Book Review - Unraveling by Sara Ella

   Two reviews in one month? Yes, yes - I know I'm breaking my unspoken rule of only one review a month, but I had to share my thoughts on Unraveling! I mentioned awhile back (in this book haul video, actually) that I had bought an utterly gorgeous copy of Unraveling, and I just now finished reading it. Scandalous, I know - it took me forever to get to it! But my tbr pile was teetering at its limits, and some of the books on it were library books, which weren't sticking around forever. So Unraveling got pushed a little further under. But OH MY was it an incredible book - I read it in almost one day! xD

   4 1/2 Stars

   It was a beautiful read (also, confession: I did literally stop reading a few times so I could close it and look at the cover again. IT'S JUST PRETTY), and I enjoyed it so much. Unblemished (the first book in this series) was a 4 star book, Unraveling is a 4 1/2 Star book, so I'm hoping the series will only escalate from there! It's been amazing so far. <3

   From The Back Cover 

What happens when happily ever after starts to unravel?

Eliyana Ember doesn't believe in true love. Not anymore. After defeating her grandfather and saving the Second Reflection, El only trusts what's right in front of her. The tangible. The real. Not some unexplained Kiss of Infinity she once shared with the ghost of a boy she's trying to forget. She has more important things to worry about--like becoming queen of the Second Reflection, a role she is so not prepared to fill.

Now that the Verity is intertwined with her soul and Joshua's finally by her side, El is ready to learn more about her mysterious birth land, the land she now rules. So why does she feel like something--or someone--is missing?

When the thresholds begin to drain and the Callings, those powerful magical gifts, begin to fail, El wonders if her link to Ky Rhyen may have something to do with it. For light and darkness cannot coexist. She needs answers before the Callings disappear altogether. Can El find a way to sever her connection to Ky and save the Reflections--and keep herself from falling for him in the process?

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    - The fact that it wasn't cliche. This book could have become cliche fairly fast. But it absolutely, 100%, wasn't! Even at the parts where it would have been especially easy to take the cliche route out were done in a very original way. And I love books that tend to stray away from cliches. I really need to find more that are like that xD. 

   - The writing style. It's super unique, so cool, and very easy to read! I love it so much - and I think that's why I was able to buy Unraveling without reading it. I knew I LOVED the writing style before I even started the book! Unraveling is written in first person, so it's pretty important to nail a good voice in a story like that. And I think Sara Ella nailed it when it comes to voice and writing style.

   - The plot. Unraveling had an ah-mazing plot, oh my good gracious. I couldn't stop reading it once I started! (the only reason I had to pause and not read it all in one day was because this annoying thing called SLEEP had to interrupt. #rude) When I was only a small way through the book, I curled up in our comfy chair and just read until I finished the thing. It was lovely <3. (and also it was raining which makes it about fifty times better)  

   - I did lose focus now and then. I think it was only during the first half-or-so of the book, though - it was the same way with the first book (I almost DNFed the first book and MY WORD am I glad that I didn't!). I'm not even sure why I lost focus, but there it is. Not even a super big complaint, so this book still gets an epic rating from me! 

   All in all, Unraveling was a GORGEOUS book - not only was it spectacular writing-wise, but it was also a pretty clean book that I would recommend to teens who love speculative fiction (particularly urban and portal fantasy). Y'all should read Unblemished and Unraveling so we can wait for the release of the third book (Unbreakable) together! 

~ Savannah Grace

   have you read unraveling? who all saw the eclipse yesterday?