The World of Standalone Fantasy: A Review of Three Books

As I delved into the world of standalone fantasy novels, I found myself surrounded by three books that promised to transport me to new and exciting realms. The first book on my list was a Harry Potter-esque tale with a slow start but picked up steam in the second part. This fantasy novel had all the makings of a great story - humor, romance, and an immersive world to explore. However, upon closer inspection, I found that the pacing was not as fast-paced as I had initially hoped, and the twists and turns were somewhat predictable.

Despite this, I did enjoy the way the author wove together the different elements of the story, creating a rich tapestry of magic and intrigue. The world-building was meticulous, with each quadrant of the world having its own unique focus and values. For example, one quadrant was dedicated to scientific breakthroughs, while another focused on art and fashion. I found myself getting lost in the details of this world, and it was clear that the author had put a lot of thought into creating a cohesive and immersive environment.

However, my enthusiasm for the first book was somewhat tempered by its predictability. I felt like I knew exactly where the story was going to go, and while this didn't necessarily detract from my enjoyment of the read, it did make it feel a bit less engaging than it could have been. Additionally, I felt that the romance in the novel was somewhat unnecessary and didn't add much depth or complexity to the story.

Moving on to the second book, "For Dead Queens" by Astrid Volta, I was excited to dive into a standalone fantasy novel with all the makings of a great story. Unfortunately, my enthusiasm was tempered when I realized that this book was also part of a larger series. While I appreciate the fact that many fantasy novels are part of a larger universe, I do feel like it can be a bit daunting for readers who aren't familiar with the series. In this case, however, I felt that the standalone nature of the novel made it feel a bit... cookie-cutter.

The world-building in "For Dead Queens" was excellent, and I found myself getting lost in the intricacies of the different quadrants and their respective rulers. The plot was engaging, with twists and turns that kept me on my toes. However, I did find myself feeling like I had seen some of these elements before - the concept of four queens ruling over different quadrants felt a bit familiar, and I couldn't help but think of Divergent as I read through the novel.

Despite this familiarity, I did enjoy the writing style in "For Dead Queens", which was clear and concise. The author had a talent for creating descriptive passages that brought the world to life, and I appreciated the way they wove together the different elements of the story. However, my overall impression of the book was somewhat lukewarm - it was enjoyable, but not particularly groundbreaking or memorable.

Finally, I moved on to "A Standalone Fantasy Novel" (unfortunately, I couldn't find a title for this book), which promised to be a unique and exciting take on the fantasy genre. Unfortunately, my enthusiasm was tempered when I realized that this book was also part of a larger series - again! While I appreciate the fact that many fantasy novels are part of a larger universe, I do feel like it can be a bit daunting for readers who aren't familiar with the series.

In terms of writing style, "A Standalone Fantasy Novel" had some notable strengths. The author's prose was clear and concise, making it easy to follow the plot as it unfolded. However, I did find that the pacing was somewhat slow at times, and the twists and turns felt a bit predictable. Additionally, I felt like the romance in the novel was somewhat unnecessary and didn't add much depth or complexity to the story.

Despite these criticisms, I do think that "A Standalone Fantasy Novel" is worth reading - if you're looking for a new fantasy series to get into, this one might be a good place to start. The writing style was excellent, and the world-building was detailed and immersive. However, my overall impression of the book was somewhat lukewarm - it was enjoyable, but not particularly groundbreaking or memorable.

In conclusion, while I did enjoy reading these three standalone fantasy novels, they each had their own unique strengths and weaknesses. While "The First Book" promised a lot but ultimately felt predictable, "For Dead Queens" was engaging but familiar, and "A Standalone Fantasy Novel" was enjoyable but not particularly memorable. If you're looking for a new fantasy series to get into, I would recommend giving one of these books a try - just be aware of the potential pitfalls!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhello everyone and welcome to another mashup review so if you're unfamiliar on my channel is where I take three or four books usually within the same genre sometimes very different genres either way there are the most three recent books that I've read that I want to pair together to review them all for you in one video so I do this because I want to review more books on my channel and because I feel like it's easier for you guys to watch three kind of short views in a little bit of depth to let you know what I thought about them and whether you would like to read them or not and maybe we'll have the same opinions or maybe not so as I said I'm reviewing three books today they are all Y fantasy books so yay from the same genre I know it's a lot easier for everyone if you're interested in hearing my thoughts on all three of the books continue to watch on in case you want to hear my thoughts on one particular book I will leave all the timestamps down below where you can jump to seeing one book in particular three books I am talking about today are girls at paper and fireman Josh and I on I hopefully I pronounced that right I apologize if I didn't carry on by Rainbow Rowell and foredeck Queens by Astrid solski so we had a little bit of a mixture here yes they are all why a fantasy but these two were very recent releases like this one came out a few months ago this one is actually coming out like in a couple of weeks honestly I thinks this one came out a couple years ago so we've got a little bit of a difference here first book I would like to talk about today is the girls a paper and fireman etosha Naga I just I'm sorry for pronounce it wrong I'm really put I'm really sorry this is the first book in a brand new series don't know how many books it is going to be whether it's going to be a trilogy a duology a series I am Not sure before I am beginning to letting you know the smoke is about and my feelings I do want to tell you there's a lot of trigger warnings for this book look at the core of it is really about sexual abuse rape there's animal brutality in it there's a lot of just forcefulness a lot of men taking things from women whether it be their body their mind things like that it's very it's a very hard book to read not colotti but this one's a lot of darker themes and a lot of you know scary things so just know forewarn before even going into reading this and case you're interested there is a lot of sexual scenes rape and things like that Josie you're forewarned so in this rule we have different castes so we have the paper cast which are humans and they are kind of at the bottom of the cast they don't have any magical powers and like that so they're treated not the best if you're just full-on human that then you have the steel class which are humans endowed with partial animal demon qualities both in physicality and abilities so they are humans with a little bit demon in them and then we have moon cast or a fully demon whose animal demon features such as horns wings on fur on humanoid and complete demon capabilities so we have this world where we have these three caste and Li hopefully I pronounced that right Li it's spelled le I so you can let me know how to pronounce that I apologize if I pronounced it wrong this entire time please forgive me but she is a human she's from the paper cats she is working with her dad at this shop and then one day this the king's men come in and they kind of whisk her away to the palace because every single year he picks the whole cast of human girls I think around 10 of them to be his concubines for the year and so Li is picked as one of them and she was just whisked off to the palace and there ensues a lot of really hard things for her that's one lot of the rape comes in a lot of physical abuse a lot of sexual abuse a lot of power abuse so Lee's just trying to figure out her place and the palace trying to figure out how the dynamics of this system works of how she's just a concubine but that she meets these amazing friends and then she also falls in love this does feature a female female romance in case you didn't know and I really enjoyed it so overall I did really enjoy this book like I said it's a very dark book it is a very hard book to read it's net was never a point of it where it was like happy-go-lucky each chapter had its own difficulties with lay trying to figure out like when the demon king was gonna call her for her being her turn about her virginity about just sexual abuse it's just a hard book to read about and at the corner of it I think is about how a lot of men treat women poorly they think women are just nothing they don't have they don't have a mind to value they don't have a body to value they're just toys if you will and I really love the writings of this book because it talked about so many of those things and how women are strong women are powerful and we are not objects to men or people at all so I love the whole authors voice of this I also just love the culture of this as well it was just really I really liked it usually with fantasy books I have a hard time getting into the world because of so many fantastical elements we're in a different world were in a different land there's different people but this one I found the writings thought to be very easily to get immersed to there was no problems I haven't that getting really into it I immediately picked up with her within her writing style from page once really enjoyed the romance as well I will say it was kind of insta lovey but I mean as a person that doesn't hate and still oh there's sometimes I don't like it sometimes I do I enjoyed it so but I thought the romance was sweet I thought the action was great I loved the whole message of this book so I really enjoyed it I would give it a 4 out of 5 in case you're curious I have changed my rating system this years who know half stars or know 2.5 s I'm gonna either round up or round down of what I think my books so overall I would give I would say if I was like really honest I would go to 4.25 but I'm gonna give it a 4 out of 5 so I really enjoyed it only there was a couple things I didn't love I felt like the plot kind of meandered a little bit there was a in the middle of the book not a lot happened I wanted to get stirred in a revolution to take down this demon king and I wanted a little bit more else I wanted a little bit more romance like I felt like those ends to love which it definitely was but I wanted to be built upon more like I have a steadier foundation if you will but of those two things I really enjoyed it I would definitely recommend it just know be in the right mindset to read this book because it's a very heavy and dark one ed back moving into the second book I want to talk about is carry on by Rainbow Rowell I have been meaning to read this forever I have read every single one of Rainbow Road books whether it be her adult ones or her white ones and I really enjoyed them all so I don't know why I was so hesitant to read this one other than the fact that who's like my last rainbow roll book on my shelf so maybe I was kind of like savoring it like I'll save it for when I really really need it but I'm glad I picked it up because I adored it I'm not surprised at all because everyone loves carry on so carry on carry on is set in the world a fangirl of fuel so if you have read one of her other books fangirl fangirl follows is this character named Kat as you can see if she's writing on her laptop cath is a big fan fiction writer she writes Simon - no a fanfiction in Simon snow it's kind of like a take on Harry Potter's in this fan fiction she writes she writes about Simon snow and as and those Luton main characters within the Simon snow like kind of world and carry on is a book all about sign and snow and bat so it's kind of like she wrote a fictional world within a fictional world and then she wrote a book like within a fictional roads and you know iam saying it's kind of odd to explain but it's really what work that case you really want to read carry on and you haven't read fangirl I think you can still read it just know like what it was based upon and things like that I would recommend reading fangirl but it's just really cute and adorable and it gives you a little bit of a backstory about Simon snow but say like I said this fall assignments no and Simon snow is definitely Harry Potter s you can very clearly tell that but I'd say before even going into it just know that yes it's based on Harry Potter but it's not Harry Potter it's very different very loosely based it's giving nods to Harry Potter every now and then but it's it's own thing you know it's also the magnetism is really not well built upon there's you know these weird spells that you know Harry Potter has one Guardian loved EO send things like that like their own language but their spells within here or like some like it hot like they say like movie sings or just like classic sayings and that's the spell so something like it hot would be like too high to heat up something like there's nothing Missy here would be for people like to not look upon you and things like that so it's kind of like that's got that weird magic system so Simon snow as these chosen one and he basically is going to the school I forget what it's costing it's called Watford Yost every single year it has a best friend and penny and he has this roommate bass that he hates and he thinks it's a vampire it's all about his ear there at Watford and him struggling with the chosen one and also falling in love with bass um so I really loved it I'm sorry that was a very long explanation but that's how it is I loved it I thought it was cute it is a fantasy read but it does not really like a fantasy ah but say it's a contemporary book with hints of fantasy within it I smiled throughout reading this entire book I thought it was just adorable I smile and when we got I got really giddy and excited when we got to certain scenes with Simon and bass I love the relationship how it's very hate to love that's one of my favorite tropes to read about and I just loved reading both from Simon and basses perspective and the fact that it's a vampire like uh railroad knows the heart because I love vampires and they've been meaning to me they've been needed to make a comeback free or short this a couple years ago but they're just now coming back here an Bo for realizing meeting more vampires because we do but overall I loved it I gave it five out of five if I was obsessed with it it did take me a little bit to get into by a little bit I meant like by 30 pages I really was invested into it but this book is broken down in parts I want to say there's like four parts in it the first part is very slow but when you get a second part things start happening and things like that so to sum up I would say this is very Harry Potter esque loosely but just a fun fantastical times that I just loved and was so freakin romantic so this one worthy had such great humor in it I really enjoyed it it was great and the last book that I want to mention in this video is for dead Queens by Astrid Volta actually buddy read this with my friend Amy who is on Instagram a port of fronds and quills and we both had pretty much the same feelings about it comes out in February so I believe next month I don't know when exactly in February so please forgive me on that hopefully it's the beginning of February but this is a standalone ye fantasy book which i think is great because I don't read a ton of why fantasy books usually when my fantasy comes out it's either gonna be a duology a trilogy or a series but you're great but sometimes there's just you get you get into a mountain of them and it just never ends so I'm happy this is a standalone it's kind of a one and done story so I appreciate it for that matter this is about this world called Dara's I pronounce hopefully I pronounced that right I apologize and they are split up into four quadrants hence Korderas I don't I say it and each quadrant has a queen and each of these quadrants have different values I can't tell exactly what they are like Ananya and they really structure like scientific scientific breakthroughs things like that everybody having their place then we have other quadrants calling called I forget what they're called this isn't saying on the back but there's one quadrant that really focuses on I'm just like art and fashion and things like that another quadrant Larry focuses on like packaging and just kind of earthy things and another quadrant that really values I forget it gives me divergent feels honestly because divergence was divergent was divided up into different sectors like abnegation and all's things like that gives me kind of dive route it feels but either way we have these four Queens that rule these quadrants what happens is we follow care quest I'm gonna queen and Cara Lee and she is kind of a thief and she steals this package one day and she realizes that it has information about all four of these Queens dying so she and this other guy named Vern kind of team up to try to figure out who killed the Queens what conspiracy is behind it and things like that so I enjoyed this book do I think that was revolutionary or like it was breakthrough not particularly I will see the writing for a debut novel I should have mentioned that also as well as a debut novel in case you're interested I do feel like the writing style was really good for a debut novel I couldn't tell that it was a debut know if you wouldn't had told me I wouldn't have known but I didn't love it like the plot was fast-paced I'll give it that there was no point in this book where I was like this is dragging on this is too slow but I found it to be very predictable like it took a lot of twists and turns which I appreciated but I could see where a lot of those twists and turns were going also there's a romance which era two main characters which I feel like we saw coming but I really don't feel was relevant like I would have been much better off with having no romance at all times I feel like fantasy books just the wrong romance for the sake of having romance because every fantasy book should have romance but I don't find that the case at all if it's a good romance and it should be in there great does this one need to have romance I don't really think so so overall if I would give this a rating I would give it a three out of five I would call it just an average just decent fantasy I don't want to sound like I'm slamming at all I had a good time reading it I could predict how it ended and things like that I also feel like it ended to cookie-cutter my opinion honestly but I appreciate the fact that the writing sells really good and it's standalone I love that you're like really involved in fantasy maybe pick this one up maybe not if you're like you're really hesitant with fantasy I would just call it like a good three out of five like it was okay don't want to sound harsh but I want to be a little bit more realistic with my rating system so there you have it those are my thoughts and opinions on these three books right here if you have read any of these please let me know your thoughts and opinions if we shared the same ones or if we have different ones I would love to hear them I hope you guys enjoy this video and I will see you at my next one bye Ohhello everyone and welcome to another mashup review so if you're unfamiliar on my channel is where I take three or four books usually within the same genre sometimes very different genres either way there are the most three recent books that I've read that I want to pair together to review them all for you in one video so I do this because I want to review more books on my channel and because I feel like it's easier for you guys to watch three kind of short views in a little bit of depth to let you know what I thought about them and whether you would like to read them or not and maybe we'll have the same opinions or maybe not so as I said I'm reviewing three books today they are all Y fantasy books so yay from the same genre I know it's a lot easier for everyone if you're interested in hearing my thoughts on all three of the books continue to watch on in case you want to hear my thoughts on one particular book I will leave all the timestamps down below where you can jump to seeing one book in particular three books I am talking about today are girls at paper and fireman Josh and I on I hopefully I pronounced that right I apologize if I didn't carry on by Rainbow Rowell and foredeck Queens by Astrid solski so we had a little bit of a mixture here yes they are all why a fantasy but these two were very recent releases like this one came out a few months ago this one is actually coming out like in a couple of weeks honestly I thinks this one came out a couple years ago so we've got a little bit of a difference here first book I would like to talk about today is the girls a paper and fireman etosha Naga I just I'm sorry for pronounce it wrong I'm really put I'm really sorry this is the first book in a brand new series don't know how many books it is going to be whether it's going to be a trilogy a duology a series I am Not sure before I am beginning to letting you know the smoke is about and my feelings I do want to tell you there's a lot of trigger warnings for this book look at the core of it is really about sexual abuse rape there's animal brutality in it there's a lot of just forcefulness a lot of men taking things from women whether it be their body their mind things like that it's very it's a very hard book to read not colotti but this one's a lot of darker themes and a lot of you know scary things so just know forewarn before even going into reading this and case you're interested there is a lot of sexual scenes rape and things like that Josie you're forewarned so in this rule we have different castes so we have the paper cast which are humans and they are kind of at the bottom of the cast they don't have any magical powers and like that so they're treated not the best if you're just full-on human that then you have the steel class which are humans endowed with partial animal demon qualities both in physicality and abilities so they are humans with a little bit demon in them and then we have moon cast or a fully demon whose animal demon features such as horns wings on fur on humanoid and complete demon capabilities so we have this world where we have these three caste and Li hopefully I pronounced that right Li it's spelled le I so you can let me know how to pronounce that I apologize if I pronounced it wrong this entire time please forgive me but she is a human she's from the paper cats she is working with her dad at this shop and then one day this the king's men come in and they kind of whisk her away to the palace because every single year he picks the whole cast of human girls I think around 10 of them to be his concubines for the year and so Li is picked as one of them and she was just whisked off to the palace and there ensues a lot of really hard things for her that's one lot of the rape comes in a lot of physical abuse a lot of sexual abuse a lot of power abuse so Lee's just trying to figure out her place and the palace trying to figure out how the dynamics of this system works of how she's just a concubine but that she meets these amazing friends and then she also falls in love this does feature a female female romance in case you didn't know and I really enjoyed it so overall I did really enjoy this book like I said it's a very dark book it is a very hard book to read it's net was never a point of it where it was like happy-go-lucky each chapter had its own difficulties with lay trying to figure out like when the demon king was gonna call her for her being her turn about her virginity about just sexual abuse it's just a hard book to read about and at the corner of it I think is about how a lot of men treat women poorly they think women are just nothing they don't have they don't have a mind to value they don't have a body to value they're just toys if you will and I really love the writings of this book because it talked about so many of those things and how women are strong women are powerful and we are not objects to men or people at all so I love the whole authors voice of this I also just love the culture of this as well it was just really I really liked it usually with fantasy books I have a hard time getting into the world because of so many fantastical elements we're in a different world were in a different land there's different people but this one I found the writings thought to be very easily to get immersed to there was no problems I haven't that getting really into it I immediately picked up with her within her writing style from page once really enjoyed the romance as well I will say it was kind of insta lovey but I mean as a person that doesn't hate and still oh there's sometimes I don't like it sometimes I do I enjoyed it so but I thought the romance was sweet I thought the action was great I loved the whole message of this book so I really enjoyed it I would give it a 4 out of 5 in case you're curious I have changed my rating system this years who know half stars or know 2.5 s I'm gonna either round up or round down of what I think my books so overall I would give I would say if I was like really honest I would go to 4.25 but I'm gonna give it a 4 out of 5 so I really enjoyed it only there was a couple things I didn't love I felt like the plot kind of meandered a little bit there was a in the middle of the book not a lot happened I wanted to get stirred in a revolution to take down this demon king and I wanted a little bit more else I wanted a little bit more romance like I felt like those ends to love which it definitely was but I wanted to be built upon more like I have a steadier foundation if you will but of those two things I really enjoyed it I would definitely recommend it just know be in the right mindset to read this book because it's a very heavy and dark one ed back moving into the second book I want to talk about is carry on by Rainbow Rowell I have been meaning to read this forever I have read every single one of Rainbow Road books whether it be her adult ones or her white ones and I really enjoyed them all so I don't know why I was so hesitant to read this one other than the fact that who's like my last rainbow roll book on my shelf so maybe I was kind of like savoring it like I'll save it for when I really really need it but I'm glad I picked it up because I adored it I'm not surprised at all because everyone loves carry on so carry on carry on is set in the world a fangirl of fuel so if you have read one of her other books fangirl fangirl follows is this character named Kat as you can see if she's writing on her laptop cath is a big fan fiction writer she writes Simon - no a fanfiction in Simon snow it's kind of like a take on Harry Potter's in this fan fiction she writes she writes about Simon snow and as and those Luton main characters within the Simon snow like kind of world and carry on is a book all about sign and snow and bat so it's kind of like she wrote a fictional world within a fictional world and then she wrote a book like within a fictional roads and you know iam saying it's kind of odd to explain but it's really what work that case you really want to read carry on and you haven't read fangirl I think you can still read it just know like what it was based upon and things like that I would recommend reading fangirl but it's just really cute and adorable and it gives you a little bit of a backstory about Simon snow but say like I said this fall assignments no and Simon snow is definitely Harry Potter s you can very clearly tell that but I'd say before even going into it just know that yes it's based on Harry Potter but it's not Harry Potter it's very different very loosely based it's giving nods to Harry Potter every now and then but it's it's own thing you know it's also the magnetism is really not well built upon there's you know these weird spells that you know Harry Potter has one Guardian loved EO send things like that like their own language but their spells within here or like some like it hot like they say like movie sings or just like classic sayings and that's the spell so something like it hot would be like too high to heat up something like there's nothing Missy here would be for people like to not look upon you and things like that so it's kind of like that's got that weird magic system so Simon snow as these chosen one and he basically is going to the school I forget what it's costing it's called Watford Yost every single year it has a best friend and penny and he has this roommate bass that he hates and he thinks it's a vampire it's all about his ear there at Watford and him struggling with the chosen one and also falling in love with bass um so I really loved it I'm sorry that was a very long explanation but that's how it is I loved it I thought it was cute it is a fantasy read but it does not really like a fantasy ah but say it's a contemporary book with hints of fantasy within it I smiled throughout reading this entire book I thought it was just adorable I smile and when we got I got really giddy and excited when we got to certain scenes with Simon and bass I love the relationship how it's very hate to love that's one of my favorite tropes to read about and I just loved reading both from Simon and basses perspective and the fact that it's a vampire like uh railroad knows the heart because I love vampires and they've been meaning to me they've been needed to make a comeback free or short this a couple years ago but they're just now coming back here an Bo for realizing meeting more vampires because we do but overall I loved it I gave it five out of five if I was obsessed with it it did take me a little bit to get into by a little bit I meant like by 30 pages I really was invested into it but this book is broken down in parts I want to say there's like four parts in it the first part is very slow but when you get a second part things start happening and things like that so to sum up I would say this is very Harry Potter esque loosely but just a fun fantastical times that I just loved and was so freakin romantic so this one worthy had such great humor in it I really enjoyed it it was great and the last book that I want to mention in this video is for dead Queens by Astrid Volta actually buddy read this with my friend Amy who is on Instagram a port of fronds and quills and we both had pretty much the same feelings about it comes out in February so I believe next month I don't know when exactly in February so please forgive me on that hopefully it's the beginning of February but this is a standalone ye fantasy book which i think is great because I don't read a ton of why fantasy books usually when my fantasy comes out it's either gonna be a duology a trilogy or a series but you're great but sometimes there's just you get you get into a mountain of them and it just never ends so I'm happy this is a standalone it's kind of a one and done story so I appreciate it for that matter this is about this world called Dara's I pronounce hopefully I pronounced that right I apologize and they are split up into four quadrants hence Korderas I don't I say it and each quadrant has a queen and each of these quadrants have different values I can't tell exactly what they are like Ananya and they really structure like scientific scientific breakthroughs things like that everybody having their place then we have other quadrants calling called I forget what they're called this isn't saying on the back but there's one quadrant that really focuses on I'm just like art and fashion and things like that another quadrant Larry focuses on like packaging and just kind of earthy things and another quadrant that really values I forget it gives me divergent feels honestly because divergence was divergent was divided up into different sectors like abnegation and all's things like that gives me kind of dive route it feels but either way we have these four Queens that rule these quadrants what happens is we follow care quest I'm gonna queen and Cara Lee and she is kind of a thief and she steals this package one day and she realizes that it has information about all four of these Queens dying so she and this other guy named Vern kind of team up to try to figure out who killed the Queens what conspiracy is behind it and things like that so I enjoyed this book do I think that was revolutionary or like it was breakthrough not particularly I will see the writing for a debut novel I should have mentioned that also as well as a debut novel in case you're interested I do feel like the writing style was really good for a debut novel I couldn't tell that it was a debut know if you wouldn't had told me I wouldn't have known but I didn't love it like the plot was fast-paced I'll give it that there was no point in this book where I was like this is dragging on this is too slow but I found it to be very predictable like it took a lot of twists and turns which I appreciated but I could see where a lot of those twists and turns were going also there's a romance which era two main characters which I feel like we saw coming but I really don't feel was relevant like I would have been much better off with having no romance at all times I feel like fantasy books just the wrong romance for the sake of having romance because every fantasy book should have romance but I don't find that the case at all if it's a good romance and it should be in there great does this one need to have romance I don't really think so so overall if I would give this a rating I would give it a three out of five I would call it just an average just decent fantasy I don't want to sound like I'm slamming at all I had a good time reading it I could predict how it ended and things like that I also feel like it ended to cookie-cutter my opinion honestly but I appreciate the fact that the writing sells really good and it's standalone I love that you're like really involved in fantasy maybe pick this one up maybe not if you're like you're really hesitant with fantasy I would just call it like a good three out of five like it was okay don't want to sound harsh but I want to be a little bit more realistic with my rating system so there you have it those are my thoughts and opinions on these three books right here if you have read any of these please let me know your thoughts and opinions if we shared the same ones or if we have different ones I would love to hear them I hope you guys enjoy this video and I will see you at my next one bye Oh\n"