Thank you to the publisher for approving me on Netgalley and gifting me a paperback through the Bookish First program. The opinions are my own and were not influenced by this.
I was not immediately pulled into the story. There is a lot going on and it is a long book so I gave it about 15% until I was hooked. I was jarred by the changing timelines. However, once I got into a flow with it, it worked for me.
My favorite character by far is Simon from Eliana’s chapters. I found Eliana’s chapters a bit more relatable as I struggled visualizing Rielle’s elemental magic. That said, there were things I liked in both timelines and points of view and it kept me reading. I expect to read the 2nd at least to see if it flows better for me.
I would mark this as upper YA or NA.
I was not immediately pulled into the story. There is a lot going on and it is a long book so I gave it about 15% until I was hooked. I was jarred by the changing timelines. However, once I got into a flow with it, it worked for me.
My favorite character by far is Simon from Eliana’s chapters. I found Eliana’s chapters a bit more relatable as I struggled visualizing Rielle’s elemental magic. That said, there were things I liked in both timelines and points of view and it kept me reading. I expect to read the 2nd at least to see if it flows better for me.
I would mark this as upper YA or NA.