My Quick Takes:
- 4.25/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨
- Genre 📚 romantasy
- Language 🤐 mild-moderate
- Spice ❤️🔥 closed door
- Content 🤔 death, violence, childhood trauma, casual sleeping around, crass innuendo
This read like a hunger games x Harry Potter and the goblet of fire mashup to me.
I really liked the tournament element and different magic systems at play. I wasn’t truly hooked until the halfway point and then I was sucked in.
This would’ve been a higher rated book for me if I hadn’t listened to the audio. I did not enjoy the female narrator and everytime it was her chapter I kept getting pulled out of the plot, the male narrator was much more successful comparatively. At one point I had to stop listening and switch to my kindle to read a couple chapters just to make sure I actually liked the writing and plot. Once I realized I did, I just tried to ignore the female narrator’s voice 😅 easier said than done. There was also some use of crass language that continually took me out of the plot as well.
If you’re looking for a high stakes, magical tournament with rivals to more, this is a great option for closed-door romantasy! Maybe just don’t do the audiobook.
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