Rebecca's Thoughts

Mini Book Review

Goodreads Synopsis – Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandant finds a letter. It reads: Burn before reading. Thus begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents hellbent on securing the best possible future for their warring factions. Now, what began as a taunt, a battlefield boast, grows into something more. Something epic. Something romantic. Something that could change the past and the future.
Except the discovery of their bond would mean

death for each of them. There’s still a war going on, after all. And someone has to win that war.

I liked what this book was trying to do! I think the characters and this cat-and-mouse dynamic was really fun and interesting. There was something however that fell a little flat for me. I’m not sure what it was exactly, but I think that despite my praise for the characters, their dynamic never really felt earned and I’m not really sure why these two people like each other let alone love each other.
I also think that that the first 70 or so pages feel somewhat inconsequential until you get closer to the end of the book; which for a book that is only 200 pages seems like a large chunk of the book that had me not really caring about what was going on.

I like what this book was trying to do, which is why it is on this list, but I don’t think this is like, one of my all time favourites or anything. There is immense respect though.