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I realised it had been a while since I had read a fantasy book – and by a fantasy book, I mean like an adult fantasy book, and I forgot that with adult fantasy books, it takes some time to get into the story, be involved in the plot, connect to the characters, etc. And that was my opinion towards this book – I wasn’t allowing myself to connect to the characters because I was so used to loving them the second you meet them (not that that’s wrong) that I forgot about the characters that take a while to connect to and how they can be good too.

That was definitely my feeling in this book. It took me awhile to connect to the characters (though Rolf, the dragon, was a favourite from the get-go. I mean dragon, boom). But I’m glad I kept reading because I ended up loving them. Especially our main character – Riana. I felt for her, was angry when she was angry, became sad when she was sad. All which I love to see in characters! The same thing with the plot! I only realised it was great when I realised I that it was – yes, this sounds confusing, but it works. Somehow.

Loki was another great character – and by that I don’t mean he was a good character – as in morally good, but just very Loki – he is the god of Mischief and Trickery, after all. Though I didn’t like how he treated Riana – but that’s because I loved Riana and wanted the best for her.

I’m not going to spoil anything for anyone but there are vampires!! Which, of course, gets me all excited, because VAMPIRES. They added a bit extra to the book, amongst everything else that also give the book even more extra, and I, for one, am happy about that.

I’ve loved Matilda (the book and the movie. Have not seen the musical) ever since I first read it. I mean she loves to read, I love to read. She’s got telekinetic powers, I wish I could have powers. We’re basically twins, right? So when I saw this I instantly snapped it up. I did not know it was going to be this, actually. Just thought it was maybe a reprint of Matilda or something. But I was pleasantly surprised by what I found inside.

I would definitely hang a bunch of these up in my house. My favourites are: The books transported her into new worlds & introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives and Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it

It’s a super quick read but really adorable if you want to gift it to someone who loves reading (because to be honest, readers always could do with one more book).

Warning: homophobic slurs. I don’t know of any other because I didn’t read further.
I think I could’ve liked this book a lot, but I just ended up not being interested in it. And I got about 30% in and realised I wasn’t enjoying it.
I liked the premise – the post-apocalyptic plot, the characters have to travel. But that wasn’t enough to keep me reading.