Ace of Shades
The Shadow Game #1
Amanda Foody
My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐
and secrets hide in every shadow.
Thank you HarlequinTeen for providing me with a copy for an honest review.
I really wanted to like this more! The hype for a book got me again. It took me about a month in a half to finish this book. That never happens! I did enjoy Daughter of the Burning City, so I was quite excited when this book came out.
I’m a very character driven reader and I just couldn’t connect with the characters in this book. if I’m being honest, it was a bit boring for me. There is a lot of info dumping going on here and I found the political aspect to be too much. There was a ton of backstory explained and how New Reynes came to be.
I thought that Enne was stuck up and extremely naive. I thought she would grow on me as I kept reading but she never did. Levi was a bit reckless and came off different than what I thought. He didn’t come off as a gang leader in the slightest! He was super nice and I don’t believe he could ever run a gang! Now, I loved that he was a bisexual black man. It was great to see that representation, but that’s really where my liking him ends.
Now I did like the writing and there were some plot twists that I didn’t see coming. Also, I do have to give credit that it was an interesting world.
Overall, the writing was good and it did have some good moments, but I honestly don’t think I will continue with this series. Maybe if I didn’t go into it with high hopes then I would have liked it more. It just didn’t live up to my expectations for it.
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Great review! This is on my TBR and there is definitely some hype around it so I am not sure how I will land on my thoughts yet
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Thank you 🙂
I hope you enjoy it more than I did!
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I think the biggest disappointment will come from expecting this to actually be like Six of Crow – because it keeps getting compared to it – but isn’t actually that similar (as far as I’ve heard, anyway).
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*Six of Crows
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I’ve been hearing that too! I can’t compare since I haven’t read SOW.
But I would clear my mind of the comparison so you can have a better reading experience.
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I’ll definitely do that if I get around to read this one. And ahh SoC is so good, I definitely recommend it!! ❤
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I know I’m so behind with that one! Everyone has been telling me how good it is!
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Ahh I really hope you love it when you do, Kayla! ❤
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Thank you!
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Interesting – this is next on my TBR list so I’m wondering how the hype will affect my read!
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It affected mine quite a bit, I went it expecting too much.
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I’ve been hearing mixed reviews about this book and I’m sorry you didn’t enjoy it as much as you hoped. I haven’t read it yet but planning to pick it up soon. Great review! 🙂
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I hope you enjoy it better than me Raven!
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Lovely review, Kayla! I’ve seen a few mixed reviews for this one. I’m sorry that you weren’t able to connect with any of the characters. It’s always a shame when a book has a great world, but unappealing characters!
Also, you should definitely read Six of Crows some time! It’s one of my favorite YA novels ever! 💕
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Thank you Kelly! I can see the reason for the mixed reviews, but some readers went in ready to compare it to another book. You can do that!
Also, I was planning to read Six of Crows over the summer! It’s one of the books that intimidates me because everyone loves it, but I want to read it!
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Great!
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thank you!
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