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There are a lot of dramatic affirmations, thoughts and feelings stated versus seeing a physical display of these. THANKFULLY, I'd add, because The Divine and the Cursed is actually avwell written and interesting little gem that will definitely surprise its reader.
Regarding the "spice" level, I don't require all of my books, especially fantasy reads, to be "spicy," but there are certain assumptions one comes with when there's an age-gap, enemies-to-lovers, fantasy captive romance. That said, even though I abhor a closed-door romance, an intentionally light "spice" level doesn't inherently take away from the story unless there's also a "light" amount of sexual tension and chemistry in the characters. I know the world's wide and everything, but if I haven't seen them in a map I don't need to know they exist, and hearing abotu them will only be distracting. That being said, if you’re looking for an easy-to-digest YA fantasy romance, this is the book for you to check out as soon as possible!Arianna has spent almost 2 years posing as a Half-Fae and hiding that she is the rightful queen of Alastríona as she possesses the power of "The Divine" - Healing. The book is around 330 pages, so it didn’t bother me when the pace was quicker than what I usually like, and since the story is focused on the same 2/3 places, there’s no room for much world building, so I’m really hoping for a bigger second book, where the author explores more of the already beautiful world she has created!
It's not the crying and fainting that's the issue - feel your feelings girl, they are absolutely valid - it's just that they felt like plot drivers rather than representative of actual emotion. When eighteen-year-old Arianna is stolen from her family and sold into slavery, she spends months disguised as a half-breed Fae struggling against the devastations of a decade-long war. Am apreciat construcția lumii și a magiei, puterea cuvântului și multitudinea de categorii de oameni ce formează societățile din universul lui J. This is one of the most DON'T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER books I've ever had the pleasure of reading.The hurt Rion went through he really is the definition of “A villain is not born they are made” he got attacked at 10 years old just because his gift isn’t like the others and ever since then he had to protect himself once I learned his story I cried for all the suffering he went through, alone. It could have been because of the lack of character development to begin with, as they tended to change personalities to fit the trope of the scene.
But please, I'm begging whoever is in charge of this stuff: give this book the pretty cover it deserves. e. the word 'shuttering', meaning 'closing', being used in place of the word 'shuddering', meaning 'trembling' in every single instance I found in the book). With her death foretold, Althea Zoltaire only has three years to become what she’s always dreamed of being: a warrior legend. Loved the backstory behind each character, wish we got some more detail, but the politics kept it interesting.
It was a mystery how they fell in love with him just being her “nice owner” and saying almost nothing but being gentle sometimes. Fae romance is all the rage at the moment, and since I could get this for free with KU, I took the plunge. I truly loved the escapism that this book gave me, in those short snippets of time when I was able to dive back into the world of Alastríona and just listen to the tale between the Divine and the Cursed. Her fate was decided years ago, when her useless father made a deal with the greedy fae king to save his own life.
I was extremely excited to hear that one of my favorite narrators Laura Horowitz was bringing this book to life in an audiobook! In some ways, the dynamic and the immeasurably melodramatic love they felt for each other, reminded me a lot of Twilight's Edward and Bella with their histrionic speeches.
Some of the names, oh boy it was a little hard to pronounce, but that´s just because Irish is such a hard language! The world building lacked a little ,but you can easily tell that is not the main focus of the story. If it really was supposed to be that emotional, I want to be there with her every step of the way, feeling it alongside her, but instead I was like "👀 . It doesn’t feel like they have a gradual falling in love either, the switch just flips without her knowing THAT much about him (cause he doesn’t really talk) and that was hard to swallow. It was very cute, especially considering that Rion's this big and strong and deadly soldier who you'd think has sex every other minute.
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