Great start to what looks like an awesome series!
4.5 🦄
I’ll say this, if I were Zahru, I would straight up just take out the royal family. Seriously I’d be like, the world is better without you murderous psychos in it and none of you should rule. Then I’d peace out ✌🏻
This is a 5/5 in teen drama
5/5 twists
5/5 in teen romance
But 4/5 in potpourri aka there was a ton of back and forth and back and forth and being here then there and then this brother and that brother then the sister and all over agin! Which will annoy some people. But it was highly entertaining and kept me guessing.
Highly enjoyable, dramatic, fantastical teen read (I’m 28 and I still enjoyed it and it did not feel too young). Had my attention from the get go and held it. I took a break in the middle to move house and came back a few weeks later remembering all of it because it’s just that good. I was really, really frustrated with the royal family. Was I supposed to actually like them? Sometimes I did but that didn’t take away from the fact they were a group of powerful bigots who were comfortable killing someone for power. It seemed like a lot was focused on maintaining part of the status quo and I was ready for the revolution. But BECAUSE of this, the story was a lot more complicated. How can Zahru work within the system to create a better homeland and survive the race? She had to be clever and kind and persevere in the face of royalty and the gods. It’s a lot for someone so indoctrinated into a strict hierarchy among godlike royalty and the evidence of the gods disfavor constantly before her in the form of the Forsaken, the magic-less. So I understand and appreciate what this story did even if it didn’t quite suit my revolutionist sympathies. Honestly a quick and enjoyable adventure with a reluctant heroine. Pick this up! I’m surprised it wasn’t in book boxes it was that good.
I’ll say this, if I were Zahru, I would straight up just take out the royal family. Seriously I’d be like, the world is better without you murderous psychos in it and none of you should rule. Then I’d peace out ✌🏻
This is a 5/5 in teen drama
5/5 twists
5/5 in teen romance
But 4/5 in potpourri aka there was a ton of back and forth and back and forth and being here then there and then this brother and that brother then the sister and all over agin! Which will annoy some people. But it was highly entertaining and kept me guessing.
Highly enjoyable, dramatic, fantastical teen read (I’m 28 and I still enjoyed it and it did not feel too young). Had my attention from the get go and held it. I took a break in the middle to move house and came back a few weeks later remembering all of it because it’s just that good. I was really, really frustrated with the royal family. Was I supposed to actually like them? Sometimes I did but that didn’t take away from the fact they were a group of powerful bigots who were comfortable killing someone for power. It seemed like a lot was focused on maintaining part of the status quo and I was ready for the revolution. But BECAUSE of this, the story was a lot more complicated. How can Zahru work within the system to create a better homeland and survive the race? She had to be clever and kind and persevere in the face of royalty and the gods. It’s a lot for someone so indoctrinated into a strict hierarchy among godlike royalty and the evidence of the gods disfavor constantly before her in the form of the Forsaken, the magic-less. So I understand and appreciate what this story did even if it didn’t quite suit my revolutionist sympathies. Honestly a quick and enjoyable adventure with a reluctant heroine. Pick this up! I’m surprised it wasn’t in book boxes it was that good.