When I read that A Deal with the Elf King was a romantasy based on Hades and Persephone and Beauty and the Beast, I knew I had to read it as soon as possible. Plus, I really enjoyed author Elise Kova’s The Alchemists of Loom. I was certainly pleased by the concept of the story and by main character, Luella. Though I did have a lot of fun reading A […]
The Rebels of Gold, the final installment of the Loom Saga and follow up to The Dragons of Nova and The Alchemists of Loom, was my least favorite of the trilogy. I did really enjoy seeing how the series came to an end, but I found it largely unsatisfying due to counterproductive character development, disappointing “boss” fights, and loose ends. My favorite parts of Rebels of Gold involved the perfect […]
The sequel to the Alchemists of Loom, The Dragons of Nova, is an excellent follow-up in The Loom Saga. The character development and the world-building in Dragons of Nova is just as interesting as in the first novel. I loved Cverah’s sister, Petra, learning the true nature of the Dragon King’s mate, Coletta, and seeing Florence coming into her own. I was less than thrilled with all of Arianna’s […]
I adored The Alchemists of Loom so much that I read it twice within a month. I love the original ideas, the world-building, the characters, the slow-burn romance—everything. I simply cannot rave about this steampunk fantasy novel enough and I am itching to pick up the next novel in the trilogy. In the Alchemists of Loom, there are two races—the Fenthri and the Dragons. The Fenthri dwell below the […]