Fidanzati dell'inverno. L'Attraversaspecchi

(2.5?) That was... something. I have very conflicted thoughts about this book. The world building was interesting and so was the magic system but I had lots of issues with the book. For a matriarchal society seems pretty backward. Girl who's not like other ones because... she has glasses!! She is sen Leggi tutto

Avrei preferito meno starnuti da parte della protagonista ma per il resto lavoro encomiabile. Ambientazione e trama sicuramente fanno la parte del leone rispetto ai personaggi che rimangono alquanto enigmatici. Ma forse anche questo fa parte del fascino di questo libro che richiama alla mente Alice

A novel that takes place in a world so similar, yet different, to our own. God has gotten angry and smashed the world into little pieces. It sees Ophelia travel to a distant ark, as these fragments of the world are now called, for an arranged marriage to Thorn, the Pole ark's treasurer. Ophelia has

Potenzialmente il libro della vita ma dobbiamo fare i conti con qualche caduta di stile che rovina una lettura così piacevole. Soffre tanto della presenza di cliché, una caratterizzazione dei personaggi molto povera, un tentativo di shipping forse tra i peggiori del genere e un finale abbastanza terr Leggi tutto

Holy hell this book has some of the most unique worldbuilding I’ve seen for absolutely ages - it’s like Howl’s Moving Castle x Pride & Prejudice x Versailles under the guise of a somewhat-historical-feeling steampunk fantasy - and it’s fascinating. Full review to come!! * - Buddy read with lovely Jas Leggi tutto

DNF'd on page 185/491. Thank you so much to Text Publishing Australia for sending a copy of this to me! Unfortunately, I just couldn't get into it. The first chapter was so promising, with so much atmosphere and it had it's own distinct, magical vibe that made me think I was going to love this book! Leggi tutto

Man that went downhill quickly. It started out a 4 star, but ended up being up horrible. I'll admit, the first fifty or so pages were amazing, and I wished it had stayed on that track, because the second they got to Citaceleste, things were BAD. At first I really liked ophelia. I thought she was th