Omg wow this book is amazing it's full of twists and turns it will keep you up all night I really enjoyed this book

Sometimes a book just doesn't click with me, and sadly this is one of them.. The writing was fine, the characters were fine, but it just didn't do it for me.

The writer does a good job at reeling you into the story. The world the writer has created is amazing: the many storylines about Ana, her missing mother and her abilities and Viktor and his strange past are captivating. Especially the parts where Ana is finding out what she is and how she is trying to cope with her gifts.

I've tried several times to read this book but it just wasn't very well executed and I didn't connect with the Ana. In fact, I really didn't like her character at all. I appreciate the opportunity to read this, but never could get all the way through it.

I couldn’t get into this book. I tried multiple times and it just didn’t grab my attention. I skimmed through hoping something would grab me but nothing ever did.

As a YA Fantasy book, this was always going to be a winner for me, although I have to confess I don’t think it will ever be one of my favourites from this genre. I found the magic system that surrounds the story a little complicated, and whilst I wouldn’t say that this affected my enjoyment of the book too much, it did make it more of a challenge to follow than other similar books I have read. Aside from this, Marked Beauty is a book filled with emotion and tension, and I will definitely be keeping an eye out for any potential sequel(s).

Unfortunately, this book was archived before I got a chance to finish reading this. However, I absolutely love the cover and the whole premise of this book! I am quite sure that if I had gone on to finish it, I would have enjoyed it thoroughly! Hopefully, I can borrow a copy from a library but for ow my rating is an impartial 5.

Like other reviews that i read bout this book. I liked it at first, but the ending disapointed me a little bit. I like the characters, the pace of the book and the plot, but at some point during the book, i lost a bit of interest. It is still Worth discovering it tought

This was a wonderful book. I really enjoyed the relationships between the characters and the storyline was perfect.

Very nice story. I liked the storyline and the characters were well thought out. I really enjoyed reading it.

Marked Beauty is one of those stories that is different but not quite unique. The overall tone I found while reading was fairly similar to a lot of Young Adult books that I have read before and the whole “boy pushes girl away for her own good” type of romance just feels over-played for me.

What I did really enjoy was Ana’s power. I think that the idea of an empath is something that is rarely done (I have never read a book about one before, that I can remember) and it was quite refreshing to get something new in a genre that can be pretty generic. I didn’t find anything overly remarkable about her otherwise but I think that was part of the draw of her as a character and I think she worked out great as a heroine here.

The romance through the book was as expected. I think the author did a great job with the slow romantic burn that I actually love so much when reading a book like this. Viktor was an excellent pick, in my opinion, even though I think he was a bit of an ass at times. He was the tortured, bad-boy love interest….what else would you expect?

This is the first book I have read by S. A. Larsen and I have had it on my radar for a long time so I’m happy to have had the chance to read it. The amazing world building alone was worth it for me and I really don’t have anything bad to say about this book. This was a very quick and fun read and I think fans of the Evermore and Fallen series’ will thoroughly enjoy it.

Although I am curious to know what Larsen will bring to Ana and Viktor next, I’m not sure if I will continue with the series. As enjoyable as Marked Beauty was, I feel that my reading preferences have changed enough that I would prefer something a little newer and less “done”.

As always, I would like to thank NetGalley and the publisher for providing me a copy of this book to read and provide my honest opinion.

I wasn't a fan of Marked Beauty. It had a great plot and started off really well, but it fell flat towards the middle and the ending disappointed me.

I received an ARC from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

I was on the fence on whether to give this a 3 or 4 rating. I really enjoyed the first part of the book but in the last 100 pages or so, I felt it lost a bit of steam. There was a lot bein* crammed into 1 little book. I’m also not sure whether or not I like the main characters and I’m not a huge fan of the ending.
I’m curious to see what other people think. I’d say give it a shot and see where you land.

I found Marked Beauty quite hard to get into. The premise of a girl who can read auras/emotions intrigued me, but I found Ana to be a little hard to like. I have no idea why.
The dual POV made it easier for me to get into though, although I found myself almost wanting to skip certain chapters and passages and just get to Victor's parts but for anyone who like paranormal YA should give this book a go. The writing is nice and easy to get into but for ne I dont think I 'got' the main characters. I didn't connect with them the way I need to to fully immerse myself in the world.

I really enjoyed reading Marked Beauty, I found the world it was set in really interesting and I could not wait to find out more through the eyes of Ana and Viktor. I really loved the dual POV and I found myself looking forward to Viktor's chapters.

I did find Ana a little judgmental in the beginning of the book but as I read on I realised that it seemed that she was ever harder on herself. And as the book went on I did find myself warming a little to Ana. The second half of the book really picks up and I found myself unwilling to put the book down once I hit the 60% mark as it was just so interesting.

I really can't wait to find out more about The Realm and about Viktor and his family, and maybe even Ana's mother in the later books. Although the book did kind of wrap things up there was a lot left open.

It was a little difficult to get past Ana's character and I found her a unlikable, but the interesting world and lore of the book made up for that and meant I wanted to keep reading. I would love to find out more about more of the side characters mention in the book and hopefully this is something future books might explore.

I was initially drawn in by the cover which is gorgeous and upon reading the synopsis was further intrigued to read Marked Beauty. While the world was intriguing and the characters were interesting the lack of world building and character development left something to be desired. There was so much potential here however I found myself confused and had a hard time picturing some parts in my head. All of the characters just seemed to be thrown in to move the plot along with no real depth to them, and there could have been some real gems. I do feel like the author was on to something here, sadly a lack of execution left me disappointed.

I was so disappointed with this book. The premise sounded pretty good… I mean… A girl that can see/feel life energies and has a mysterious past? Yes please! Erm… no….

From the start I felt the writing was at times rushed or messy and confusing. There were a few times I almost gave up, but once I passed the halfway mark I figured I may as well finish it. Now, the main character, Ana, is the one redeeming feature. She is actually quite likeable. But I felt her character drowned in the world around her. The other characters felt flat and perfunctory to me. Ana falls in love with a guy far too forceful for my liking, so the romance was a big no-no for me. There was a standard urban fantasy trope concerning the romance that bothers me as well, but I will not expand on that, as it would be a spoiler of sorts.

At times I felt it was about to pick up, only to let me down. I did not enjoy the writing and I did not really get into the flow of the story being told.

There are plenty of positive reviews on this book, so obviously a lot of people do like it, but it really was not for me. Maybe I missed something?

DNF'd it.

I couldn't finish this. I'm sorry, I had a different thought of a story when I got the book from NetGalley and I really did try and stick it through but I couldn't get past it and it was taking me ages to read and making me get into a reading slump. The writing is well done and very well written and the story has tons of potential but the characters... I don't think they're well developed. Viktor reminds me of Edward Cullen but with no vampiresque-thing. It's just not my type of reading and I couldn't finish it.

Marked Beauty is a YA paranormal romance.

I enjoyed the book and found the idea of reading auras and being sensitive to people’s emotions a good one. Ana possesses this power and it becomes much stronger after she meets Viktor.

The romance between Viktor and Ana was a little predictable and not at all unique in the YA world. It was your typical girl meets boy, boy pushes girl away to protect her. Girl perseveres and won’t stay away from boy. They fall in love and save each other. Boy and girl get their HEA. As I said not very original.

Marked Beauty is perfect for fans of paranormal fantasy that like to know what they are getting from a book in that genre.

For me nothing about this story blew me away but it was a fun read!
I’ve rated it 3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Thank you to the NetGalley and the publisher for providing a copy. All opinions are my own and provided willingly.

I thought this was a wonderful and entertaining book. I cannot wait to read more from this author. Thank you NetGalley for allowing me to read this.