The Balance of Fates (Fate and Legacy Book 1)

This well written book had me invested from the first chapter. Unique characters with well developed personalities and motives. The main character was one of the best I've read in a while. Her struggles are very valid and we get to watch Lucia develop in spite of her trama, of which there is much. The story has many aspects without feeling conveluteted. I went on a journey with the character growing organically in so many ways. I can't wait until the next book!

Why aren’t there more books I can describe like that?! I saw this book on TikTok and had to buy it. While there was some repetition in the writing (like information would be stated for the reader, then a chapter later a character would say the same thing as though it was a surprise or reveal) - ultimately none of this took me out of the story. This story felt very new adult - and I mean that in the best of ways. There are a variety of characters between the ages of 18 and young 20s. While you don’t get to know all of them to the same level of familiarity, one thing they have in common: they’re all figuring their *ish out. I enjoy my fully-formed supernatural Adult Romance, but if you’re going to go new adult, DO IT. Let them be on the verge of discovering new worlds, new responsibilities, new aspects of themselves, realize the lies their elders have told them, and struggle with those realities as they attempt to uphold their responsibilities and expectations of themselves. Let them fall in love and think it could be forever. All of these experiences are different at 15 then at 20 - and they shouldn’t read the same. The author did a great job doing that. Ultimately, I really enjoyed this book. It had drama, but not too much; and, went light on the love traingle - as in it didn’t exist! Yay! I did have a few worries: There is a fake language in the book, and while it sounded like it was based on a real language - that could’ve just been my pronunciation. I also got a…

I had pure panic when I got to the end and realized the second book wasn’t out yet! Thank whatever full moon is going on cause I don’t have to wait long. With my theatrics out of the way, this story had me hooked from the start. The way the author set up the beginnings of a first queer crush, relationship felt spot on to me. The rough family dynamics and political landscape was very thoughtful. There’s spice..I wouldn’t have minded more.