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A review by emilyreads15
The High Mountain Court by A.K. Mulford
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
3.5⭐️ ~ This book was a whirlwind of emotions and a complete surprise!
To start off, the character development was great! I really didn’t like any of the characters at the start but over the course of the book they really developed and now I really like them all!
The plot was also enjoyable and interesting. Although I will say that there are some parts that had small plots holes. The worldbuilding also could’ve been a bit better as some of the parts about the types of witches and types of magic got confusing very quickly. As well as the map of the courts didn’t seem to line up with how the locations were described in the book? Idk but some parts definitely could’ve been written a little better. There were also a lot of predictable parts but I think the author added in a lot of foreshadowing that caused that.
There were also some grammatical errors especially towards the end of the book that made certain sentences a little confusing.
In truth, I stayed a little for the plot but mostly for the characters. The found family was perfect and definitely reminded me of the Inner Circle from ACOTAR. The romance was also really good although I didn’t like the heavy sudden amount of spice towards the end. It felt like some of it was added in just to be able to say this book was spicy. On top of that before Remy and Hale officially admitted their love for each other I felt like there should’ve been more of a build up in that exact moment and like denial. It seemed very abrupt as well.
I’m also very mad that certain characters (👀) were brought in by the end just to be taken away…
Overall, this book was good (definitely better by the end) but it wasn’t life changing: hence my 3.5 star rating (the 0.5 was only added because of the last 50 pages).
Anyways, I will be continuing this series and I heard book 2 is much better. Not to mention it features a character who’s been perceived as a villain (Renwick, heir to the Northern Court) and u know I love a good villain turned softie for his lover.
If you are very into fantasy then I suppose I would recommend this series? It really depends on how much you care about the quality of writing on whether or not you would truly enjoy this. I don’t care too much so I liked it more than the average person probably would. I would have to read more of the series to truly recommend though as it may get better as it goes on.
To start off, the character development was great! I really didn’t like any of the characters at the start but over the course of the book they really developed and now I really like them all!
The plot was also enjoyable and interesting. Although I will say that there are some parts that had small plots holes. The worldbuilding also could’ve been a bit better as some of the parts about the types of witches and types of magic got confusing very quickly. As well as the map of the courts didn’t seem to line up with how the locations were described in the book? Idk but some parts definitely could’ve been written a little better. There were also a lot of predictable parts but I think the author added in a lot of foreshadowing that caused that.
There were also some grammatical errors especially towards the end of the book that made certain sentences a little confusing.
In truth, I stayed a little for the plot but mostly for the characters. The found family was perfect and definitely reminded me of the Inner Circle from ACOTAR. The romance was also really good although I didn’t like the heavy sudden amount of spice towards the end. It felt like some of it was added in just to be able to say this book was spicy. On top of that before Remy and Hale officially admitted their love for each other I felt like there should’ve been more of a build up in that exact moment and like denial. It seemed very abrupt as well.
I’m also very mad that certain characters (👀) were brought in by the end just to be taken away…
Overall, this book was good (definitely better by the end) but it wasn’t life changing: hence my 3.5 star rating (the 0.5 was only added because of the last 50 pages).
Anyways, I will be continuing this series and I heard book 2 is much better. Not to mention it features a character who’s been perceived as a villain (Renwick, heir to the Northern Court) and u know I love a good villain turned softie for his lover.
If you are very into fantasy then I suppose I would recommend this series? It really depends on how much you care about the quality of writing on whether or not you would truly enjoy this. I don’t care too much so I liked it more than the average person probably would. I would have to read more of the series to truly recommend though as it may get better as it goes on.