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May 12, 2025 Elena Zinaich rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Blood over Bright Haven is undeniably a five-star read in my standings.

As a stand-alone novel, this story packs in a flawless magic system, full built - well-rounded characters, and a rich heart wrenching story. The main plot analyses a world built upon systemic injustice, political corruption, and dehumanization of marginalized groups.

There is so much to say about this story and could honestly make for a great college writing assignment as there is so many interweaving pieces and messages to ...more

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May 21, 2025 Mackenzie Crockett rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Loved it! Don’t have words to describe it and might come back to edit after I compose myself.
Important story that covers an array of important topics.
Harrowing real world problems put into a consumable story.

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Oct 29, 2024 Allison rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites

This is probably the longest review I will ever write for a book, but it was earned.

Incredible. Perfection. There cannot be any criticism. This is the best book I have ever read, which is a huge statement considering how much I read.

The themes in this book are its strongest element. Racism, sexism, classism, and immigration to name a few. This would be an incredible book for assigned reading for a class. It contains so many topics to dissect, I wish I had a group of people to discuss it with. This is probably the longest review I will ever write for a book, but it was earned.

Incredible. Perfection. There cannot be any criticism. This is the best book I have ever read, which is a huge statement considering how much I read.

The themes in this book are its strongest element. Racism, sexism, classism, and immigration to name a few. This would be an incredible book for assigned reading for a class. It contains so many topics to dissect, I wish I had a group of people to discuss it with.

This is set in a dystopian world where the city of Tiran is protected by a barrier from the blight- which essentially kills the people that live outside of this barrier. These people are known as Kwen.

The magic system is one of the more unique ones I have read, and was so interesting.

A university in Tiran contains the highest level of essentially magicians- highmages who invent and produce to keep Tiran and its people within it, functioning. Only men can become highmages, although women are given the opportunity to test in once each decade.

Which brings our main character Sciona, who becomes the first ever woman highmage.

Sconia as a character is so complex and deep that she is so hateable at times, but other times you have to root for her. She is so flawed, but how much of this is her and how much of this is the society she’s been raised in? She is brilliant but fails to realize she supports what she believes is “right” so blindly without always grasping how flawed her morals can be. She steadfastly abhors the fact that she is looked down upon because she is a woman, but fails to realize her hypocrisy when she does the same. - “sciona foundered, frustrated by her inability to come up with a logical answer when tiranish culture was the one built on logic. The kwen were the illogical ones, everyone knew that”

I NEVER use the highlight feature on my kindle and I was highlighting lines of this book like it was my job.
I literally do not know how I’m going to read another book after this and be able to give it 5 stars because it just will not compare to this one. ...more

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May 26, 2025 Val rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: own, book-club-informal, audible-us, kindle, fantasy, 2025-fantasy-bingo

This was absolutely fantastic! I'll definitely be reading more from this author. ...more

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Mar 14, 2025 MeganEarReads rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Overall: 5 ⭐️

Wow wow wow 😭 I stayed up until 4am reading this, I sobbed at least 4 times, and now I’m sitting in a state of shock. This was a very very very good book. The magic system was fascinating, the characters were intriguing, and the tones and realities were harrowing. As someone who has always found myself confusing, I actually related a lot to Sciona. Not for being brilliant 🤣💀, but for being selfish, instinctively focused on my own wellbeing and interests, and yet being deeply appall ...more

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