cunningempress's reviews
490 reviews

Why haven't I read this before? This is amazing.

Also, towards the ending the authors managed to put some very simple things into words that made me cry. So I guess I know what I'll be reading the rest of the week.

Kind of insta-lovey and cliche but honestly, I was expecting that so I guess I liked it. This feels like a series I'll enjoy for a time but definitely not for over 15+ books.

This series is such a solid fantasy that I would definitely recommend to fans of An Ember in the Ashes or Throne of Glass.

My biggest pet peeve with this is that I'm not sure if this is YA or not. I think it falls somewhere between YA and NA.

I was confused about why everyone was so in love with this book but then I read more and now I understand. I'd say the first third of this was very "meh". Pretty standard fantasy with a bit of a romance.

The romance isn't anything new. I've read a lot of these tropes in other books before and this romance wasn't anything ground breaking. But I do eat it up every time anyway.

I liked the alchemy and the magic system, it was a bit different from other fantasy books.

A really solid first book and I can't wait for a sequel!

This is too boring and too long. There's no end in sight. I wanted to like this but it keeps dragging on and on and I have nothing to wait. The interesting bits from the first book haven't been mentioned and I don't have the will power to keep reading.

 UPDATE: Taking one star off because what was that ending???? After thinking about it more it feels super rushed and the last 10% needed to more explanations. There are so many plot holes and the resolution didn't feel complete. After 5 books this was supposed to wrap up so much but somehow it all was supposed to happen in the last 50 pages??? Maybe this book should've been 200 pages longer.

I fucking loved this book but I'm a little confused about the ending. Also, I was expecting more from this finale. I feel like some stuff was left out or not explained. 

Like, it could've been more detailed about how the Syndicate worked or what it was doing. A lot of it was just implied. And I was really curious about the man in charge of the whole operation but he was just some random guy??? It could've been a bigger plot point. And like, what's the deal with Victor? He was barely mentioned but then suddenly he was running away with someone and had died? And I feel like I skipped a chapter because how the hell did Lyla and Tristan end up in that basement where Morana was kept? Am I stupid?

I fucking loved it! It's like a dark rom-com, kinda like Butcher & Blackbird but it's also masktok and way smuttier.