2.75 stars

I loved the premise of this book: enemies to lovers, banter, tension? Sign me up! Unfortunately, I was left disappointed; I found the writing overly complicated and the plot either over-explained or missing plot points altogether. If this went through another round of editing, I think it would be an excellent book.

I loved the world-building in this book! It was amazing to be whisked away to a world with very specific kinds of magic that I haven't seen anywhere else. There are hints of mystery and romance throughout as you switch between two main characters with personalities and backstories of their own. I love the parent trios and the subtle inclusion of bisexuality without the associated discrimination. Would definitely recommend for all fans of fantasy!

Thank you NetGalley for this arc. I honestly felt disconnected from this story. Maybe because of the writing style. I wasn’t a fan of it. I really tried to get into it but this was not for me. I will say I liked the overall concept and the characters but the story as a whole was not for me.

Thank you to Net Galley and BooksGoSocial for the ARC. The premise of the story sounded so interesting, but the writing style was too clunky for me to read and the characters were rather boring.

I checked a few times to make sure there wasn’t a book before this one. As far as I could tell this is the first in the series. It really felt like I was missing some information though which caused a huge disconnect for me. At the same time, the world building happens so quickly. It’s a lot of info in a short amount of time. It was hard to digest all of it. Especially with the unique world the story takes place in. I also didn’t feel a connection to the characters or the mysteries they were trying to solve. The ending seemed better and it holds out some promise for the next book but I probably won’t be continuing the series unfortunately.

There were parts of this book I loved: the mysteries the two main characters needed to solve were well conceived enough and in places the world the characters inhabited was beautifully constructed so that I needed to get to the end of the story. The ending did feel a touch incomplete, but I suppose is to be expected when the book is part of a sequence.

Around the great parts of the book however, there was a lot of noise. Some of the descriptions, particularly of characters didn't necessarily add anything to the story. I'm not sure for example, we needed to see the breakup at the beginning, as I can count on one hand the number of times that relationship was referred back to.

I tried to get into this book, but there's too many new words, phrases, and devices being introduced in just the first chapter to make sense of anything. It's confusing and there's no time given to the reader to understand anything.
This could have been a good story, but I was left wondering in confusion rather than wondering in awe to continue.

I loved how descriptive was the book with the words and the world even if a at time was a little bit to much. Also i loved the characters and they adventures, so i found it a funny and quick read!

I found this book so descriptive, but also kinda confusing in some parts, i enjoyed it overall tho and would definitely read more by the author.

I did my best to invest in this book, but the speed at which new words, devices, complex names. and other things in the world were created made it impossible to know what was happening entirely too early. While I love stories with immense worldbuilding, it needs to be done at a pace a reader can keep up with. Introducing too many new elements, words, descriptions, etc. at once and giving entirely too much detail makes it very difficult to read. The story had promise, but for me it was not worth finishing.

The secrets we save by Kel E fox, delves into the world of two people, Del and Ursa, with one's painting being stolen and Ursa's father missing, they both need to team up together to help each other at any cost to find the people and things they require. The writing style of the book did put me off at times, and it quite grew me out of the story too, I particularly enjoyed the system and the world, even characters.

This world is so interesting. I love the aspects of magic and them fighting to overcome the new government. The characters are so good and interesting. I also enjoyed the story line and all the different things that were going on in their investigations. I can't wait to see what happens next.