Reynita ★ The Night Reader ★'s Reviews > Sky in the Deep

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"Qnd eldr."
They were words I'd heard before. Breathe fire.

I admit that the first reason I read this book was because I knew there would be enemies to lovers and I FUCKING LOVE ENEMIES TO LOVERS TROPE, LIKE I LOVE IT SO MUCH. So me being a fan of enemies to lovers thought that I had no reason not to read the book and the synopsis of the book didn't sound bad. It sounded intriguing and the kind of story that maybe I would love but I was wrong. I mean, the book wasn't bad but it wasn't good either or maybe I thought this way because I had high expectations before reading the book. Even though, I feel a little bit glad that I was able to finish reading it, I also feel disappointed. Ugh.



The Plot and the Pacing

My God, the pacing of this book was really slow and honestly I wanted to pat my back for not dnfing this book and for being so patient because I rarely do this. I do like slow-paced books but if it's too slow then I would get annoyed and impatient. I still remember so clearly when I thought " when will something big happen? " and " oh my God, this is soooo slow " I felt like I didn't care that much for all the scenes. Sure I cared for some of the scenes because they were interesting but there were also some scenes that I didn't care.

The plot was pretty good but I somehow didn't really attached to the plot. Like when I read this book, I just felt like I was merely reading it and the strange thing was that I didn't feel nervous and my heart didn't pound hard even though I read the action scenes. Most of the time when I read, I just read and I didn't really feel any emotions and what kept me from not dnfing it was that the plot was not bad and it was pretty good and I wanted to know how it ended.

and I got extremely impatient when I nearly reached the ending and I almost skimmed reading it. almost. But I didn't do it. I just couldn't wait to finish reading it and read something else.



The Romance and The Characters

The romance wasn't amazing but thankfully it was good. It was good enough but ... sometimes I wondered how did they fall in love. It wasn't because it was fast or anything. The romance was definitely slow burn and I also could see the romance development and there was even a certain scene that make my eyes a bit teary because I felt touched by Fiske's words. It was sweet and that was the only moment I could truly connect with Eelyn and felt the feelings she felt but still sometimes I wondered how did they fall in love. Maybe I didn't fully connected to the romance but I still felt and saw their romance and it was pretty good.

and about the characters, I didn't have any problems with the characters and they were all fine for me but none of them were my favorite characters but I really liked Inge and Halvard. Inge was really nice and kind and Halvard! this boy was so cute! I don't have a younger sibling in real life, but if I had one, I would be very happy to have a little brother like Halvard. He's just too cute and I wanted to hug him. Both Halvard and Inge made me smile a lot and they might be not my favorite characters but I liked them.

Overall, even though I was disappointed I did not feel any regret and I'm glad that I was able to finish reading it. For me, this book wasn't bad but it wasn't good either. It was just fine and worth to be read.

Thank you for reading and liking this review! I appreciate it very much and I hope you all have a great day!







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So the reasons I'm reading this book are :
1. I LOVE ENEMIES TO LOVERS TROPE. MY FAVORITE!
2. The synopsis sounds intriguing and I want to know more

Have you read this book? What did you think of it? ( no spoiler please! ☺️)