great story!

I was hesitant to start this series as it's about a bunch of magic teenagers and I was worried it was going to be a little young. While the target audience is probably much younger than I am I did not find this book to be to young at all. The characters are well thought out, the plot unique and the story is beautifully told. I'll be buying the paper copies for my nieces as well. Can't wait to keep listening!

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loved it!

The longing for love, heart break, culture entanglement, leaving you ready for the next book.

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LOVE

Such a well written series with complex characters and a story line that continues on through all the books. Every book in this series was captivating. Wish there were more to read!! Buy it - you won't regret it if you love adventure and fantasy!

If you loved this you'll for sure want to read the Throne of Glass series by Sarah Maas!

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I couldn't get past chapter 42 (spoilers)

I liked the first book well enough, but I couldn't do it. This book is incredibly frustrating, no one tells anyone anything EVER, to the extent that each character's flaws just make them look like idiots instead of stubborn, aloof, headstrong etc.

Eden started driving me nuts and by the end of chapter 42 I was actually yelling at my phone. She's supposed to be stubborn but it's so over pronounced that she does things that not a single human on this planet would do, because it would mean certain death.


(spoilers here on from book 1, to chapter 42 of book 2)
Sure, her emotions get the best of her, and at the end of this chapter she demonstrates that, but she doesn't lash out until well after what she's lashing out about happens. It makes her look like she just got off the hook, and in retaliation, she breaks some major laws. Like really? You just got away with the thing that happened and your response is that?! Do you WANT them to kill you?! How many times does she have to be told someone wants her dead before she stops poking them with a hot fire poker?! (not literally)

She is so infuriating! I can no longer handle her character, and it's mostly (I hate to say it, I don't like being negative) because she is not written very well. She is a clear superwoman mary sue that is only one or the other when it is convenient to be. She never uses her power when she should, which for minor things is a well written part of her character, but her emotions are supposed to make her magic go crazy, so how on earth was she subdued when her grandfather was fighting? She not only has the same power she did when she fought off the resistance dudes she fought in the first book, she has gained their magic, as well as the king's dudes she fought, and all the other stuff she absorbed!

She absolutely could have stopped King f-face from killing her grandfather.

Not to mention how annoying it was that she wouldn't just go with Kieran. He could help her find her brother and bust him out of prison. She lost everyone, and instead of hanging onto the last shred of someone she could to help her, despite him telling her he had no choice (If he had not told king
f-face where the resistance was, f-face would have killed her. She may not grasp the fact that the king can kill whomever he wants, but Kieran does. I mean yeah, he shouldn't have lied to her. Heck, had I written this (and I am an author) I would have had Kieran actually be a good guy, the two of them would have been talking all of this over the entire time, and together they would be trying to find a way to save her, her family and Kieran, AND kill king f-face so they don't have to run away. I mean really. Between her (and all the people who's magic she absorbed), Avalon, Amery, Kieran, Talbot, Lilly, true bae, scary chick, and the rest of the resistance, king f-face wouldn't stand a chance!

On top of this, there are massive parts of the story that don't get explained. I'm too tired at the moment to pinpoint them, but I was telling my partner about this book and he had asked me a simple question about something lore related, and I realized I didn't actually know. The author never explained it.

If you're reading this, as a bit of constructive criticism, the likes of which I had been given myself a long time ago:

When you're writing, write as though the reader is completely ignorant about everything. Explain, esplain, explain. We are not in your head with you. We don't know how the magic works until you tell us. We don't know anything about shapeshifters, witches, titans, nor oracles. Pretend as though we've never heard of them.

I know that part of the plot is that Eden is ignorant, and we're in her head, so we're left more ignorant than most novels would be comfortable doing, but I'm not talking about that. It feels incomplete.


As much as I am ranting, at the end of the day I truly hope any of this helps.

On top of all of this, the narrator, who's voice already annoyed me (super breathy and way over-acted) got worse as she seems to lose quality in her accents. At one point I couldn't even tell king f-face was talking because it sounded like Talbot's accent, which was initially described as spanish, but sounds awfully romanian. It can get confusing.

All in all, I may
one day come back to this, but for now it is causing me so much more stress than it is worth!

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just wtf....spoilers of sorts beware

Near the end the author seems to have realized how useless she's made Eden.... this supposed all powerful being did something aside from whining. I actually began to have some hope for the rest of the story, but once she was in the burning dream world and what she said about her ring and necklace being the token of retribution.. it's all to clear she will end up forgiving him for betraying her. she always does the opposite of what she states and the wrong thing.
this story is really no better, if not worse then the first book. Over all Eden is the worst MC I've ever had the misfortune to read about A female MC was what brought me to the series. I regret ever starting this series now. My OCD will not let me just walk away with out finishing it though lol. the sheer stupidity of this is terrible. they need to take her magic and discard her back to humanity.

...yay book 3... wonder how many brain cells this one is going to cost.

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The puritanism is overwhelming

The story isn't so great and the lack of judgement of the main character is annoying. But more than that the puritanism throughout the story drove me crazy.

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Mediocre YA Fiction at best

I enjoyed the story enough book 1 to continue, but book 2 is awful! Repetitive in everything. The character Eden comes off a dim witted, whiny, and boy crazy, and sadly never improves. The author seems to enjoy filling the pages with the word “soulmate” about every 5 minutes, and the thinly veiled Christian nonsense attitude on sex, and roles of women is so cringy you pretty much give up taking anything seriously. For someone supposedly so powerful, the main character conveniently forgets how to use her abilities about every 5 seconds. Not worth finishing, and glad this was included free with membership.

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