The Curse of Saints: The Spellbinding No 2 Sunday Times Bestseller

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Aya's power starts to act beyond her gods-given affinity and she struggles to control it out of fear that she may be turned into a weapon in an oncoming war. I also wasn't convinced by the whole enemies to lovers thing because the characters are supposed to be allies; they work together and have to protect the kingdom together, and besides some little stuff that happened in their childhoods, they didn't really have a valid reason to hate each other. will had the capacity for depth as a deeply troubled ‘dark prince’ however said potential was never realized. I honestly found a big part of the book a bit slow, from around page 100 to page 240 because it felt like nothing much happened?

In this section, we are introduced to the third point-of-view, Prince Aidon, the heir to the neighbouring kingdom of Trahir. Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC, this was one of my most anticipated books of 2023 and I'm so happy I got to read it early! the writing itself was engaging and dramis is clearly a deft hand at writing, especially when one considers this is her debut novel.Which, is usually expected but I felt like everything was thrown in and we didn't get much context or depth for a lot of it. She hated you and never really talked to you so like what do you mean "you've wanted to be with her forever but accepted it wouldn't happen"? The Curse of Saints uses a lot of familiar and well-loved tropes, but overall is missing something to make it stand out from other books in the genre. the dialogue, despite the failings of the characterization in other regards, still held up impressively and displayed a knack for keen comedic timing.

The premise of this one was interesting, and I was hoping to see the author take it somewhere compelling. i know many people don’t care for the chosen one trope, but i love it, especially the way it was executed in this book. I don't know what has happened to my reading in June, but Fantasy just isn't hitting in the way I want.Now, here comes what bothered me: this was almost exclusively promoted as an enemies to lovers fantasy, but the truth is, we barely had any romance until the last 100 pages. It's a really good debut novel, I loved following the author's journey and I'm so happy her book is getting published. Honestly, I have no idea what the actual conflict or plot of this particular book is because it had not made itself apparent by the time I DNFed it.

The overall vibe I got from the story was Shadow and Bone meets Throne of Glass, but not well written. I have been following Kate Dramis on Instagram for over a year now, following updates about TCOS religiously.

The spotlight wasn’t always on her, which allows the reader to be able to really get into the world and have empathy for more than one character. This book uses appealing tropes and popular character dynamics in ways that will no doubt please some readers, but for me, the hopes of the premise didn't quite pan out. Aya, Will and Aidon had a similar relationship dynamic to Celaena, Chaol and Dorian (in some instances).

Rather than a work of fantasy, this read more as a teenage competition to see who can be the moodiest and most broken. I do hope this is an element that is explored further in the rest of the series as it could definitely result in an intriguing layer to the story, because honestly – who doesn’t love an animal companion? I really did not know what to think at first because they obviously have a connection, but they each had huge issues with the other.her proclivity to viciously commit homicide now and ensure she’s got her facts straight later from a dead body were cute at first and then quickly corroded to rendering her incorrigible at the best of times and downright loathsome at the worst. I started following the author almost a year ago and was really excited to read this book, and it didn't disappoint but it also didn't completely give exactly what I was expecting.