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This was a fun, entertaining return to the land of Roar. The magic of the first trilogy was present and accounted for and there were some great action scenes I would really love to see turned into animation.
I do feel that it was rather unrealistic that neither Arthur nor Rose would realise at the beginning of the book that the things they made up about Roar could come true - after all, it's not the first time! The new school setting didn't feel very original, but I did enjoy seeing Rose occasionally realising that things she had imagined as awesome weren't quite so great in reality (I actually wish this had been a bigger part of the book).
The cover of the book goes well with the first three, but I do really miss the French flaps which I loved and gave a chance to fully show off the illustrations. It's a shame book four doesn't match.
I do feel that it was rather unrealistic that neither Arthur nor Rose would realise at the beginning of the book that the things they made up about Roar could come true - after all, it's not the first time! The new school setting didn't feel very original, but I did enjoy seeing Rose occasionally realising that things she had imagined as awesome weren't quite so great in reality (I actually wish this had been a bigger part of the book).
The cover of the book goes well with the first three, but I do really miss the French flaps which I loved and gave a chance to fully show off the illustrations. It's a shame book four doesn't match.
It's so good to be back in the world of Nevermoor. I thoroughly enjoyed immersing myself in Silverborn and binged it every free moment I had.
Overall this was a good addition to the series, albeit one a little different to previous books as it is a murder mystery. I thought the mystery plotline was handled well and enjoyed the final reveal.
As always with Nevermoor, (found) family is a huge theme of the book. One rare criticism I have of the book is that one family related element of the book (which I won't reveal as it's a spoiler) is something I've seen too many times in fiction, and as a result saw coming from early on. I found myself hoping that I was wrong just because I'm a little tired of reading that particular plotline. Still, there are plenty of brilliant family moments in Silverborn, involving both existing and new characters.
Overall I had a great time and I'll definitely be here whenever book five gets released.
Overall this was a good addition to the series, albeit one a little different to previous books as it is a murder mystery. I thought the mystery plotline was handled well and enjoyed the final reveal.
As always with Nevermoor, (found) family is a huge theme of the book. One rare criticism I have of the book is that one family related element of the book (which I won't reveal as it's a spoiler) is something I've seen too many times in fiction, and as a result saw coming from early on. I found myself hoping that I was wrong just because I'm a little tired of reading that particular plotline. Still, there are plenty of brilliant family moments in Silverborn, involving both existing and new characters.
Overall I had a great time and I'll definitely be here whenever book five gets released.
Love Between Fairy & Devil is more than a little bizarre for a fantasy romance. Honestly, I spent much of my time reading it asking myself "did that really just happen?". There's body swapping, sharing bodies, and a variety of other body related weirdness which I won't spoil. It did however all successfully make me want to find out what would happen next.
The main couple are interesting enough and I like that it's very much a slowburn enemies to lovers (don't expect them to be together by the end of this first book). I do feel that none of the other characters really received much if any development, and the writing isn't amazing (though as always it's hard to know how much is owing to translation).
Overall I was intrigued by this rather than genuinely loving it, but I am interested enough that I will be picking up book two.
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Note to anyone who has seen the live action TV series Love Between Fairy and Devil - while it's nominally based on this novel, the plotline is significantly different and so are many of the characters. I had heard that in advance so went in prepared to mentally separate the two - and I highly recommend that approach or else you'll be confused and probably disappointed.
The main couple are interesting enough and I like that it's very much a slowburn enemies to lovers (don't expect them to be together by the end of this first book). I do feel that none of the other characters really received much if any development, and the writing isn't amazing (though as always it's hard to know how much is owing to translation).
Overall I was intrigued by this rather than genuinely loving it, but I am interested enough that I will be picking up book two.
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Note to anyone who has seen the live action TV series Love Between Fairy and Devil - while it's nominally based on this novel, the plotline is significantly different and so are many of the characters. I had heard that in advance so went in prepared to mentally separate the two - and I highly recommend that approach or else you'll be confused and probably disappointed.
A really good ending to the book, which I really enjoyed - although the way the sex scenes were written made me wince occasionally! I really appreciated all the extra scenes though I wouldn't say no to even more... I feel like there's a fair few family relationships which could use more time spent on them.
I enjoyed this. It feels like the series has a lot of potential once it really gets going. I really liked the worldbuilding and characters are intriguing. I also really like the art style. So far this is the only volume published in English but I'll definitely be picking up volume 2 when it comes out in the summer.
