Welcome to The Antidote Blog Tour hosted by The Fantastic Flying Book Club. Witches are once again taking the bookish world by storm. In The Antidote magic is forbidden and Fee must keep it hidden. However, what happens when her magic is the only thing that might save her kingdom? Scroll down to read my review (and one of my favourite quotes) and don't forget to join the Giveaway (sorry, it's US only). Also, to read more reviews, interviews and guest posts follow the tour.
Title: The Antidote
Author: Shelley Sackier
Published: February 5th 2019
Publisher: HaperTeen
Genre: YA Fantasy
Publisher: HaperTeen
Genre: YA Fantasy
Magic is not allowed,
under any circumstances — even if it could save someone’s life. Instead,
there are herbal remedies and traditional techniques that have been
painstakingly recorded in lieu of using the mystical arts. Fee knows
this, so she keeps her magic a secret.
Except her best friend, Xavi, is deathly ill. He’s also the crown prince. Saving him is important, not only for her, but for the entire kingdom.
Fee’s desperation to save her friend means she can barely contain the magic inside her. And after the tiniest of slips, Fee is thrust into a dark and secretive world that is as alluring as it is dangerous.
If she gives in, it could mean she can save Xavi. But it also means that those who wish to snuff out magic might just snuff her out in the process.
Except her best friend, Xavi, is deathly ill. He’s also the crown prince. Saving him is important, not only for her, but for the entire kingdom.
Fee’s desperation to save her friend means she can barely contain the magic inside her. And after the tiniest of slips, Fee is thrust into a dark and secretive world that is as alluring as it is dangerous.
If she gives in, it could mean she can save Xavi. But it also means that those who wish to snuff out magic might just snuff her out in the process.
After a deadly plague almost killed
every person in Fireli, the kingdom is slowly coming back to life after a
ten-year seclusion. However, opening the doors to the world brings a new threat
and Ophelia, also known as Fee, must discover who’s behind the treachery before
it’s too late to save the future king’s life, her best friend Xavi.
WHAT I LOVED
The journey. The story is focused on Ophelia’s
quest to save her kingdom and her best friend’s life and finding who she’s in a
place where magic is forbidden. Fee’s journey reminded me so much of Yelena’s
from the Study series, especially with all the twists and turns – this novel
does a lot of unexpected and expected twists – and forbidden magic.
"Keep your secrets close, for your enemies are all around you..."
Fee’s and Xavi’s friendship. I loved how unshakable their
friendship was and that Fee would go to hell and back to save the life of her
closest friend. I would have loved their friendship to have been a little bit
more developed since a girl-boy friendship is rarely featured without romance
elements being throw into the mix.
The atmosphere. There’s just something magical and
mysterious in the atmosphere of this novel. The forbidden magic, the castle’s
solitude, the darkness of the dungeons, the scent of the herbs collected by
Fee, who was studying to become a healer… All these elements created such an
enthralling atmosphere.
WHAT I THINK THAT COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER
The beginning. The first chapters were confusing.
I had to go back and forth to be sure I didn’t miss anything major to the story
(these chapters are important to understand how the kingdom was before the
ten-year quarantine was instituted after a plague that almost killed everyone
and forced Fireli to send its children away).
The romance felt forced. Or maybe the way
Rye treated Fee the first time they met after ten years apart left a sour taste
in my mouth. Ps. Arranged marriages is a trope that
deserves more love.
Read an excerpt here.
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I've been curious about this one! It's a bummer about the romance -- just take it out! The story will still progress if they're friends, right? Sometimes it's better to maintain a friendship that force a relationship. I also don't like it when books are too confusing at the start. Was it information overload, or poorly explained? Either way, I want to feel like I'm immersed in the new world, and not overwhelmed by how it works.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your thoughts! This is the first review I've read for this one, and it was very helpful. :)
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