This Vicious Grace the romantic, unforgettable fantasy debut of the year

Klasse YA Fantasy!

Bewertung am 10.07.2022
Bewertungsnummer: 1745054
Bewertet: Buch (Gebundene Ausgabe)

Super fast-paced story die ich innerhalb kürzester Zeit verschlungen habe, obwohl ich keine schnelle Leserin bin. Der Schreibstil ist sehr clever aber nicht schwer zu lesen. Die Konversationen zwischen Alessa und Dante haben mich mehrmals zum Lachen gebracht und wirkte sehr echt. Ich fand das Buch wirklich toll und hoffe, dass es einen Sequel geben wird

Dante was my favorite thing about this book

Katsbookshelf am 11.05.2022
Bewertungsnummer: 1710876
Bewertet: Buch (Gebundene Ausgabe)

This Vicious Grace by Emily Thiede is the first book in the Last Finestra series. Our protagonist Alessa is the current Finestra of her world. With that comes great power, but also a lot of responsibility as the whole world is looking up to her for finding a fitting partner. This is important to strengthen the world against a demon invasion. Alessa has a hard time with this as she can’t even touch people without killing them. She was an interesting character, but due to her position it was a bit difficult to see the entirety of her character. For her safety she commissions a bodyguard and that is no other than Dante. Dante was my favorite thing about this entire book and it was so enthralling to learn more about him as he is very mysterious and has a lot of knowledge. The world building was mainly focused on the Finestra aspect and beside that you actually see very little of the world. That was a bit sad. Otherwise, this world is very much inspired by classic Italian works and I liked that as well as the banter between Alessa and Dante. Overall, I really liked the concept of this book, but I sadly couldn’t fully connect to the characters or world. 3 stars. (ARC kindly provided in exchange for a review.)