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Book: The Pomegranate Gate by Ariel Kaplan
Page Count: 560
Release Date: 26th September 2023
Formate: eARC
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A huge thank you to NetGalley and the author for #gifting me an eARC of this incredible book! Also Iβve been super bad at reading lately so I was very late to the party!
Review:
I have never been so confused and so incredibly obsessed and excited by a book as I was by this one. From the first chapter I already needed to know the answers, I couldnβt read this book quick enough, and thatβs saying something because 560 pages is a LOT for me, Iβm much more of a 300 page kinda girl! So I actually ended up reading this as a multi format, I listened to the audio book while doing chores, while driving, while cleaning at work, while cooking, literally every waking second I could, then Iβd read the ebook before I went to sleep and I started to fly through it!
I only have a few negative things to say about this book: there are a LOADS of names of characters, places and just different items that I hadnβt heard of before, so the quick list of definitions at the beginning was super helpful, and I did periodically check back at it to make sure I remembered important details. The chapters are long and wordy! One of the chapters on the audiobook was nearly 2 hours long and that was at x1.4 so prepare yourself before going in! Thatβs it other than these I only have positive things to say about this book!
I havenβt read a proper fantasy in a while and once I got back into the mindset I remembered why I love them so much. I really enjoyed learning about the Jewish culture and it was eye opening to read a different perspective and experience of persecution. I loved the magic system the way the worlds are mirrored and how you can only access the magic world through the Pomegranate gate that only opens every full moon! All the small details, such as the gate appearing in a different place each full moon, and how maziks dream but mortals donβt just made the book so much richer and thrilling to read. I loved watching Toba learn about her magic and I loved discovering everything as Toba and Naftaly did it made this such an immersive experience for me!
I cannot wait for the second book and I no doubt will love that one too! This was a first read of Ariel but Iβll be reading her other works too!
For lovers of:
β’ Jewish MC
β’ Magic realms
β’ Fast paced high fantasy
β’ Enemies-to-Friends
β’ Discovery of Powers
