Review:
*I received an ecopy of this book from the publisher. This has not influenced my review.*
This was a very calm kind of book, no action-filled scenes or nail-biting moments, but it was a book I wanted to keep reading nonetheless.
The book was mostly focused on the romance and character growth, so it was a very sweet, “warm and fuzzy” kind of story. It did have its somewhat more intense moments and sad/touching moments that made me feel for the characters, but ultimately there was nothing too dark. As for the characters themselves, Rowen and Kristoff were a little on the too-perfect side for me, but they were likeable, and I was happy with Rowen’s growth especially.
I also liked the disability representation. Rowen was mute from an incident during one of the heat spells, and there was no magical cure. He learned to write and was able to communicate that way. And Kristoff learned not to treat Rowen as less capable simply because he couldn’t speak.
All the Storm Lord stuff was interesting too. Lots of weather-related supernatural abilities.
Overall, this was a low-action but well-written romance/character-focused book with a nice story that will most likely give you the warm fuzzies from reading it.
Recommended For:
Anyone who likes M/M high fantasy and low action, sweet, romance/character-focused books.
I love it when I hit on a great character-driven book. I can forget about the lack of action bc everything else is just so good!
Yeah, I can enjoy books with little action as long as the characters are good 🙂
I haven’t heard of this book before, but it sounds really interesting. I might have to check it out sometime. Great review!
It was a cool concept 🙂 Thanks!
What an interesting concept. I enjoy a good character driven story, but I would like some action elements as well. Great review. 🙂
Yeah, it was! But that’s understandable. I don’t mind little action though if the characters are good. Thanks!
Nice cover, but I always like storms and all that. The weather- related abilities would probably appeal to me. Glad this was good even without a lot of action.
Yeah, it’s a nice stormy looking cover, and weather-related abilities can be pretty cool! Thanks 🙂
Huh, this sounds nice. I love character-driven fiction!
I love character-driven books too!
This does seem like a nice read. And it’s great you wanted to keep reading even with the calmer feel. I am glad to hear the characters were likeable if a bit too perfect. Sounds like the disability part is also handled well with how there is no magical cure and he learns to live with it. The weather focused supernatural abilities do sound pretty cool. I haven’t seen a lot of that in books. Great review!
Yeah, it was good for a nice, calm read. And I haven’t seen a lot of weather-related powers either, so that was neat! Thanks 🙂
I do love that cover… A great review:)
It’s a nice cover 🙂 Thanks!
I actually like slower paced fantasy so I’ll keep this one in mind.
For What It’s Worth
Interesting, I feel like most people like faster pace, but I like slow paced when it’s well written too.