Sweet and endearing in a heartbreaking kind of way. Best way to describe is a Chinese historical fiction retelling on Cinderella that spans generations

This is good as debut but had some major pacing issues that kept it from being great. And had a unique take on what it means to love, have faith, become a traitor or be devout. Definitely a good entry to be on your reading list and if not then at least the author should make it to your watch list

Chaos incarnate, and not the fun kind. Multiple POVs, relentless info-dumping, motifs ranging from subtle to sledgehammer and more! The author tried every storytelling experiment at once and the book collapsed under all of them. One or a couple of these tools could’ve made a great story. All of them made a fatiguing, plot-hole-riddled wreck

Truly every TikTok trope and quote wrapped into one book and done poorly. And the most popular things done in the biggest romantasy books, you guessed it, you’ll see the EXACT same events, details, whatever happen here except in a juvenile writing style that mirrors only what could have possibly come from wattpad. This is just another book TikTok lied about

This is just another romantasy book were she becomes a warrior who happens to be a princess where because it’s book 2, nothing profound happens plot wise to suck you into the next book. Honestly they should have just kept half this book and made it a prequel novella

You absolutely don’t need to read this to start the series. You get a synopsis of everything happens here by the first chapter of book 1, this just allows you to live the event that was described. That being said it was an okay read, you’re dropped right into the heat of things as a leader of a magical group discovers there’s a coup happening in her home and it’s happening right now. The writing was mediocre I can tell the author grew a lot in his skills between this and book 1. Though reading this, the battle scenes are dull and repetitive. I’m telling you if I had read the phrase “A flash of [this of that light” one more time, I was going to put the book down

This is an absolutely gory exploration into horror x fantasy and fantasy retellings. The little mermaid and her plague are doctor companion are literally battling a cult dedicated to sacrifice of children in the hope of finding the cure for mortality?! What?! I will say every for a novella, this drops you off in what feels like the middle of the story with little to no explanation and you spend so much time trying to catch up that you blink and the book is over. DEFINITELY READ THE SHORT STORY AFTER THE EPILOGUE FIRST TO GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR TIME WITH THIS BOOK

t’s a decent read with a unique, African-inspired magic system layered with magical creatures like dragons and demons and overlapping realms; however, I didn’t find it to really stand out against all the other stories that follow a hero’s journey that’s said hero to military school.

What’s with the trend of romanticizing slave x master relationships? I thought this was a king of hell retelling of beauty and the beast but instead you got a guy/monster who has a kink for calling her his slave and/or slave queen. Finished it out of pure spite

Still 5 stars but not as good as the first! While there’s still an element of murder mystery, this book is more focused on the parallelisms of the kinship of Yarrow and the empire, and what mysteries lie in the enigma of Ana