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Awaken the Daughter

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I received a copy of the book from Netgalley to review. Thank you for the opportunity.
This book promised much but delivered little. It is quite wishy washy with grand statements of destiny etc but lacks much proper content.
An OK read.

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A super hypnotic premise, which leaves you wanting to know what is going to happen.
a book that has the word "destiny" very big, especially when you read the synopsis, the development was good, the dilemma something good, it was a story that I liked and if I recommend.

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I am giving this book the benefit of the doubt by rating it three stars. I have been trying to read it for weeks but could not get through it, when I finally acknowledged that I could not put off writing the review because I could not finish it, I found I was 11% of the way through the book. Because I had not reached any conflict or plot elements, or gotten to know the characters yet, I will be giving it three stars in case the remaining 89% is a redeemable.

I was excited to read the book because the premise sounded really interesting, and had the potential for vibrant world building. Instead I found none of the scenes or characters described beyond the bare minimum needed to understand what was happening. The main character herself seems to be written as the archetypal "pick me girl" where from the very first chapter I felt the authors male gaze through the lens of this female character. Male authors can write fully fleshed out and real female characters, but I feel this author missed the mark, and could have benefited with more women looking over the book before publishing.

In the 11% of the book I managed to read I wasn't able to get much of the future telling aspect of the book which I was interested in, but it seemed like a really promising concept I was not able to get to because of poor character writing and lack of immersion into the world.

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Thank you to NetGalley for an eARC copy of this book!

I *loved* that this was set during World War II, yet we focused on a woman who breaks all gender barriers of that time period. Of course, this is an alternate history, which completely worked, but the novel wasn't remiss in showing us that time of history (even if from a different perspective). This is the first in the series, and I'll be waiting for the next book to come down the line!

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Very interesting book set in a historical setting. The character development was great. The plot and mystery aspect wasn’t all that thrilling but the MC kept me wanting to read more.

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I was given a free copy of this book from Netgalley. I am leaving my honest review.

This takes place in New York City during WWII. Eleanor can see the future shortly before it happens. She is confused by her ability and unsure how to handle it. However, she is a strong woman, atypical for her time. She boxes, eschews dresses and makeup, and believes she's the equal of any man. She is a strong, well written character. As with all good characters, she has flaws as
well.

Eleanor ends up going after a serial killer. On the way she neets others with similar abilities

The book captured my interest. All of the characters were well written with the main character leading the pack.

I wouldn't classify this as a superhero book. It's more of an urban paranormal mystery.

I eagerly await the next in the series

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