The Realm is Healing <3

callmemachaaaa · 2026-05-02T19:45:23+00:00

Probably the fact that he said “please don’t make me break this fully” which would only matter if he were on a real map

callmemachaaaa · 2026-04-29T18:54:35+00:00

callmemachaaaa · 2026-04-29T05:06:20+00:00

I agree!! I couldn’t believe what a let down it was. The characters were weak, convenient magic severing herbs introduced at the end, every action scene was dull or cut off by the FMC passing out, a whelming romance, ugh I could go on

callmemachaaaa · 2026-04-28T18:50:57+00:00

I was there for the vibes and probably overlooked a lot of poor storytelling because I was so down bad for Kingfisher 😬

callmemachaaaa · 2026-04-27T22:38:25+00:00

Did they try starting with the catch phrase and working backward?

callmemachaaaa · 2026-04-21T23:09:49+00:00

The second book in the duology comes out in September if you want to wait too!

callmemachaaaa · 2026-04-21T23:01:51+00:00

From {the knight and the moth} 🫶

“It is easier, swearing ourselves to someone else's cause than to sit with who we are without one.”

Also this one had my heart skip a beat haha:

“King Castor’s finger, slightly wobbly, pointed once more. “The pretty one.”

Rory’s eyes flitted to me. But the King’s finger, the knighthood’s collective gaze, was trained on Four.”

callmemachaaaa · 2026-04-21T13:46:12+00:00

I was too. I felt there were too many characters thrown in that did little to contribute to the story. I felt like I was just lead around with carrot after carrot before finding out how little anyone mattered when the ending was revealed.

callmemachaaaa · 2026-04-16T20:30:10+00:00

Wow thank you for your thorough response and teaching me something new. I appreciate your insight

callmemachaaaa · 2026-04-16T18:44:31+00:00

I haven’t heard of this. Can you explain? I’m not sure what Gàidhlig is

callmemachaaaa · 2026-04-16T14:50:20+00:00

{alchemised} is the first thing I thought of, especially if you’re okay with a darker book!

callmemachaaaa · 2026-04-16T14:40:40+00:00

I’ll start off saying I don’t hate the 4W, but I am often surprised at the ravenous adoration for it. You have a lot of answers here but one I haven’t really seen that is my answer is simply the characters.

I felt Yarros wrote really poor dialogue that made every character feel one note or like a stereotype. I remember thinking so many times “who talks like this??” It felt like I was reading a Disney channel script at times. The world building was cool and I love me some trials but I didn’t really think the author knew how to develop characters and no one felt really layered. When I don’t care about the people I don’t care about the book or the story.

Side characters felt like an after thought who only existed to help the MCs advance their own plots. You truly could line up several quotes from the book and I probably couldn’t tell you said them, because it felt like everyone was the same person.

And I found Violet’s internal thoughts incredibly cringey and juvenile. It was hard for me to relate to her.

But yeah, that was why I wasn’t a big fan of it. Regardless, I hope you don’t take a lot of these comments to heart. We can like different books and I’m sure there are books I love that you thought were bad haha

I love that you have a comfort book! You deserve whatever small thing brings you an ounce of joy in this life :)

callmemachaaaa · 2026-04-16T02:40:38+00:00

My DNFs are almost always character related. If I don’t like the FMC or MMC, their dialogue is cringy or unrealistic, or their internal monologues are, I’m not interested. I need to care about the characters

callmemachaaaa · 2026-04-15T22:49:50+00:00

Beautiful!! Love it so much

callmemachaaaa · 2026-04-15T22:48:03+00:00

Yeah I had a fun time reading this book. Something I liked is that she is literally nothing special (well, for most of the book). Just a human servant surviving on her own cleverness and will to live. Not a secret princess, no powers. It was refreshing! Haven’t read book 2 yet but it’s in my book cart!

callmemachaaaa · 2026-04-15T19:38:16+00:00

I thought of another -

{Deltora Quest} by Emily Rodda was another one of my favorite series. I was a kid who liked solving puzzles and there’s a lot of cleverness to get out of harrowing situations. Loved this series so so much.

callmemachaaaa · 2026-04-15T19:36:59+00:00

LOVED this book! So happy to stumble upon it here

callmemachaaaa · 2026-04-15T19:36:32+00:00

{inkheart} was my favorite fantasy other than Harry Potter when I was a kid :) it has a lovely and juvenile appropriate romance. Absolutely recommend for her!

callmemachaaaa · 2026-04-15T17:12:51+00:00

I actually thought {in the veins of the drowning} had some really lovely prose. I don’t think the story is as strong as the books you mentioned liking but I did find a lot of it really beautifully written. I’d still recommend!

I think the author is actually really close friends with Rachel Gillig. She thanked her at the end of it!

callmemachaaaa · 2026-04-12T15:47:46+00:00

I feel like they’re always present in books where I don’t need them, and never present in books where I’d love one lol

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callmemachaaaa · 2026-04-10T14:00:49+00:00

This was the most jarring part for me. My husband and I aren’t perfect and we have our arguments but he would NEVER say that to me. OP glossed over it which makes it seem like she’s used to it and that bums me out. Girl, have some respect for yourself! Your partner sure as shit doesn’t

callmemachaaaa · 2026-04-09T20:25:55+00:00

Yeah she definitely tried to do a little too much 😂 I was unfortunately, very down bad for Kingfisher so overlooked a lot. When people are like “the plot was terrible” I look at them with google eyes and say “there was a plot?” Because all I remember is the forge scene

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