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This book has an interesting premise, and I certainly enjoyed the twists and unraveling the mysteries set out in the beginning chapters. But the actual story was somewhat lackluster, and the climax was over in the blink of an eye. For a book that spent such a long time building things up, to have the ending "battle" (if you could even call it that) a total of maybe 10 pages was just very anticlimactic. I finished the chapter and got an overwhelming sense of "Oh. That's all." Perhaps because the villain seemed very one-dimensional?

The book continues from there to the final resolution, but the actual ending was incredibly abrupt, leaving much up to the imagination. I don't mind some things being left up to the reader, but a bit of explanation/where do things go from here would have been nice. It felt very rushed, almost like the author was just wanting to get to the end.

In addition, throughout the story, it felt like certain characters changed very abruptly. The reader is led to believe they have certain viewpoints, coming from Fee and only Fee's point of view, but there's no insight or conversations as to why those beliefs or characteristics may have changed. I would have liked to see more about the other character's thoughts.

In sum, this book was an interesting read, and I don't regret having spent the time reading it, but it wasn't quite what I had been hoping for. The cover art was absolutely gorgeous, though, so kudos to whichever graphic designer made that.


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The Antidote Shelley Sackier Books Reviews

Thank you HarperCollins for an arc via edelweiss. First of all, I love this cover. As for the story it was good but not great. I was glad to see that Fee and Xavi are friends and never veer from that. all too often it is made romantic and should be left as is. That does not mean there is no romance. The magic was ok. The revelations towards the end were interesting. I was glad this is a stand alone as i felt the story was wrapped up nicely.
This story was a complex fantasy with interesting characters. It begin with a prologue which sets the stage and has characters we don't see again until much farther into the book. The main story concerns a land suffering some sort of a plague that has killed many of the people including the king and queen, a land that has been decimated, and a missing jewel.

The main character in this story is a young girl named Ophelia - Fee to her friends. We meet her as a mischievous seven-year-old (?) who sometimes spontaneously does magic. Magic, however, has been forbidden in her kingdom and it is necessary that she be taught to hide it. Her best friends are ten-year-old Xavi who is the heir to the kingdom and his brother Rye who is Fee's destined husband. They are inseparable friends.

However, when the plague comes to the country, Rye is sent away with the other remaining children to other nearby kingdoms, Fee is hidden by the castle's healer Savva and becomes her apprentice, and Xavi is put under the guardianship of Sir Rollins as he learns about the country he'll rule when he turns twenty-one. It has been determined that the country will be clear of infection after ten years.

During those ten years, Fee learns from to be a healer and mostly manages to suppress her magic. She spends much of her time trying to find a cure for Xavi's illness. The only contact she has with Rye are the letters that he sends Xavi. Though she writes to him, he never answers.

Things come to a head when Xavi's betrothed Quinn comes to the country and Xavi gets sicker. Fee learns that Quinn is poisoning him. In an effort to protect Xavi, they fake his death and hide him in a cave where they spent time as children. Then Rye returns to the country much changed and is convinced the Fee has deliberately poisoned his brother.

It gets more complicated from there as Rye and Fee try to find out who poisoned Xavi and what happened to him since he's missing from his hiding place. Fee learns more about her magic and her heritage and the villain who started all of this because she was thwarted in love.

Fans of twisty, romantic fantasy will enjoy this story.
This book has an interesting premise, and I certainly enjoyed the twists and unraveling the mysteries set out in the beginning chapters. But the actual story was somewhat lackluster, and the climax was over in the blink of an eye. For a book that spent such a long time building things up, to have the ending "battle" (if you could even call it that) a total of maybe 10 pages was just very anticlimactic. I finished the chapter and got an overwhelming sense of "Oh. That's all." Perhaps because the villain seemed very one-dimensional?

The book continues from there to the final resolution, but the actual ending was incredibly abrupt, leaving much up to the imagination. I don't mind some things being left up to the reader, but a bit of explanation/where do things go from here would have been nice. It felt very rushed, almost like the author was just wanting to get to the end.

In addition, throughout the story, it felt like certain characters changed very abruptly. The reader is led to believe they have certain viewpoints, coming from Fee and only Fee's point of view, but there's no insight or conversations as to why those beliefs or characteristics may have changed. I would have liked to see more about the other character's thoughts.

In sum, this book was an interesting read, and I don't regret having spent the time reading it, but it wasn't quite what I had been hoping for. The cover art was absolutely gorgeous, though, so kudos to whichever graphic designer made that.