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Together, hope and fury were more than a flame in her heart; they formed a scorching blaze that would burn down this Kingdom of Shadows with everything in it.
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Have you ever put a book down once, and then regretted not reading it sooner? I did. With this book. I had issues with Netgalley a while back, and I couldn't download this book within time. I was bummed. But fortunately, it popped up on @storytel.in and I had to pick it up. And, OMG THIS BOOK WAS REALLY GOOD AND SURPRISED ME !!
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Moonblood follows our main characters: Blaire and Ari where they try to understand worlds so different from what they know. Its a story about accepting changes, finding new things to love and fighting for what you want and what is worth. It has unique world building with the concept of immortality, Adam and Eve and then their offsprings being Kanes who are humans. I was really intruigued by the classification and loved exploring more about the world.
Our main characters grew so much over the storyline and it was such a good character arc as well. I really liked tbe writing style and it made the characters and the storyline pop out a bit more. The story had a really good found family trope among the side characters and I really liked that. Even though there were elements that made me wary, it wasn't done in a bad way. I could understand that it was a part of the world building. Coming to Character arc, I think I loved both Ari and Blaire's development. Although I might be partial towards Blaire because I could relate to her more! The only thing I wasn't fond of was that ending. It was a good one, but also an easy ending. I would have loved more repurcussions and some conflicts. With the amount of pain the different people had to go through with the system, it would have made more sense. But it was still a good ending with some closure for everybody. Overall, really enjoyed my time reading this book and I definitely recommend if you are looking for some different Dystopian influenced fantasy with some really good characters!
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Thank you Netgalley for the original review copy, which let's me give you my unbiased opinion.
Kindle/Audiobook/Netgalley/January 2021
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My Rating [🌟🌟🌟🌟]
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Moonblood follows our main characters: Blaire and Ari where they try to understand worlds so different from what they know. Its a story about accepting changes, finding new things to love and fighting for what you want and what is worth. It has unique world building with the concept of immortality, Adam and Eve and then their offsprings being Kanes who are humans. I was really intruigued by the classification and loved exploring more about the world.
Our main characters grew so much over the storyline and it was such a good character arc as well. I really liked tbe writing style and it made the characters and the storyline pop out a bit more. The story had a really good found family trope among the side characters and I really liked that. Even though there were elements that made me wary, it wasn't done in a bad way. I could understand that it was a part of the world building. Coming to Character arc, I think I loved both Ari and Blaire's development. Although I might be partial towards Blaire because I could relate to her more! The only thing I wasn't fond of was that ending. It was a good one, but also an easy ending. I would have loved more repurcussions and some conflicts. With the amount of pain the different people had to go through with the system, it would have made more sense. But it was still a good ending with some closure for everybody. Overall, really enjoyed my time reading this book and I definitely recommend if you are looking for some different Dystopian influenced fantasy with some really good characters!
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Thank you Netgalley for the original review copy, which let's me give you my unbiased opinion.
Kindle/Audiobook/Netgalley/January 2021
adventurous
emotional
funny
slow-paced
Strong character development:
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Flaws of characters a main focus:
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My Rating : 3/5
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
I have one word for this book. OMG. I didn't know it was part of a whole series when I downloaded this book, but it didn't confuse me as such with the plot line. It's a story about fighting for yourself, accepting something new and unique and a relationship between a mother and her son.
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TW : It has a lot of physical and emotional abuse, death of a pet, and mention of blood and gore.
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My Rating : 3.75/5 [
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TW : It has a lot of physical and emotional abuse, death of a pet, and mention of blood and gore.
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My Rating : 3.75/5 [
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death
emotional
funny
inspiring
slow-paced
When I read the blurb to this book, I was sucked in from the start. And now after reading the book, I am even more in love. It's a story about acceptance, love, and some deaf goat tantics!
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TW : There are mentions of war, death and a character who deals with PTSD.
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First, I absolutely loved Julian as a Character. He was witty, charming and had such a sunshine personality, that pairing hin with Ranger just made him look even more delicious. Ranger was such a complex character and his struggle with PTSD was something that was done really beautifully. Hands down, Benny and PP were my favourites in this story. I'm not even kidding, I even thought about visiting a farm to just look at farm animals. I loved the chemistry between Ranger and Julian . It was drawn out and well developed without dismissing the effects of trauma as well. I loved that about this story. It's a beacon of hope and it ended that way as well. One particular grocery shopping scene with Ranger hit me really hard and I could see the character arc for him really well after that. Now I really want to read Lucky's story after his cameo and his advise for the First date!!
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Overall, it was such an amazing read with discussions of war trauma, PTSD, love, friendship, acceptance and self love.
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Kindle/ January 2021
Challenge - Rate the Romance : 'Book with one word title' - Buddy read with Maria (@my_ku_romance_stories)
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TW : There are mentions of war, death and a character who deals with PTSD.
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First, I absolutely loved Julian as a Character. He was witty, charming and had such a sunshine personality, that pairing hin with Ranger just made him look even more delicious. Ranger was such a complex character and his struggle with PTSD was something that was done really beautifully. Hands down, Benny and PP were my favourites in this story. I'm not even kidding, I even thought about visiting a farm to just look at farm animals. I loved the chemistry between Ranger and Julian . It was drawn out and well developed without dismissing the effects of trauma as well. I loved that about this story. It's a beacon of hope and it ended that way as well. One particular grocery shopping scene with Ranger hit me really hard and I could see the character arc for him really well after that. Now I really want to read Lucky's story after his cameo and his advise for the First date!!
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Overall, it was such an amazing read with discussions of war trauma, PTSD, love, friendship, acceptance and self love.
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Kindle/ January 2021
Challenge - Rate the Romance : 'Book with one word title' - Buddy read with Maria (@my_ku_romance_stories)
Content Warnings
Minor: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief
adventurous
emotional
slow-paced
Soul of Cinder is the last installment in the Heart of Thorns Trilogy and it follows Quin first as he makes his way to River Kingdom and reclaim his throne. It's a story about hurt, healing and finding the best among very little. It's a bit of a rant, so it has some spoilers in it. Please don't read it if you don't want spoilers.
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First, I was really intruigued by Quin's return and his thoughts towards the Twisted sisters. He is determined to be better and I think he will be because of his new found magic and how it behaves wrt his true intentions. I really loved his Character arc in this book. The relationship between Mia and Pilar was really good and complicated and messy and I really liked that. Although the concept with Shadowess was a bit much at times, I think it was a good inclusion. Second, I think I liked the conflicting enotions Quin had when it came to his kingdom. Embers and River kingdom gave him something to concentrate on other than revenge and his thought process was really good to read about. The Characters were broken in their own way, and their Journey towards accepting themselves and finding their balance after so much loss was really good to read about.
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Coming to the Character arc and story development, I think Quin and Mia had good arc separately as Characters. I say that because I wasn't a fan of their relationship from the start. I know it started off really awkward and it progressed into something stable as they cane to know about each other, but it still lacked the chemistry and the bond between them was okay at best. So I wasn't excited for them to meet in this book. But Mia gaining her senses back and her conversations with Pilar were one of my favorites in this book. The riot in the River Kingdom wrt Embers were the action packed part and I loved it. Okay, now that it's out of the way, I was really looking forward to reading the budding romnace between certain Characters and they just stopped appearing suddenly in the book. And then when that is nding came, all was alright and they get their ending?? I was already skeptical with the starting of this book, and this just made me mad. There were no development per se and it was a disappointment. I didn't think Quin will just kill the sisters for their betrayal when he couldn't kill Tristian, but I wanted him to do something.
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Well, since I binged the whole series together for this book review, I haven't thought about separate ratings for all the book, but this Series as a whole gets a 3 star. It had some good moments and scenes I really liked and scenes I wanted nothing to do with. It was a solid series, but it could have been so much better.
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Thank you so much FavouritePagesClub for the review copy. All opinions are my own and not influenced in any way.
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Kindle/ Arc/ January 2021/ Book 001
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First, I was really intruigued by Quin's return and his thoughts towards the Twisted sisters. He is determined to be better and I think he will be because of his new found magic and how it behaves wrt his true intentions. I really loved his Character arc in this book. The relationship between Mia and Pilar was really good and complicated and messy and I really liked that. Although the concept with Shadowess was a bit much at times, I think it was a good inclusion. Second, I think I liked the conflicting enotions Quin had when it came to his kingdom. Embers and River kingdom gave him something to concentrate on other than revenge and his thought process was really good to read about. The Characters were broken in their own way, and their Journey towards accepting themselves and finding their balance after so much loss was really good to read about.
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Coming to the Character arc and story development, I think Quin and Mia had good arc separately as Characters. I say that because I wasn't a fan of their relationship from the start. I know it started off really awkward and it progressed into something stable as they cane to know about each other, but it still lacked the chemistry and the bond between them was okay at best. So I wasn't excited for them to meet in this book. But Mia gaining her senses back and her conversations with Pilar were one of my favorites in this book. The riot in the River Kingdom wrt Embers were the action packed part and I loved it. Okay, now that it's out of the way, I was really looking forward to reading the budding romnace between certain Characters and they just stopped appearing suddenly in the book. And then when that is nding came, all was alright and they get their ending?? I was already skeptical with the starting of this book, and this just made me mad. There were no development per se and it was a disappointment. I didn't think Quin will just kill the sisters for their betrayal when he couldn't kill Tristian, but I wanted him to do something.
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Well, since I binged the whole series together for this book review, I haven't thought about separate ratings for all the book, but this Series as a whole gets a 3 star. It had some good moments and scenes I really liked and scenes I wanted nothing to do with. It was a solid series, but it could have been so much better.
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Thank you so much FavouritePagesClub for the review copy. All opinions are my own and not influenced in any way.
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Kindle/ Arc/ January 2021/ Book 001
