As for the rest, they were one-dimensional, if that. We had a couple of other semi-deep characters: Valentina was fantastic and I wish she had a bigger role in the book (hopefully that will change in book two), and Delia Grace was really interesting. I enjoyed seeing this world from her perspective, and she was well rounded and had decent character development. Our main character, Hollis, is actually okay. She’s optimistic, hopeful, and free-spirited. The characters are where I take my greatest issue with this book. “Even in the night, you are still my sun, bringing light to my world.” Characters But with the rushed pace, and the issues with the characters (I’ll get into that next), it meant almost nothing to me.

There was a scene that could have made me cry. Some small moments of normalcy between the life-altering events would have been great, so those huge events could have an impact. Things were happening so fast, that they seemed to lose meaning. Everything flew at me, and I never got a chance to process it before the next major event happened. The first half of the book was slower, as we get used to the characters and the world, but the second half flew by.

I can’t decide if this book needed to be split into two books, or if it didn’t even have enough plot for one. “In the end, we made enemies with our heads, but we unmade them with our hearts.” PlotĪh, the plot. It was also used with negative connotations, discussing thieves and murderers. Many Romani consider this word a slur, and it really upset me to see it mentioned three separate times in the book. I do want to mention one other thing relating to the writing and setting: there are a few times where they use the world “G*ypsies”.

To be honest, I’d struggle to tell you much about Coroa and Isolte to begin with, and what little I do know felt like small fun facts that had no impact on the characters who live there, or the plot.

I have very little understanding of this world, beyond the two main countries that are discussed. I’m assuming there’s more than Coroa and Isolte, because people occasionally refer to kingdoms other than the two, but I can’t tell you anything about them. It served its purpose, and that was all.Īs for the setting- I guess it did that too? Except, barely. There’s nothing outstanding or impressive with it, yet nothing that bothered me.

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