korry_tza's Reviews (405)

3.5 ⭐ rounded up.

This was a cute book.

I can't say that I didn't like it. I really enjoyed reading it and it had some great moments between the main characters, but I think that this book would read better if it was a novella. 

The plot itself could have been shorter with the same impact, and same message.
The middle part of the book, with the parents, was just stretching the story.

What a Book! What a Book!
A breath of fresh air.

A book that spread its wings and flew high directly to my best reads this year.

TY Luna for sending me an eARC. This is my utterly honest opinion!

I have read the first book in the series of Shadow and Moonlight and it was a good book with an interesting story and some intriguing characters. You can recognize the inspiration that Luna found in some of our favorite Romantasy books, some of our favorite tropes, mixed it all, and gave it a unique voice. Overall a good debut book.

Then this book comes into play. Luna amazed me with how much she has grown as an author... her writing style has advanced so much, the characters were full of life, the story was heart-gripping, and all of the points in the story that were wobbly in the first book were brought on another level. This is an example of an author who listens with her heart and writes for her readers. My "must read" author for sure.

This is a chunky book but the story is so rich that you are easily immersed in it that you do not feel as if you are reading, but it feels as if you are there with them and watching. This shows how much her writing style has improved. The scene descriptions and the atmosphere in the room are clear and go directly to your heart. Descriptive writing is giving so much to this story. I cannot imagine what the next book will bring us.

The characters are presented strongly, whether with their weaknesses, strengths, flaws, or virtues. The previous book needed a bit more character depth and with this book, it was all made up for. The side characters felt like a family and you could feel the unison between them.

The relationship between Cassie and Damien is amazing! Daminen is a new book boyfriend on another level.

He put a bookmark in her book when she fell asleep! Come on!

And the intimacy scenes, omg, such strong connection between them, poetry.

The story was built beautifully, there are foreshadowing and explanations from the previous book and for the next one coming. This will be a series that you will have to reread and with every read, you'll have an AHA/WOW moment. If you miss something or you think it is forgotten... think again, no it is not...just wait.

Finally, this was a good one :)

Recently I have been on an unfortunate strike of fantasy books that were written only to introduce a trope and retell some of the well-known books. 

This one was a breath of fresh air. The author took all of the familiar elements within this genre and gave it a personality and a voice. While I was reading it I felt the story, I understood the cause that was guiding them and I didn't mind that some of the elements were familiar. It had enough of its own originality and it made a nice starting point for a potentially good series.

The main character certainly is "not like the other girls" :) with her character, there is a deep presentation of unhealthy coping mechanisms and a life with unresolved traumas and pain. Some would say, nothing new, but this one felt different and I think it was done well.  I have to say that I wanted to see how it would resolve on a deeper level, but there is still a lot of room for a character arc throughout the next book.

The thing that impressed me the most is the age of the characters! They were not a 500yo MMC and a 19yo FMC! The age difference is so much smaller and at the appropriate age of 60-80yo ;)

It does read as a debut novel, the world building needed a richer tone and the characters were a bit bland in a few scenes but other than that it was a great story that did end on a cliffhanger but only in a way that will invest you further into the storyline without leaving you with a lot of unanswered questions.

I will continue with this series and I believe it is about to get even better. 

Ok... so ... you know when you read a quote and you buy the book based only on that single quote...only me? Ok, never mind... :)

It usually turns out to be a good book, but unfortunately, this one did not deliver.

I honestly don't remember when was the last time I have given such a bad rating.

This book could easily be fanfiction and I won't get into explaining which books it is fanfic of since it is highly commented on in all of the other's reviews (positive or negative)... The vulgar gesture so frequently mentioned in the book is a hint.

I love reading fanfics; some are masterfully written, so the problem is not where the inspiration came from, but it is the execution of it and the lack of its own personality that would make it a book of its own.

What I liked in this book was the first few chapters. We got a fierce heroine, with her sisters in the battle, that was so powerful that the hell would freeze.
It was a fiery start and then it got lukewarm and then we got completely cold.
The fierce heroine ended up being pretty bratty, her stance would change a few times in a chapter from being fierce to being helpless, from being seductive to being unprotected. Everyone is enamored with her and for the sake of me, I couldn't figure out why.

The plot was weakly paced, it was jumpy, and felt repetitive. We get action, a kiss, and an explanation for the world-building, and then it goes in circles. Since it is heavily inspired by the previously mentioned books, the story was predictable, and the wow effect that was planned for the end didn't hit the mark for me.

Overall it felt as if it was a story I have read before and unfortunately, I can say that this book was not for me.