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I actually finished this book a week ago, but I needed to fully digest it before I wrote a review. I am a fan of Elise Kova's works so I thought I had a good idea of what to expect with this book. I was wrong and I don't think the fact that it was co-authored is why.
This book is different. I've come to expect certain things in the stories I read. About halfway through I realised I wasn't going to be seeing those things, and I realised I was totally ok with that. This book is about a journey. It's not the traditional call to adventure go off and find your destiny journey. The heroine does seek to prove herself, but there is no looming "bad guy" and the obstacles are not necessarily a question of skill, but of discovery. Jo knows who she is, she just doesn't know how that person fits into the new world she's found herself in.
The urban fantasy elements are handled well, avoiding long dumps of exposition which can be difficult when dealing with the type of world that is being built.
There were a few times I grew frustrated with Jo's choices and actions, and found myself arguing at the pages like one would yell at the tv. Anything that elicits that sort of investment is certainly worth five stars in my book.
I, for one, am looking forward to more.


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Society of Wishes Wish Quartet Volume 1 Elise Kova Books Reviews

The start of Society of Wishes is pretty funny. Elise and Lynn have a knack for humorous lines, such as the opening one, and interactions, as between main character Jo and her friend Yuusuke.

"It was hotter than Satan's tit outside..."

The transition from Jo's ordinary life to her Society of Wishes life actually came across as abrupt for my taste. Her use of magic that turns out to be real, even as she claimed in her mind that she didn't believe it would work, felt strange, like she would have had to at least had a more present if slight belief before even attempting this sort of thing.

Meeting the rest of the Society was interesting, considering they come from different time periods. Snow, the leader, reminded me of the hero of an anime, from his white hair to his attitude. Wayne, a New York type from the early 20th century, was such an aggravating character that I wanted to kick him in the shins whenever he talked, though I'll admit he did grow on me.

Jo, while confronting the newness of her life as a member of the Society, was a lot braver than I would've been. Her background in hacking, avoiding detection, and generally being smarter than the average person helped her cope with the headquarters weirdness, avoiding Ranger officers (they couldn't see her anyway but still!), and learning about her new life.

The (I hesitate to say romance) intimate moments in this book felt like they came a bit out of nowhere. Jo and her feelings toward Snow, her intimacy with Wayne...I could see her acknowledging attraction to one or more of the people she meets, but the sex scene in Paris, while admittedly well written, was abrupt and I didn't care for it.

The action of the book felt like it took a lot longer to get started than I would've liked. The first 48% of the book was mostly Jo acclimating to living in the Society headquarters, almost every detail gone over such as whose room is where, what the mansion provides in the recreation rooms vs. the bedrooms, and so on. Things started picking up around the 50% point and got a bit better, but things still felt like they were crawling a bit.

After finishing the novel and considering the pacing and the lack of engagement I felt with the characters and the story, I realized that, as long as it was, not a lot really happened. The difficulties that arose felt less than climatic so there was no real "big bad" or "villain", so to speak. That disappointed me.

I can see a lot of potential for development in the course of the series. Society of Wishes, to me, was obviously an introductory novel to the world and its rules as opposed to a novel that embraced the story and went onward, revealing things as the narrative unfolds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I received a copy of this book from the authors in exchange for an honest review.
So, I started reading Society of Wishes along with the Official Facebook Read Along. I accidentally read ahead to the point where I was so close to the end I figured I might as well finish it. So, while the read along is still going strong, I’m here writing out my review. That should at least tell you something about how this is going to go.

The characters are quite mysterious and it’s hard to feel like I know them much. Aside from Jo, they weren’t overly three-dimensional, but I do feel like we have at least bits and pieces of the characters enough to at least start seeing them as people. Also, I can not speak to the authenticity of Jo’s Mexican American representation because I am not Mexican American, but she felt very white-coded to me. At the moment though I feel mostly like we have bits and pieces without that extra something that pulls it all together. Given what I have already seen from Elise Kova’s work, I have to assume this will come later.

Society of Wishes is set in a futuristic United States that are no longer United following a third World War. This was built up fairly well, but the majority of the story takes place in the Society, which is built up very well. As a location, it was relatively easy to immerse myself into, but also the hierarchy and expectations of the characters were very clear and easy to visualize. The world building was a strong point in this novel for me.

While I did really enjoy the semi-immersive quality of the world building, Society of Wishes is a very plot-driven book. And drive it does! The story flows very well from one bit of excitement to the next, which is what led to my accidental finishing of the book in two days instead of thirty-six days. It was very easy to get caught up and keep reading from beginning to end.

That is one thing I need to talk about though. The end. It just… kind of… stopped? Like… I hate cliffhangers. This much has been established repeatedly in my reviews and blog posts. But this… wasn’t even a cliffhanger? The story was building up to another bit of excitement and then… Nothing. Needless to say the ending of this book was not a win for me.

I really did enjoy the story while I was reading it and I’m curious to see more about the Society and its members so I’ll definitely be continuing with the series. I did not like the way the book just kind of stopped, but I am invested in the plot so I’m definitely looking forward to the next book in the series. Hopefully, the ending to that one will be a little easier to sit with.
I actually finished this book a week ago, but I needed to fully digest it before I wrote a review. I am a fan of Elise Kova's works so I thought I had a good idea of what to expect with this book. I was wrong and I don't think the fact that it was co-authored is why.
This book is different. I've come to expect certain things in the stories I read. About halfway through I realised I wasn't going to be seeing those things, and I realised I was totally ok with that. This book is about a journey. It's not the traditional call to adventure go off and find your destiny journey. The heroine does seek to prove herself, but there is no looming "bad guy" and the obstacles are not necessarily a question of skill, but of discovery. Jo knows who she is, she just doesn't know how that person fits into the new world she's found herself in.
The urban fantasy elements are handled well, avoiding long dumps of exposition which can be difficult when dealing with the type of world that is being built.
There were a few times I grew frustrated with Jo's choices and actions, and found myself arguing at the pages like one would yell at the tv. Anything that elicits that sort of investment is certainly worth five stars in my book.
I, for one, am looking forward to more.