This was positively delightful and corresponded well with my recent craving for historical fiction. I don't think I've ever read a book like this, though I know there are more out there like it. What I found most fascinating was how Leanna Renee Hieber had taken direct inspiration from books like...
A pageturner with a well conceived, interesting and exciting world and story. The main romance did bother me a little bit though - mostly the degree of obsession on the part of the heroine towards the hero from first sight. I mean, yes, they were supposed to be the carriers of divine beings who l...
For a first book...not bad. I believe this author's skills will continue to grow with future work. I found this book "ok" not because of poor writing, plot, or character development but because as a mature (yes, older) reader I have moved on. As a younger person I devoured books of this genre; my...
The story was frustrating at times. I guess that's what happens when the reader clearly knows very early what all the characters in the book do not know. It's been a few months since I read this book and it was a fairly average book, but what stood out for me was just the subtle romance that full...
This tale was in a sense, Darkly Luminous, I guess. For me, it just didn't have the magic that made its predecessor a strangely beautiful tale. The stuff I found endearing in the first was tedious in this one. Alexi and Percy, though lovable in the first installment, were rather annoying in this...