Grace (irisroman & evajacks' version) ✧'s Reviews > This Woven Kingdom

･:*:･ﾟ⁀➷ 3.75/5 ★

This was such a fun read omg!! 🤭🤭 I love tahereh mafi sm, her books always hit so hard 🥹💐

Tropes:
🥀 Middle eastern fantasy
🥀 Love triangle vibes (but not in a bad way)
🥀 Enemies to lovers
🥀 Multi-pov

I loved the shatter me series by this author so ofc i had to give this series a try! And this actually really surprised me with how much i enjoyed it. I can tell i’m really going to love this series! 🫶🫶

ೃ⁀➷ Writing & plot:

Although i love shatter me with my whole heart, i must admit that the writing in that series wasn’t the best. However, i could see some serious growth in tahereh mafi’s writing in this book!! 🥹🥹 Her writing felt way more polished & the more descriptive style suited the story so well. Also, loved the middle eastern inspiration! The culture woven into the book was done so well 💐

I also went into this book fully convinced that i would find the worldbuilding super hard to understand and that i would be really confused, which i hate in a fantasy book. But i actually didn’t find the world too hard to understand at all & it was so easy to get into!! I found this sooo addictive and i really couldn’t put it down once i got into it 🤭🤭

However, how much actually happened in this book…? The pacing was definitely a bit all over the place lmao and kinda nothing happened but it was also so entertaining?? Idk how to explain it 🙈🙈

ೃ⁀➷ Characters:

I definitely need to spend some more time with these characters before i become obsessed with them, but i really like them so far! Hopefully they get better and better 💐

➵ Alizeh: i really like her so far! 🥰🥰 She kinda reminds me of juliette (from shatter me) but a less whiny version of her. Alizeh has honestly been THROUGH it and i really admire her resilence. I hope she’ll get stronger in the future books 💛

➵ Kamran: yeah… i’ve seen so many people obsess over him but i really didn’t like him i’m so sorry 😭😭 From the beginning he felt like he had very little personality other than having anger issues and being obsessed with alizeh over one second of eye contact. Like…? I love a man who’s obsessed but his obsession just came off a little creepy to me 🙈🙈

➵ Cyrus: omgg when he appeared i think i screamed!! 🤭🤭 I was waiting for him hehe. I can already tell i’m going to obsess over him in the next book. His dark, mysterious villain vibes are so hot already 👀😮‍💨

ೃ⁀➷ Romance:

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➵ Alizeh & Kamran: sooo… i was never particularly invested in their relationship 🙈🙈 From the beginning it felt very much like infatuation and they both went on and on about how attractive the other was. And then their first kiss just didn’t hit!! 😭😭 they feel very much like juliette and adam from shatter me and i’m really hoping kamran isn’t endgame 🙏

➵ Alizeh & Cyrus: why do i love them already?! 🤭🤭 Their chemistry from the very first interaction was so good and i can already see them having such a stunning enemies to lovers 🦋🦋 I actually can’t wait. Team cyrus all the way 😚

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ೃ⁀➷ In conclusion:

This was soo enjoyable! 🥹💐 I would definitely recommend if you liked shatter me and want:

➛ Middle eastern culture
➛ Interesting characters
➛ Very addictive
➛ Intriguing world

I'm so glad I gave it a shot 💛💛

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ೃ⁀➷ prereview:

➛ stop, this was sm fun?! 🤭🤭 Definitely not as good as shatter me, but i had a great time with it & i can’t wait to read the rest of the series 🥹💐

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