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Thank you to Titan Books for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Tim Major has done it again with a haunting sci-fi story. While sci-fi horror is not something I’m entirely new to, Major manages to continue to remix it. This concept of cloning, how it started, and how it is a problem for society as a whole was incredibly well done and interesting. The idea that Britain has completely secluded itself from the rest of the world due to the clones (I assume) unique. Major does a good job at building a remixed version of the world we already know and are well familiar with.
The political undertones are hard to miss in this book, often focusing on how we often don’t like to accept people different than us. The people in government have used that to their advantage, and clones aside, that’s not entirely different from the politicians we already know. Caitlin Hext struggles with bullying and her friends abandoning her due to her being a Charmer, and Caitlin often seems to want to set herself apart from other Charmers. There’s slurs for these people, and anger towards them from the general public.
However, I found the characters to be somewhat one dimensional, and this is potentially at the fault of too many characters- and not just because of the clones! We follow multiple storylines, and while they do eventually merge, it was often confusing when the story swapped over. Our most dynamic character was Gerry, leaving the rest of them in the dust. This was the largest reason for my rating, as I simply didn’t have any emotional connection to any of our main characters, and was considerably more interested in our side characters. Strangely, they seemed to receive more emotion and backstory than our main characters. I couldn’t even tell you much about Russell, to be honest.
Thank you to Titan Books for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Tim Major has done it again with a haunting sci-fi story. While sci-fi horror is not something I’m entirely new to, Major manages to continue to remix it. This concept of cloning, how it started, and how it is a problem for society as a whole was incredibly well done and interesting. The idea that Britain has completely secluded itself from the rest of the world due to the clones (I assume) unique. Major does a good job at building a remixed version of the world we already know and are well familiar with.
The political undertones are hard to miss in this book, often focusing on how we often don’t like to accept people different than us. The people in government have used that to their advantage, and clones aside, that’s not entirely different from the politicians we already know. Caitlin Hext struggles with bullying and her friends abandoning her due to her being a Charmer, and Caitlin often seems to want to set herself apart from other Charmers. There’s slurs for these people, and anger towards them from the general public.
However, I found the characters to be somewhat one dimensional, and this is potentially at the fault of too many characters- and not just because of the clones! We follow multiple storylines, and while they do eventually merge, it was often confusing when the story swapped over. Our most dynamic character was Gerry, leaving the rest of them in the dust. This was the largest reason for my rating, as I simply didn’t have any emotional connection to any of our main characters, and was considerably more interested in our side characters. Strangely, they seemed to receive more emotion and backstory than our main characters. I couldn’t even tell you much about Russell, to be honest.
El has done it again suggesting a book that simply rocks my shit.
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Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
This book was an emotional rollercoaster that I struggled to put down. Emilia’s anger was palatable and realistic. The way she grieved for her sister, in waves and different emotions, felt tangible. Unsurprisingly, I found the Princes of Hell incredibly loveable. I am not a romance reader, by any means, but the relationship between Wrath and Emilia genuinely made me excited. I think I would have liked more information on the lore, rather than the instant explanation from the grandmother close to the end.
I've genuinely never read a fantasy that is placed in Italy, nor using Italian culture. I thought this was really interesting and made the story all the more exciting and enveloping.
There are witty one-liners and vicious demons, and there's not much more I could ask for in a book like this. The only reason this was not a total 5 star read was that the ending felt a little lackluster. I know it is a series, but regardless, I still have too many unanswered questions for my liking. I think there's a balance to be had when it comes to that.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
This book was an emotional rollercoaster that I struggled to put down. Emilia’s anger was palatable and realistic. The way she grieved for her sister, in waves and different emotions, felt tangible. Unsurprisingly, I found the Princes of Hell incredibly loveable. I am not a romance reader, by any means, but the relationship between Wrath and Emilia genuinely made me excited. I think I would have liked more information on the lore, rather than the instant explanation from the grandmother close to the end.
I've genuinely never read a fantasy that is placed in Italy, nor using Italian culture. I thought this was really interesting and made the story all the more exciting and enveloping.
There are witty one-liners and vicious demons, and there's not much more I could ask for in a book like this. The only reason this was not a total 5 star read was that the ending felt a little lackluster. I know it is a series, but regardless, I still have too many unanswered questions for my liking. I think there's a balance to be had when it comes to that.
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Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
As this is written from Sik’s perspective, the commentary was honestly hilarious. Chadda incorporated humor into this otherwise serious book in a way that reminisced the Percy Jackson series- which makes sense, as this is a Rick Riordan Presents imprint.
This book was a five out of five-star read. I loved the way I was taught about myths and culture that I’m not familiar with. The characters were terrific, and the entire tale had me wrapped up as soon as it started. The pacing was quick, perfect for a middle-grade read with low attention spans. The jokes made me laugh out loud, and world-building was beautiful.
“Love always remains. Believe me, I know all about that.”
Full review will be posted on my site 01/06/2021
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
As this is written from Sik’s perspective, the commentary was honestly hilarious. Chadda incorporated humor into this otherwise serious book in a way that reminisced the Percy Jackson series- which makes sense, as this is a Rick Riordan Presents imprint.
This book was a five out of five-star read. I loved the way I was taught about myths and culture that I’m not familiar with. The characters were terrific, and the entire tale had me wrapped up as soon as it started. The pacing was quick, perfect for a middle-grade read with low attention spans. The jokes made me laugh out loud, and world-building was beautiful.
“Love always remains. Believe me, I know all about that.”
Full review will be posted on my site 01/06/2021
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Read full review: 12/28/2020.
I found the first two chapters of this book intriguing. The explanation of self-objectification, how it happens, and where it comes from, was fascinating. I’ve read plenty of positive body books, and this was the first time I had heard of this term. However, after the second chapter, things started to fall apart a bit.
While reading this, I was genuinely hoping for education a little deeper than the surface level. This book gave me a new concept to look into (self-objectification), but even then, it didn’t provide me much internal working to do besides take a break from Instagram and stop looking in mirrors for a bit.
Despite the redundancy of the information provided, I still enjoyed this book. I think this book would be a good start for someone who hasn’t had their hands on any of this information before. It provides resources and quotes from other body positivity books, and it’s a good jumping point. If this were my first rodeo, as it were, this would be a fantastic book.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Read full review: 12/28/2020.
I found the first two chapters of this book intriguing. The explanation of self-objectification, how it happens, and where it comes from, was fascinating. I’ve read plenty of positive body books, and this was the first time I had heard of this term. However, after the second chapter, things started to fall apart a bit.
While reading this, I was genuinely hoping for education a little deeper than the surface level. This book gave me a new concept to look into (self-objectification), but even then, it didn’t provide me much internal working to do besides take a break from Instagram and stop looking in mirrors for a bit.
Despite the redundancy of the information provided, I still enjoyed this book. I think this book would be a good start for someone who hasn’t had their hands on any of this information before. It provides resources and quotes from other body positivity books, and it’s a good jumping point. If this were my first rodeo, as it were, this would be a fantastic book.
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Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Read full review: 01/04/2021
From the jump, this book pulled me in. I finished it in one sitting in my desperation to know what was going on. I had my worries that this book would just be yet another crazy wife trope. Honestly, I’m sick of those. Instead of falling back on an obvious plot point, the twist in this geniunely took me by surprise and the build up made all the more sense.
Reviewing thrillers without spoiling them is always tough. This was a quick read and I honestly enjoyed it.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Read full review: 01/04/2021
From the jump, this book pulled me in. I finished it in one sitting in my desperation to know what was going on. I had my worries that this book would just be yet another crazy wife trope. Honestly, I’m sick of those. Instead of falling back on an obvious plot point, the twist in this geniunely took me by surprise and the build up made all the more sense.
Reviewing thrillers without spoiling them is always tough. This was a quick read and I honestly enjoyed it.
