Lamoureux has a way with prose that is beautiful without bogging the story down. That said there are some eerie similarities to other books I've read that were published years ago. I don't know if it's a coincidence or not, but it was a little jarring. That said, Zephyra is dark and melancholic, this story hooked me from page one. While it did have some lulls with the pacing those were few and far between.

I was really looking forward to reading this, the cover and synopsis drew me in. It sounds like a good book. Unfortunately, I didn't realize that the download wasn't Kindle compatible. I wish it were so I would have been able to read it, but it's definitely gone on my TBR for the future!

This was an ok read, a little slow in some spots but overall pretty good. I am looking forward to more from this author.

When I got read the description I thought this would be a great book. The story would've been great if there weren't so many things that disturbed me.

Like for example the way the author describes things. It's too elaborate. We don't need to know the exacte way people bow. This only makes for the story progress very slowly. And honestly after the first chapter I felt so bored reading this.

A second thing that annoyed me is that there is almost no diversity in the book. It would've been great if there were some LGBTQ+characters or poc .

A third thing that disturbed me is how it takes like 2-3 chapters to explain 1 scene/event. I get that the author wanted to explain everything well so that we readers wouldn't have questions but this only made the story seem very boring. Like for example in the first two chapters the MC explains how children her age 'tricked' her into falling in fish guts while playing tag.

To me the MC was very whiny and childish. She always whines about how her mother only likes her cousin yada yada yada. And um maybe that's because she acts her age? Like I totally understand, I would rather talk to someone who acts like an adult than someone who acts like a child.

And one last thing to clarify: this is my opinion and I'm a 100% honest about how I feel and I don't mean to talk badly about the author. These are just some things that could've been better.

I found the blurb, the premise of the book intriguing, A member of the royalty forced to live a humble life to become someone better and is over powers hitherto unknown to her.
Yeah, it all sounds great. But the thing is I got to page 108 of 285. That's what? About 40% of the way through the book and none of these things had even began to happen. Usually you read a blurb of a book and you see maybe the first ten chapters worth of events, and more often than not it is less than that. No new Queen, no dungeon not even a hint of powers. If this is all set up ... it is a lot of set up.
In the beginning I found it over descriptive. The characters were built up and in writers terms, "it was all tell and no show". And yet some parts there was no depth to the story. I flew through time periods without even a mention to their passing.
Then there was the voice of the character/ narrator. At the beginning I found it way too mature for the characters. It felt to me like an adult telling this story of their past to a child. Do you know what I mean? It reminded me a bit of a memoir. But then the voice the tone of the narrator changed. There was very little consistency.

DNF at 13 %.

I received this ARC from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Actually, there is not much I can say about this book. It was so slow, some information was repeated several times and it got me bored pretty soon. I didn’t like the writing, the characters were flat and uninteresting.