Before I get into this, I’d like to say that I do like other Marie Lu books. The only thing I struggle to tolerate in the novels she writes are the endings. I can never accept that that is how it ends, mainly with the LEGEND books but also with THE ROSE SOCIETY and others. However, I really thought that this one was stronger.
This idea of this book wasn’t really appealing to me. I don’t like historical fiction, especially eras I know nothing about, but I do like high fantasy. Still, I wouldn’t have picked up this book if it wasn’t for OwlCrate. I thought the writing in this book was beautiful, I just didn't love the idea as much as the prose. Overall, I liked how all of the elements blended together and all of the character development. My only issue was the time jumps. They were usually minor, but there were so many that it was hard to follow the eight years the book covered of Nannerl’s life.
This idea of this book wasn’t really appealing to me. I don’t like historical fiction, especially eras I know nothing about, but I do like high fantasy. Still, I wouldn’t have picked up this book if it wasn’t for OwlCrate. I thought the writing in this book was beautiful, I just didn't love the idea as much as the prose. Overall, I liked how all of the elements blended together and all of the character development. My only issue was the time jumps. They were usually minor, but there were so many that it was hard to follow the eight years the book covered of Nannerl’s life.