Review: Quicksilver by Callie Hart

Quicksilver by Callie Hart
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

More like 3.5 stars. Goodreads needs half stars for ratings....

Also this review WILL HAVE SPOILERS. Read with caution if you don't want to get spoiled. This is the only warning I give. 

This book has been talked about so much. It's like Fourth Wing all over again. But I'm always leery going into these highly raved books. 

Saeris is an interesting character. I love her loyalty to her friends, family and people of the Third. I love that she a fighter. She is determined to get justice and she knows if she's caught at least she was doing what she needed to do. Her brother is weak and immature and I definitely don't like him. Maybe if we meet him again he will have changed and I'll like him more but I doubt it. 

When presented with her skills and being in an entirely different world, she seemed to accept it a little too easily? Maybe it's the fighter and survivor in her? I dunno, it threw me off a lot though. 

Kingfisher is definitely a man a few words and is quick to action with no explanation. He has a lot riding on his shoulders but never wants to take responsibility for anything. He has all this power, but doesn't use it that often? He doesn't tire from it, it seems like, but it's not his first instinct to use it... I'm not sure why that bothers me. 

The progression of their relationship also kind of annoyed me. Both were so adamant they hated each other but taunts were thrown about heartbeats and scents. Then out of nowhere they were removing clothes and tattoos were forming? I get enemies but since we only got Saeris viewpoint it left a lot more to be desired with the growth in their relationship. 

There are so many pieces of this book. You have Madras world. Kingfisher's world. The gods and their story. Malcolm. All were fine in their own way but were choppy the way it was pieced together. 

Vampires and witches and fae and gods, this book covers them all. Having Saeris become half fae half Vampire will be interesting in book 2. Having her lead the vampires will be interesting.

But that's all i feel? Interested? Not blown away? I didn't hate it. I'm curious to see where it goes. But I'm not dying for every copy of existence. So I'll be curious to see how book 2 goes whenever it gets released. And I can say I've now read it. 

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