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Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult, Indie
Pages: 377
Point of View: Third Person (Vhalla)
Released: August 27th 2015
Series: Air Awakens 1
Predictability: 4 out of 5 (Where 1 is totally unpredictable and 5 is I knew what was going to happen way ahead of time.)
Source: Gift from the lovely Shannon
My Rating: 10/10 Stars
Errors: I only noticed one!
My Summary:
A library apprentice discovers she processes magic. The kingdom is in dire need of magical people right now, because they’re in the middle of a war.
My Review:
I could easily relate to Vhalla. It might be that she’s as obsessed with books as I am! She’s also a genuinely nice person, but a bit of a people pleaser. I enjoyed watching her evolve over the course of the book.
When Vhalla discovers she has magic she does everything she can to deny and run from it. I understand why she’d be hesitant to leave her old life. She also doesn’t know if she can trust those in the tower or know how her old friends would treat her if they learn she has magic. It was nice seeing her ordinary world in the library and the rich magical world of the tower.
The world building was your fairly standard midieval world, but she really brought it to life. I also liked that our heroine’s kingdom wasn’t the one being attacked for once. They were the conquerors! The magic system might seem like your normal elementals, but the way she learned to use her powers and what she could do with them were wholly unique.
Romance plays a large part in this book, but I loved every bit of it! She started out pretty much hating him and gradually realized she had feelings for him. I felt the same way! I thought he was a jerk at first and hoped he wouldn’t be the love interest. But he won me over! He wasn’t a necessarily good guy, but he was smart, complex, and he really did care about her. In the end he was the best part of the book! (I was afraid of a love triangle, but she didn’t feel the same way about him, so it doesn’t count.)
Warning: the end is really intense! I lost some sleep on this one, because I just had to know what happens!
The story wrapped up satisfactorily and I can’t wait to find out what happens next! (But I’m being a good girl and reading books I already own.)
No bad for this one!
What books did you ask for for Christmas?
I asked for Magnus Chase, Six of Crows, and Winter!
