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This book...oh this book... this was a mixed bag of emotions for me. If you have ever read any of my more verbally flamboyant reviews you'd know of my devout love affair with lyrically verbose literary musings. This type of author usually has me waxing poetic (or trying to). Amber & Dusk was undeniably picturesque! It was eloquent in ways I am not and the writing was equal parts delicious... and...well... loquacious. The Character and World developments were both beautifully crafted. The scene depictions were resplendent but I often found myself outside of/apart from/not one with the characters or any of their plights. Instead of being immersed in the "what the heck is happening and what's going to happen next?", I was more in the arena of "who cares who's doing what to whom? Look how sparkly and pretty this sentence is!" Scenes were lost in the grandeur of the description proving the sentiment that sometimes more is just...well...more. At times the tone flip flopped between robust imagery and mottled mess and when that happened I found myself unceremoniously booted right out of the flow...not cool! Even I believe there's no sane reason to use 2 overtly saccharine sentences to describe a rock BUT somewhere along the way, around the two thirds mark, I found myself absorbed. I finally started rooting for/against characters and worried over their wellbeing. Progress!!!

I guess I love the bad boys though because Sunder was the first character to resonate with me and I loved him from his very first appearance. Now Mirage, on the other hand, I was on the fence about her. She longed for a place to belong, to fit in, and the first time she was offered a life of acceptance, Family and Love she refused it without even a spare thought. This rang false with me. She had no idea what her fate/future held instore for her yet she flatly rejected an offer of total wish fulfillment??

NO way!! That's B.S.!!! I call Shenanigans!!!

::: Deep Yogi breath :::in::: :::out:::

and I'm back

Anyway, imho, the most interesting part of the book was the spectrum of Legacies and the backstories telling how and why they manifested in the ways they did. It was exciting to suss out, especially with respect to the Empress. All information about her abilities/vulnerabilities (or lack there of) was withheld from both characters and reader alike.

Now back to Sunder... it has been a few minutes, at least here in my head, and I believe you should know a bit more about him and the burgeoning romance (or two) in the story. Don't worry, they were present but SUPER tame. The main one was EXTREMELY slow to brew and seemed like a tiny drip blip on the action-meter. This, of course, was frustrating... BUT... at the end there was a tiny flicker of hope in my heart, that I am currently stoking feverishly, wishing redemption, acceptance and most importantly HEAT in future books...fingers crossed! Sunder, you are a tortured soul but you have yummy, hidden, secret, noble ideals and intentions that I can't get enough of...I'll Love You if Sylvie/Rina/Mirage won't (and even if she will)!!

The showdown at the end brought the anticipation to a crescendo even though it was wildly unsatisfying and ended in more of a limping whimper than a resounding bang.

SO, did I fall hopelessly in love with Amber & Dusk? No BUT by the end I did fall in strong like with it and I will definitely look out for the next book in the series.

~Enjoy!


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Amber Dusk Lyra Selene Books Reviews

I may need to take a break from YA Fantasy for awhile. All the books are starting to feel the same and nothing truly stand outs as different and unusual anymore. So please take that with a grain of thought along with this review. The poor girl who wants to fight for her place in a court of luxury and power sounded pretty enticing. Sylvie is a poor orphan abandoned in the Dusklands and under the guardianship of a bunch of strict nuns. But Sylvie discovers she has a magical ability to conjure illusions which means she must be from a high ranking family. She takes off on the long journey to bring her to the palace in the Amber (a kind of bright, light world) world. She forces her way into the palace demanding that she is a special little snowflake who KNOWS that this is her place. Even when people previously tried to warn her that the palace was no safe and wonderful place, Sylvie knew better and tossed their warnings aside. Yeah, so Sylvie got on my nerves. She just had this in her head and ignored signs all her around her that this world was not the one she had dreamed of. When anyone called her on her attitude (and some do) she preened and moaned about how they didn't understand her. But obviously the world of the palace and the Empress was a very ugly one. Much intrigue was going on along with the fancy clothes and large meals. That was kind of interesting. One of the love interests was annoying and wouldn't listen either and the other guy had a lot of baggage. Some might even say he could potentially be abusive. Props for having an important gay side character who was quite fun. The story was interesting in its climax but I felt the conclusion was left open ended when it didn't need to be at all which I know if because the author wants to make a sequel. I just think there was a very obvious wrap up that they found reason to not be satisfied with and took a harder turn for the characters than necessary.
At first this book annoyed me because I thought Sylvie was selfish and irritating by demanding to be at the Empire. The more I read the more I fell for her charm and her legacy. She doesn't only have one man falling for her but shes got two. I'm hoping she picks her spunky sponsor.
Cany wait to read more by this author. I had the privilege of watching het interview with the Owlcrate ladies. I immediately splurged on the version and lost sleep until I could finally finish this book.
The palace intrigues were not what I suspected most of the time. I was sad for missing characters, and held my breathe in the final chapters
Thank you for a lovely book. ❤
Now, waiting for another book from this author who has a great gift of creating with words, scenes, that stay drawn in our minds and a part of us.
This book...oh this book... this was a mixed bag of emotions for me. If you have ever read any of my more verbally flamboyant reviews you'd know of my devout love affair with lyrically verbose literary musings. This type of author usually has me waxing poetic (or trying to). Amber & Dusk was undeniably picturesque! It was eloquent in ways I am not and the writing was equal parts delicious... and...well... loquacious. The Character and World developments were both beautifully crafted. The scene depictions were resplendent but I often found myself outside of/apart from/not one with the characters or any of their plights. Instead of being immersed in the "what the heck is happening and what's going to happen next?", I was more in the arena of "who cares who's doing what to whom? Look how sparkly and pretty this sentence is!" Scenes were lost in the grandeur of the description proving the sentiment that sometimes more is just...well...more. At times the tone flip flopped between robust imagery and mottled mess and when that happened I found myself unceremoniously booted right out of the flow...not cool! Even I believe there's no sane reason to use 2 overtly saccharine sentences to describe a rock BUT somewhere along the way, around the two thirds mark, I found myself absorbed. I finally started rooting for/against characters and worried over their wellbeing. Progress!!!

I guess I love the bad boys though because Sunder was the first character to resonate with me and I loved him from his very first appearance. Now Mirage, on the other hand, I was on the fence about her. She longed for a place to belong, to fit in, and the first time she was offered a life of acceptance, Family and Love she refused it without even a spare thought. This rang false with me. She had no idea what her fate/future held instore for her yet she flatly rejected an offer of total wish fulfillment??

NO way!! That's B.S.!!! I call Shenanigans!!!

Deep Yogi breath in out

and I'm back

Anyway, imho, the most interesting part of the book was the spectrum of Legacies and the backstories telling how and why they manifested in the ways they did. It was exciting to suss out, especially with respect to the Empress. All information about her abilities/vulnerabilities (or lack there of) was withheld from both characters and reader alike.

Now back to Sunder... it has been a few minutes, at least here in my head, and I believe you should know a bit more about him and the burgeoning romance (or two) in the story. Don't worry, they were present but SUPER tame. The main one was EXTREMELY slow to brew and seemed like a tiny drip blip on the action-meter. This, of course, was frustrating... BUT... at the end there was a tiny flicker of hope in my heart, that I am currently stoking feverishly, wishing redemption, acceptance and most importantly HEAT in future books...fingers crossed! Sunder, you are a tortured soul but you have yummy, hidden, secret, noble ideals and intentions that I can't get enough of...I'll Love You if Sylvie/Rina/Mirage won't (and even if she will)!!

The showdown at the end brought the anticipation to a crescendo even though it was wildly unsatisfying and ended in more of a limping whimper than a resounding bang.

SO, did I fall hopelessly in love with Amber & Dusk? No BUT by the end I did fall in strong like with it and I will definitely look out for the next book in the series.

~Enjoy!