventure from start to finish was constant entertainment. I loved that I was able to hold a connection to all the main characters and learn about their background and watch them all become a found family, despite the ending being insanely bitter sweet and my feelings are partially hurt 🥲 

The world building was detailed and intricate which helped with being immersed! I’d advise if you read this though to take it slow and have A LOT of concentration! The writing was fantastic, Joe did a fantastic job of smoothly transitioning all the POV’s of each of the characters without it actually being confusing, and I bloody loved the humour, I’ve not read many books that have made me laugh out loud quite a few times. So this was definitely a lot of fun to read. 

I also heard that James Cameron has picked this up to make a movie! I hope it’s true and I can’t wait to watch it, it’s definitely movie worthy! 

But I definitely can’t wait to read some of his other works 🥰

“𝘚𝘢𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦. 𝘐𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘣𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘦.”

“𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵.”

“𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘯.” 

“𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘠𝘦𝘵 𝘐 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘴.”

“𝘏𝘦’𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘐’𝘮 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘤𝘦. 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯.”

✨Tropes✨

When The Moon Hatched has officially been added to my favourites list. This book is fucking PHENOMENAL.

The writing is pretty and poetic which I’ve learnt to really appreciate, as is the world building and especially the magic system, I thought that was fantastic! The prologue going into detail about how the world began was just stunning. The dragons that calcify themselves into moons into the sky sounds hauntingly beautiful but also heartbreaking. Just the whole setting of the scenes for all of the book was just done brilliantly. I bloody love the plot twists and the way little things pop up which happened in the past that makes you think, wait, hold on a minute? Honestly so cleverly written it’s amazing!

Raeve is written so so well, I like her sarcastic attitude and I like that she’s tough and outspoken, and throughout the journey we gradually see her growing, but I hope we see her in the second book gradually fix herself because my girl is so broken and I want the best for her and her backstory is PAINFUL. And Kaan, my god, WHAT. A. MAN. He is yearning for this woman and that specific moment where he picks up some certain shards to piece something back together? I LITERALLY CRIED. My heart genuinely felt so sad. 

Like holy shit this book is amazing, and the ending, oh my fucking god, the CLIFFHANGER, I cried at that to. I’m so hyped for the second book and I’m so glad I picked this book up again, I fucking cherish it 😭🖤

“𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦, 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘺 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘷𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘸𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰.” 

“𝘐’𝘮 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘹. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘹, 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘬.”

“𝘈𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘯, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘢𝘳. 𝘈 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘐’𝘮 𝘢𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘨𝘰, 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘐 𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘦.”

✨ Vibes ✨ 

This novella was intense, I love the psychological horror and I loved the plot. It really had me trying to figure out who and what Dorian really is, or if Ami is alive or dead. This book really had my mind turning cogs. I almost feel gaslit by Dorian to 😩 I truly believed him, and I also question, is he actually safe? Or is the ship actually the problem? I DON’T KNOW!!!! I finished this at 2am and now I’m going to wrack my brain over this. I do wish it were a longer book and had more lore about Dorian, I really wanted to learn more about who and what he is! 

But this was a nice quick read, very fast paced but with a steady plot and I thought it was written wonderfully! 

“𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶.” 

“𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘵, 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳.” 

“𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱. 𝘐’𝘮 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘙𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘐’𝘮 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦.” 

“𝘐 𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘰 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘴. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦, 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶.” 

“𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶.”

✨ Tropes ✨ 

This is literally my first monster romance, I was drawn by seeing the HOTTEST art of the MMC Ragnar. Now I will currently be reading more Monster romances, I am a changed woman. 

This book was so good. I loved the enemies to lovers type vibe, seeing Ragnar go from brooding to slowly allowing himself to be vulnerable around his “little human” 😩 ergh the whole plot and relationship had me screaming. Seeing Maia grow and coming out of her shell was refreshing to see as well, going from shy, anxious and timid, to a woman who didn’t take no shit. I LOVED that the male trolls literally worship the women, the things Ragnar would say to Maia 😮‍💨 

The plot was a nice pace and I loved the whole idea with the trolls living under the mountain but it having forests and being more advanced than the humans, it honestly sounded magical especially with the wisps, definitely avatar vibes! Oh yeah, THE SPICE WAS BLOODY SPICING!!!! 👀 

So um yeah *𝘵𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘢𝘳* you guys should definitely read this 🤭

ARC - 

✨ Tropes ✨ 

“𝘔𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵, 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦–𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯.” 

“𝘖𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘐 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥…𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨–𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦.”

Oh my god. This was such a good book!!! But the ending had me DEVASTATED. Up at 1.30am weeping. 

This book was amazing and I am so grateful for being accepted to read this arc. 

The characters are written so well. I adore Tru and loved seeing her grow as a character and learn to embrace her sight. I adore Elang to, and again I’m sad about the whole journey him and Tru went on. It was a wonderful journey but I wish it were different, my heart strings have been pulled. The growth between both of them and the moments where he would let his guard down for a brief second for her but would put them up again due to the ending, honestly has me crying again. I really loved Shani to, she was written so well that I felt a connection to her. The slow burn was, yeah, really a slow burn and I love it when it’s like that. 

The world building was very beautiful, I enjoyed the unexpected twists and the battles really had me at the edge, I do wish there were a bit more action but I really can’t fault this book at all. I could imagine this being a movie and I wish it were. Tru’s gift being that she had the sight which was foretold through her paintings I thought was a really cool idea. I also really like that this is in the same universe as Elizabeth Lim’s other books, Six Crimson Cranes and The Dragons Promise. It was nice seeing a certain character pop up at the end, like an Easter egg! 

This was a beautiful story and it will 100% be put on my shelf when it releases (I already ordered the FL edition 🤭). 

“𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵.”

𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬. 𝘜𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬.

“𝘕𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘯𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘞𝘦’𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘵 𝘈𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.” 

“𝘐 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦. 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘵, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦?”

“𝘕𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴” 

“𝘠𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘚𝘺𝘭. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘮𝘦.”

“𝘞𝘩𝘰𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴, 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦?”

“𝘈𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘺𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧. 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘨𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴.” 

“𝘏𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘻𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘐’𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴, 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘺.” 

“𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶… 𝘚𝘺𝘭, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨.”

“𝘠𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘐’𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦. 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦.” 

“𝘈 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘮? 𝘕𝘢𝘦, 𝘚𝘺𝘭. 𝘠𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳.”

✨ Tropes ✨ 

OH MY GOD! This book was AMAZING! 

You follow an Elven bard called Sylvaine on her journey to try gain notoriety in the world after being looked down upon for so long due to being an elf. She gets picked up by a group of adventurers, Neith, Cadoc, Aeran and Jaromir, to slay a dragon and take its hoard. But the journey to that end has obstacles in its path and OH MY GOD, the story was amazing and I felt like I was witnessing a D&D campaign. 

Sylvaine is a wonderful character with a really sad backstory and I adore her so so much, especially when she over shares and goes on rants. I love her. I love the growing bond between her and Jaromir, ESPECIALLY the tension between them both, oh my god, and even the obstacles that came between them and just both of them together made my heart bleed I swear it, through the good and the bad. Neith, Cadoc and Aeran were also so well written and I adore all three of them, with their own stories for how they met eachother and the lore they share. That the ending really just felt bittersweet honestly and I was sad that it really was an end. This has definitely got to be up in one of my favourites, I devoured this book and I feel a little bit hollow now that I’ve finished it.  

It has certainly spurred me on to play a bard in baldurs gate 3 now 😌🖤