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Hunters: Book One: Wanderers' War
All Jac Torres wants is to get back to Braora -- to the world where she had magic in her hands and purpose in her heart. She wants to be back in a world that was just and good.She wants to go home.Despite what she wants, Jac has accepted that she invented it all during a psychotic break as a pre-teen.Miserable for the last decade, she welcomes the meds that keep her from thinking about Braora and allows her to ignore the tingle of remembered magic in her veins. She checks off boxes and counts down to the day she can escape from the reminders of the mental illness that has plagued her.Now, if only her new therapist would stop demanding she talk about what never happened, she could stop fantasizing about breaking probation……And his nose.When Jac finally faces a choice between certain misery on Earth and a possible happiness searching for a home that may not exist, hope has to be enough.
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457 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 15, 2019
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February 17, 2020
Great start to, and foundation for, Caity Schmidt's Hunters series. A really enjoyable read.
I enjoyed the characters' self perception and the point of view changes which the author used. Not only was it fun to experience, but also to see how it affected the author's telling of the story. It kept things from becoming tedious and/or boring.
I will definitely look forward to reading the next books in the series.
I enjoyed the characters' self perception and the point of view changes which the author used. Not only was it fun to experience, but also to see how it affected the author's telling of the story. It kept things from becoming tedious and/or boring.
I will definitely look forward to reading the next books in the series.
September 22, 2020
This is definitely a foundation laying book - It is interesting, but the really good stuff is in the last half. The first 100 some-odd pages are needed though and my guess is will be relevant for the next in the series.
There was plenty of magic and adventure to satisfy my tastes and I thoroughly enjoyed the characters. I'm looking forward to reading more.
There was plenty of magic and adventure to satisfy my tastes and I thoroughly enjoyed the characters. I'm looking forward to reading more.
August 17, 2020
Wanderers’ War is not your typical fantasy novel. It combines magic, adventure, and other fantasy elements in an engaging manner despite having only a few characters. The book’s POV style and structure help build the world mentioned and plot seem to be so detailed, it is as if a reader is also submerged amid the action.
Jac Torres is a determined character with a plan - she wants to return to a peaceful world called Braora she once was a part of. From the uncertainty and doubt presented about whether her experiences and resulting reminders (dreams, not fantasies) to finally understanding that the one doctor who found her case to be different from a psychotic manifestation might as well be the key to finding her ‘home’, Jac engages readers with her confident outlook as an independent yet innocent character.
Though she seems to easily be manipulated by Finn, the doctor turned character who knows all about the other worlds, Jac needs his guidance to understand where the route to her ‘home’ world actually leads to. From using an upper-hand to get back for some of the manipulation, to being wanted and still daring to retrieve captured Finn, the turns the plot takes has amazed me and kept me gripped.
Moreover, I would really be willing to continue reading this series, as the author leaves us with another unanswered twist at the end.
Overall, a completely unique, engaging, and gripping read, I really would recommend reading this novel.
Jac Torres is a determined character with a plan - she wants to return to a peaceful world called Braora she once was a part of. From the uncertainty and doubt presented about whether her experiences and resulting reminders (dreams, not fantasies) to finally understanding that the one doctor who found her case to be different from a psychotic manifestation might as well be the key to finding her ‘home’, Jac engages readers with her confident outlook as an independent yet innocent character.
Though she seems to easily be manipulated by Finn, the doctor turned character who knows all about the other worlds, Jac needs his guidance to understand where the route to her ‘home’ world actually leads to. From using an upper-hand to get back for some of the manipulation, to being wanted and still daring to retrieve captured Finn, the turns the plot takes has amazed me and kept me gripped.
Moreover, I would really be willing to continue reading this series, as the author leaves us with another unanswered twist at the end.
Overall, a completely unique, engaging, and gripping read, I really would recommend reading this novel.
August 12, 2020
Depending on who you ask, teenage Jacquelyn “Jac” Torres either had a psychotic breakdown or visited another world, Braora. She clearly remembers having magic, training as a warrior, and all the details of being part of an amazing other world, but now she keeps those memories repressed with a cocktail of prescription meds. Now, Jac works as a bouncer, a reasonable job for someone always ready for fight, and tries not to think too much about how that other world felt more like home.
Her latest shrink in an endless line of mandated therapists doesn’t seem interested in journaling or emotions. Instead, he’s interested in the world of Braora, and keeps prying into what Jac experienced there.
The story of Hunters takes readers through Jac’s adventures, introducing flawed and interesting characters, and then putting them in danger. Readers will empathize with Jac, in her discoveries, although sometimes I wanted her to give that annoying Finn a good smack. The enemies here are dangerous, but also believable -- they have a strong motivation for their actions, even if those actions mean that poor Jac has to defend herself in yet another fight.
This book establishes a lively and developed multiverse, full of dangerous enemies and loyal friends, and the conclusion of the novel sets up future adventures for Jac and the others.
Her latest shrink in an endless line of mandated therapists doesn’t seem interested in journaling or emotions. Instead, he’s interested in the world of Braora, and keeps prying into what Jac experienced there.
The story of Hunters takes readers through Jac’s adventures, introducing flawed and interesting characters, and then putting them in danger. Readers will empathize with Jac, in her discoveries, although sometimes I wanted her to give that annoying Finn a good smack. The enemies here are dangerous, but also believable -- they have a strong motivation for their actions, even if those actions mean that poor Jac has to defend herself in yet another fight.
This book establishes a lively and developed multiverse, full of dangerous enemies and loyal friends, and the conclusion of the novel sets up future adventures for Jac and the others.
October 15, 2020
I really loved it. The world building, the characters, the story, it was all superb, there was no weak link.
Battle scenes are captivating, the magic system gives you a feeling that it would work really well in a video-game (it's coherent enough for that, which is a tall order!)
The thing that sells it to me, thought, is the jigsaw puzzle of characters' self-perception VS how other characters see them.
When the POV changes between chapters, it's like the story itself changes a bit. And it's so satisfying to notice and to puzzle out which discrepancies are misunderstandings (Jac telling the truth, but not being believed), and which are blind spots in character's understanding of themselves (you may think you want one thing, but other people see it in your actions, that you want something else).
And this happens consistently, the characters feel like separate human beings because of this (they also fuck up a lot, which helps with realism)
Nothing else ever makes the book come alive like this for me. This is a lifelike imperfection of perception, the way we're all incompletely understood, and don't completely see our own selves too.
Battle scenes are captivating, the magic system gives you a feeling that it would work really well in a video-game (it's coherent enough for that, which is a tall order!)
The thing that sells it to me, thought, is the jigsaw puzzle of characters' self-perception VS how other characters see them.
When the POV changes between chapters, it's like the story itself changes a bit. And it's so satisfying to notice and to puzzle out which discrepancies are misunderstandings (Jac telling the truth, but not being believed), and which are blind spots in character's understanding of themselves (you may think you want one thing, but other people see it in your actions, that you want something else).
And this happens consistently, the characters feel like separate human beings because of this (they also fuck up a lot, which helps with realism)
Nothing else ever makes the book come alive like this for me. This is a lifelike imperfection of perception, the way we're all incompletely understood, and don't completely see our own selves too.
November 2, 2019
It is fantastic.
The two point of view characters are flawed yet lovable. Their relationship is build slowly. People do not trust each other without reason. There is no unreasonable change of heart, just a lot of jumping to conclusions about each other, which feels realistic.
It is a universe of epic scale with an incredible number of different worlds, you just want to explore more. And still it is not yet again a story based on the same hundred years of west-european history.
Most important of all: there is no queerbaitng to be found. It's fabulous.
The two point of view characters are flawed yet lovable. Their relationship is build slowly. People do not trust each other without reason. There is no unreasonable change of heart, just a lot of jumping to conclusions about each other, which feels realistic.
It is a universe of epic scale with an incredible number of different worlds, you just want to explore more. And still it is not yet again a story based on the same hundred years of west-european history.
Most important of all: there is no queerbaitng to be found. It's fabulous.
December 26, 2019
I tried getting through this, I really did. But quite frankly, this book is so poorly written that it was practically impossible. I stopped reading at page 210.
I can’t believe Hunters was published as is because it honestly reads like a first draft. There is no way you can convince me anyone but the author read through this book. An editor definitely wasn’t anywhere near it.
First off, the formatting of this book is weird. If you’ve ever read or written a review on goodreads or read a fanfic on AO3, that is the format of this book. Every paragraph is separated by a double space, there are no indents at the start of new paragraphs, and there are even tildes to signify scene changes within a single chapter. I could have easily overlooked this if it weren’t for the fact that there are so many other problems.
The dialogue is another huge problem. There are practically no dialogue tags so good luck trying to figure out who’s speaking. A character monologuing for paragraphs on end is also bothersome and I don’t understand how nobody said “Hey, you know how that character was just speaking straight with no breaks for a whole page? That can be condensed into two sentences.”
The characters say the same thing over and over again, both in dialogue and in their inner thoughts and it is so tiring to read.
Speaking of dialogue, that is the only way the world building is done. Jac, the main character, is told everything by Finn, but for whatever reason he (and by extension the author) hates having to teach that information. Finn is constantly saying things along the line “How you do not know this? Why are you so stupid? I can’t believe I have to waste time giving you this information!” and I don’t appreciate feeling the need to strong arm an author into telling me about the extensive world they’ve created.
I’ve also noticed the author uses a lot of “smart words,” aka words that aren’t ever actually used anywhere except for scholarly articles. They are littered throughout the text and it’s easy to tell the author used them in an effort to appear smarter than they actually are. (But how would I know that, you ask? Because I’ve seen it before, in other books that didn’t have an editor or just someone to say hey use layman’s terms).
The world building wasn’t even done well after you suss it out of Finn’s whining. We’re told names and places and terms with no further information and the author expects it to stick and make sense. The only information about the world that I understood is that there are a lot of worlds actually, but only the cool ones have magic, but not everyone can use magic on all worlds for some unexplained reason, and an organization named after a bird is somehow for some reason important.
Can I also say that nothing happens for the first 200 pages? Because nothing happens. If I may, I will describe to you what happens in the first 200 pages. Jac has been seeing several psychiatrists for years because she’s on probation (and no, we’re never told why she’s on probation, she just is) but she’s SO SCARY that every psychiatrist she gets has to leave the STATE after spending a couple of sessions with Jac even though all she does is STARE at them.
Then along comes annoying, patronizing Finn. He verbally tortures Jac for about a month or so and then wow! Jac finds a gate to another world and turns out Finn is from another world too! He’s still annoying and patronizing. And then they world hop for almost 100 pages but it’s not interesting because it’s written as follows:
They find a gate to a world. They go through. Jac is mad she can’t use magic on this world. They go to a market. Finn buys things. They wait 2 or more weeks for another gate to appear. They go through the gate. Jac is either mad she doesn’t have magic on this world or she’s excited she does have magic on this world. They go to a market. Finn buys things. They wait 2 or more weeks for another gate to appear. Repeat several times.
Also, don’t forget Jac is actually black! And the only way we have to reinforce that is by making someone from another world think she’s Finn’s slave and needs to be beaten into obedience. Because we all know if you have a black character someone has to racist to them! It’s the rules.
That’s it, that’s half the book. No sign of a plot to be seen.
Do not read this book. I know the portal fantasy element may seem appealing (it certainly got my attention), but this is not a polished book by any means. It’s rambling mindlessness that takes forever to get where it’s going and holds no interesting elements (such as a plot) that I could find after reading half the book.
I can’t believe Hunters was published as is because it honestly reads like a first draft. There is no way you can convince me anyone but the author read through this book. An editor definitely wasn’t anywhere near it.
First off, the formatting of this book is weird. If you’ve ever read or written a review on goodreads or read a fanfic on AO3, that is the format of this book. Every paragraph is separated by a double space, there are no indents at the start of new paragraphs, and there are even tildes to signify scene changes within a single chapter. I could have easily overlooked this if it weren’t for the fact that there are so many other problems.
The dialogue is another huge problem. There are practically no dialogue tags so good luck trying to figure out who’s speaking. A character monologuing for paragraphs on end is also bothersome and I don’t understand how nobody said “Hey, you know how that character was just speaking straight with no breaks for a whole page? That can be condensed into two sentences.”
The characters say the same thing over and over again, both in dialogue and in their inner thoughts and it is so tiring to read.
Speaking of dialogue, that is the only way the world building is done. Jac, the main character, is told everything by Finn, but for whatever reason he (and by extension the author) hates having to teach that information. Finn is constantly saying things along the line “How you do not know this? Why are you so stupid? I can’t believe I have to waste time giving you this information!” and I don’t appreciate feeling the need to strong arm an author into telling me about the extensive world they’ve created.
I’ve also noticed the author uses a lot of “smart words,” aka words that aren’t ever actually used anywhere except for scholarly articles. They are littered throughout the text and it’s easy to tell the author used them in an effort to appear smarter than they actually are. (But how would I know that, you ask? Because I’ve seen it before, in other books that didn’t have an editor or just someone to say hey use layman’s terms).
The world building wasn’t even done well after you suss it out of Finn’s whining. We’re told names and places and terms with no further information and the author expects it to stick and make sense. The only information about the world that I understood is that there are a lot of worlds actually, but only the cool ones have magic, but not everyone can use magic on all worlds for some unexplained reason, and an organization named after a bird is somehow for some reason important.
Can I also say that nothing happens for the first 200 pages? Because nothing happens. If I may, I will describe to you what happens in the first 200 pages. Jac has been seeing several psychiatrists for years because she’s on probation (and no, we’re never told why she’s on probation, she just is) but she’s SO SCARY that every psychiatrist she gets has to leave the STATE after spending a couple of sessions with Jac even though all she does is STARE at them.
Then along comes annoying, patronizing Finn. He verbally tortures Jac for about a month or so and then wow! Jac finds a gate to another world and turns out Finn is from another world too! He’s still annoying and patronizing. And then they world hop for almost 100 pages but it’s not interesting because it’s written as follows:
They find a gate to a world. They go through. Jac is mad she can’t use magic on this world. They go to a market. Finn buys things. They wait 2 or more weeks for another gate to appear. They go through the gate. Jac is either mad she doesn’t have magic on this world or she’s excited she does have magic on this world. They go to a market. Finn buys things. They wait 2 or more weeks for another gate to appear. Repeat several times.
Also, don’t forget Jac is actually black! And the only way we have to reinforce that is by making someone from another world think she’s Finn’s slave and needs to be beaten into obedience. Because we all know if you have a black character someone has to racist to them! It’s the rules.
That’s it, that’s half the book. No sign of a plot to be seen.
Do not read this book. I know the portal fantasy element may seem appealing (it certainly got my attention), but this is not a polished book by any means. It’s rambling mindlessness that takes forever to get where it’s going and holds no interesting elements (such as a plot) that I could find after reading half the book.
August 10, 2020
Feisty but stubborn, infuriating but loveable, flawed but faithful, these are all words to describe the main character, Jac. The author creates believable characters in this clever and highly creative fantasy. The story opens with Jac believing she is slowly going crazy as she goes through rounds of psychological treatment. She has memories/dreams of living in a different world, of being a different person. It takes Finn to finally break her out of her self-destructive cycle and show her the truth. Then begins a game of cat and mouse as Finn and Jac jump from world to world to escape the Hunters. This book is well written and highly entertaining and kept me turning the pages right to the end. The story doesn’t finish there and I can’t wait to read the next book. Highly recommended.
July 31, 2020
Once I started this novel, I could not put it down. It’s an amazing achievement of imagination and intelligence. Jac is one of the most fascinating and infuriating characters I’ve come across in a long time. The author has created a person I have not seen before in these types of stories. She’s a breakthrough. She’s not entirely good, and she’s not entirely bad. She’s deeply flawed and thoroughly human. I found myself cheering her on at one moment, then yelling at her in frustration the next. The other characters are also very well realized. The narrative is dense but it holds together quite well. The author is obviously in command of her narrative world. The entire story is incredibly emotionally engaging. You really enter the minds of the characters. I dreaded turning the last page. I did not want it to end. Hurry up and give me another one!
October 4, 2020
Review for hunters
This book is a four star read for me.
Let’s start off with Jac, at a very young age she went to a magical world called Braora. Jac, who very much just likes to be called Jac, no Jacqueline— believes that she made this up in her head. She accepts the fact that this world, where she could have magic by the touch of her hands, was all made up. Wanting to go back to the world she thinks herself as crazy, the same teenage girl who had imagined a world that didn’t exist.
After almost ten years, she takes meds, they help her. Help her forget the world she once wondered about as a teenager. Except, after a while, she doesn’t. She can’t not remember.
At the beginning of the book we get a chapter that just grabs you, wanting you to read more. We learn about Jacs life, everything she does and what she has to do. Her family and her meds, why she thinks she needs them and takes them. Seeing a new therapist, her life goes even more downhill. He wants to talk about what happened a decade ago, she doesn’t. She gets frustrated with him. I really liked their sessions, I believe it was one of my favorite things to read in the story. How we see, from the perspective of Jac and how she sees how she can get away with it, she’ll attend and get her meds, until he challenges her. He on the other hand, will call her anything but her name.
There was a moment in the book, no spoilers that made me smile.
As much as I want to go on about the characters, which I found Jac very likeable. It takes me a while to get to know the character and the feelings they feel but with Jac, I liked her. I felt as if she was just too judged and misunderstood by others, which reasons are understandable because I am the reader and not a character…
The writing was really good. Loved it. The world was also skilled. Although sometimes I felt as if I didn’t understand it. Which is fine. Another thing was confusing was Jacs dreams, after reading the first couple of sentences it dawned on me.
I recommend reading this book if you like fantasy.
If you like fantasy or want to get started on it, try this! Book two is out now so you can binge read it and enjoy the characters and the world.
I liked the bond with brothers and sister, family aspect. I always love a book when the siblings are close to one another and look after each other.
I want to say more, so much more about this book but I will leave it as that, now onto book two. Allies, can’t wait to see what it has in store for me.
Thank you so much @Cypress_canyon_books for sending me these. This doesn’t change my view of the book, my review is 100% my own personal opinion.
Please message me if I mentioned something incorrectly, I tried my best🤍 again my own personal opinion.
This book is a four star read for me.
Let’s start off with Jac, at a very young age she went to a magical world called Braora. Jac, who very much just likes to be called Jac, no Jacqueline— believes that she made this up in her head. She accepts the fact that this world, where she could have magic by the touch of her hands, was all made up. Wanting to go back to the world she thinks herself as crazy, the same teenage girl who had imagined a world that didn’t exist.
After almost ten years, she takes meds, they help her. Help her forget the world she once wondered about as a teenager. Except, after a while, she doesn’t. She can’t not remember.
At the beginning of the book we get a chapter that just grabs you, wanting you to read more. We learn about Jacs life, everything she does and what she has to do. Her family and her meds, why she thinks she needs them and takes them. Seeing a new therapist, her life goes even more downhill. He wants to talk about what happened a decade ago, she doesn’t. She gets frustrated with him. I really liked their sessions, I believe it was one of my favorite things to read in the story. How we see, from the perspective of Jac and how she sees how she can get away with it, she’ll attend and get her meds, until he challenges her. He on the other hand, will call her anything but her name.
There was a moment in the book, no spoilers that made me smile.
As much as I want to go on about the characters, which I found Jac very likeable. It takes me a while to get to know the character and the feelings they feel but with Jac, I liked her. I felt as if she was just too judged and misunderstood by others, which reasons are understandable because I am the reader and not a character…
The writing was really good. Loved it. The world was also skilled. Although sometimes I felt as if I didn’t understand it. Which is fine. Another thing was confusing was Jacs dreams, after reading the first couple of sentences it dawned on me.
I recommend reading this book if you like fantasy.
If you like fantasy or want to get started on it, try this! Book two is out now so you can binge read it and enjoy the characters and the world.
I liked the bond with brothers and sister, family aspect. I always love a book when the siblings are close to one another and look after each other.
I want to say more, so much more about this book but I will leave it as that, now onto book two. Allies, can’t wait to see what it has in store for me.
Thank you so much @Cypress_canyon_books for sending me these. This doesn’t change my view of the book, my review is 100% my own personal opinion.
Please message me if I mentioned something incorrectly, I tried my best🤍 again my own personal opinion.
March 5, 2021
Fantasy, in my experience, usually falls into a very unique niche. It's palatable to some, to others it's like evening wine--dare I say an obsession. I'm not sure where I fall into the mix, however, I have bought into this series fully. Just like all good tales, there are common threads we can all connect to no matter how fantastical, terrifying, or unique the author presents their story. I'm here to tell you that Jac will earn your readership. Finn will leave you irritated in a way that makes you love him, root for him; his mysteries are as sincere as Jac's mistrust of her mind. Schmidt's poetic prose dives deep into Jac's psyche--it leaves you wondering, even at times in the back of your thoughts, is she as crazy as everyone says? Is the intensity of her journey, the power she finds, and the solace she collects a veil--the novel will leave you wondering if you have gone crazy with Jac. There is a beautiful sense of calm with the crazy. It's all right to buy into the madness--whether it's real or not--you will find yourself agreeing with Jac. It doesn't matter if it's real or not, this type of fantasy delivers us to the unknown; the feeling that comes with the escapism is worth the freedom of letting go of ourselves for a moment. For those typically turned off by fantasy, I understand, the prose, the exposition, the amount of background knowledge one must amass to fully immerse yourself in a fictional world can be daunting. Schmidt removes the lengthy exposition, throughout, instead, she relies upon Jac's point of view, her experiences, and her gradual understanding of The Core and "The Map" to help us, in turn, understand the world she is inhabiting. Though the non-linear telling of Jac's odyssey can sometimes be confusing, it all comes with a purpose. Schmidt intentionally changes the timeframe of the novel, sometimes mid-chapter, always in an attempt to keep us hoping points A and B connect. Schmidt's writing will make you envious. It feels as though each word is chosen with a distinct purpose. Supporting independent KU authors such as this will be a pleasure for you. This book is a triumph, I hope Caity Schmidt is proud of it. It truly is a work of art! Very excited to start the second book!
October 16, 2021
I am sad to write this. I can't recommend this book at all.
Maybe with some more plot ideas and many rounds of heavy editing, it could be something someday.
Currently it's a very rough first draft. While there are many, the main problem is:
The massive amount of grammatical errors aren't possible to read around. There's literally a sentence that starts and is not finished, like someone started typing and went afk then went on the next paragraph before finishing the last. The sentence structure and syntax are so poor it's not possible to understand what is actually happening/being said, for about 1/3 of it.
This is particularly true in the first and last 1/4 of the book. The middle half seems to read a little easier and have a bit of plot, but it was still tough.
I stuck it out to the finish to really try to give the author grace, but even though I'm somewhat interested in what happens next I can't fathom trying to read the second book. :|
Maybe with some more plot ideas and many rounds of heavy editing, it could be something someday.
Currently it's a very rough first draft. While there are many, the main problem is:
The massive amount of grammatical errors aren't possible to read around. There's literally a sentence that starts and is not finished, like someone started typing and went afk then went on the next paragraph before finishing the last. The sentence structure and syntax are so poor it's not possible to understand what is actually happening/being said, for about 1/3 of it.
This is particularly true in the first and last 1/4 of the book. The middle half seems to read a little easier and have a bit of plot, but it was still tough.
I stuck it out to the finish to really try to give the author grace, but even though I'm somewhat interested in what happens next I can't fathom trying to read the second book. :|
September 27, 2020
✨Book Review- 𝙃𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙧𝙨' 𝙒𝙖𝙧 𝙗𝙮 𝘾𝙖𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙎𝙘𝙝𝙢𝙞𝙙𝙩 📖
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👉🏻Before I say anything about the book,
𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚞𝚢𝚜!! 🥰
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📖 Jac Torres 👩🏾 has returned from her adventure trip from the lands of Braora, the only place that felt homely to her. But she is now under medication and treatment, to keep her memories of the magical land away. But everything changes after the entry of (drum rolls 🥁) her new therapist👨⚕️.
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🗻The story starts with a scene where she is on the way, travelling to another world🌎, but she is not alone on this journey.
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📖 The first 70 pages were slow, mostly explaining her state of mind and her faint memories of Braora.
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❤️ I liked the brother-sister protective love between Jac and Elijah. I loved that Jac was unlike the usual strong lead characters, infact she was all flawed and muddled, yet determined and strong-willed. Jac and Finn both have their own motives and reasons for sticking around with each other, though Finn was really annoying at times that I personally wanted to go there and smack his nose. 🙇🏻♀️
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📖 The book is not a typical fantasy series but it combines magical elements along with an adventurous journey, switching between worlds to escape the hunters.🌎
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👉🏻 The language is a little heavy for the readers though. It took me some time to adjust to the writing style. Too many paragraph changes, the writing felt a little disconnected. A little more about the worlds would have been appreciated. Certain portions felt a little repetitive too. It could have been concised a little. 🤷🏻♀️
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❤️ I was totally taken aback by the end. The cliffhanging end totally calls for reading the next book to the series for me!! Extra points for the last 20 pages of the book, totally. 📖
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Rating- ⭐️⭐️⭐️.8 / 5
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👉🏻Before I say anything about the book,
𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚞𝚢𝚜!! 🥰
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📖 Jac Torres 👩🏾 has returned from her adventure trip from the lands of Braora, the only place that felt homely to her. But she is now under medication and treatment, to keep her memories of the magical land away. But everything changes after the entry of (drum rolls 🥁) her new therapist👨⚕️.
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🗻The story starts with a scene where she is on the way, travelling to another world🌎, but she is not alone on this journey.
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📖 The first 70 pages were slow, mostly explaining her state of mind and her faint memories of Braora.
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❤️ I liked the brother-sister protective love between Jac and Elijah. I loved that Jac was unlike the usual strong lead characters, infact she was all flawed and muddled, yet determined and strong-willed. Jac and Finn both have their own motives and reasons for sticking around with each other, though Finn was really annoying at times that I personally wanted to go there and smack his nose. 🙇🏻♀️
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📖 The book is not a typical fantasy series but it combines magical elements along with an adventurous journey, switching between worlds to escape the hunters.🌎
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👉🏻 The language is a little heavy for the readers though. It took me some time to adjust to the writing style. Too many paragraph changes, the writing felt a little disconnected. A little more about the worlds would have been appreciated. Certain portions felt a little repetitive too. It could have been concised a little. 🤷🏻♀️
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❤️ I was totally taken aback by the end. The cliffhanging end totally calls for reading the next book to the series for me!! Extra points for the last 20 pages of the book, totally. 📖
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Rating- ⭐️⭐️⭐️.8 / 5
October 16, 2020
Hunters begins on Earth, where we meet the two main characters, Jac and Finn. The first 100 or so pages are a bit slow as we spend some time getting to know our leads.
Around the middle everything becomes moving at a faster pace, as the pair moves from one world to another. The last third of the book is an explosion of events and revelations, leading to the cliffhanger-ish final line, which is actually my favorite one: It was so pleasant to be underestimated. Talk about ending on a high note!
It was overall an enjoyable and fast paced novel and I can't wait to read Allies, the next part of the series!
Around the middle everything becomes moving at a faster pace, as the pair moves from one world to another. The last third of the book is an explosion of events and revelations, leading to the cliffhanger-ish final line, which is actually my favorite one: It was so pleasant to be underestimated. Talk about ending on a high note!
It was overall an enjoyable and fast paced novel and I can't wait to read Allies, the next part of the series!
February 3, 2021
The actual rating I would give this is 3.5 ⭐. The idea behind it was amazing, but it was hard to figure out what was a flashback and what was current sometimes. I also couldn't figure out why Jac felt a war-torn world that still had slaves was a utopia.
I loved the magic system and the characters were well-developed.
I am curious to know what happens next.
I loved the magic system and the characters were well-developed.
I am curious to know what happens next.
January 23, 2020
I enjoyed the world that Schmidt created: portals, magic, war... what's not to like? The secondary characters added life to each of the worlds and really painted a complete picture. I also enjoyed the switching of POV (although both characters feel very similar).
There are a few aspects of this book I could have done without:
1. The build up: it was 100 pages of repetitive character building and 100 pages of repetitive adventuring. Overall, the characters repeat the same lines and thoughts over and over again throughout the book.
2. Relationship: The relationship between the two main characters gets old real quick. As soon as you think its evolving and developing, it reverts right back.
3. Action: All of the awesome action-packed parts were breaths of fresh air, bu way too short! I could have used more detail during the big action scenes in the last 50 or so pages.
There are a few aspects of this book I could have done without:
1. The build up: it was 100 pages of repetitive character building and 100 pages of repetitive adventuring. Overall, the characters repeat the same lines and thoughts over and over again throughout the book.
2. Relationship: The relationship between the two main characters gets old real quick. As soon as you think its evolving and developing, it reverts right back.
3. Action: All of the awesome action-packed parts were breaths of fresh air, bu way too short! I could have used more detail during the big action scenes in the last 50 or so pages.
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