someone needs to get me a rowan ASAP for christmas, it's a need at this point. the writing style wa4.75 stars
i am so in love with this book right now.
someone needs to get me a rowan ASAP for christmas, it's a need at this point. the writing style was so beautiful and enchanting like, it flowed so nicely and none of the words or the writing felt stiff and awkward. it was just so good.
the romance was to die-for, like being enemies at the start, the annoyance and the rivalry between them was immaculate!! me literally jumping around every few chapters throughout the whole book was insane and the dual pov?? hello??? my fav tropes all being dumped in one go was the best feeling ever.
"If she wasn't so exhausted and stiff from the harrowing encounter they had miraculously survived, she would have knocked away his touch. She would have slapped him. She might have kissed him."
THE QUOTES. THEIR DYNAMIC. THEIR INNER MONOLOGUES AND WHAT THEY SAY TO EACH OTHER
it was everything.
i loved the whole world building and being able to actually see iris' life progress steadily and i feel like it was the plot being able to get more more and intense and unknown and so pact together, it was written so good. with the whole war going on as well, i couldn't predict who was about to die and who was not, because war itself is unpredictable.
the romance between roman and iris was so well written, with them hating each other but then realising that slowly, they were really just falling in love. also, the things that this mad did to protect iris and save her is unbelievable. like, i was shocked. (view spoiler)[ him literally crawling even though he's bleeding and about to die, all he could think about was to get to iris and being the one to take the impact from the grenade so she would be safe, he was exactly insane. insanely in love with her. (hide spoiler)]
although the romance between them was great, i slightly felt like it was a bit forced in the middle? like, they were just hating each other and then suddenly because they didn't see each other for a while and then seeing each other again after that time period, suddenly they're like: oh my, i feel a little differently about you? i didn't mind but i felt like the connection between turning into lovers from enemies felt a bit pushy and forced, not like a smooth transition.
overall though, this was book was amazing. the PLOT!!! AND THE PLOT TWIST AT THE END OHMYGOD in need of the next book right now ...more
i love this book, i really do. it's the right book, but wrong time for mei love this book, i really do. it's the right book, but wrong time for me...more
An interesting book about a girl growing up in the servants quarters and dreaming about her long gone mother. Yup, that's about it.An interesting book about a girl growing up in the servants quarters and dreaming about her long gone mother. Yup, that's about it....more
