Telling, not showing, with a compelling ending
Spoiler-free Thoughts: we’ve got a bunch of different species, human, fey, bloodwhatevers, and something-that-starts-with-k. There’s a lot of telling and not showing but the ending was compelling so it’s tough.
Characters: I kinda like Eva because she “just wants to be normal” but like… actually is trying to make that happen. Which is refreshing. But then… instalove but then also student teacher love and then a triangle? I’m confused.
I really really didn’t understand the sister. At all. What were her motivations? Why did she suddenly hate her sister? There’s literally no love left? It makes zero sense.
Plot: it was slow. Like really slow. The fastest part was the last like… 4 chapters. Otherwise it was all world building.
Writing Style: eh.
World Building: This world is brutal. Parental emotional abuse, blood magic that will literally cut you, brutal sisters? Idk man, it’s just.. really brutal but written in a way that it’s just so nonchalant.
Characters: I kinda like Eva because she “just wants to be normal” but like… actually is trying to make that happen. Which is refreshing. But then… instalove but then also student teacher love and then a triangle? I’m confused.
I really really didn’t understand the sister. At all. What were her motivations? Why did she suddenly hate her sister? There’s literally no love left? It makes zero sense.
Plot: it was slow. Like really slow. The fastest part was the last like… 4 chapters. Otherwise it was all world building.
Writing Style: eh.
World Building: This world is brutal. Parental emotional abuse, blood magic that will literally cut you, brutal sisters? Idk man, it’s just.. really brutal but written in a way that it’s just so nonchalant.