Name: This Vicious Grace
Rating: 3.923076923076923 (13 reviews)
ISBN: 9781399700122

Emily Thiede

This Vicious Grace

It was really good. Started reading in the morning, and at 1 am the next night i had finished it.

I just wanted to know what was gonna happen between Alessa and Dante. Who are by the way the cutest freaking couple. Who weren't as slowburn as I would've liked but what do you expect when you have Alessa who is as touchstarved as ever. And Dante who can't say no to her puppydog eyes. Like I said the cutest freaking couple.

Joan 

It was really good. Started reading in the morning, and at 1 am the next night i had finished it.

I just wanted to know what was gonna happen between Alessa and Dante. Who are by the way the cutest freaking couple. Who weren't as slowburn as I would've liked but what do you expect when you have Alessa who is as touchstarved as ever. And Dante who can't say no to her puppydog eyes. Like I said the cutest freaking couple.

This vicious grace is about found family, self acceptance, doubt, loss, forbidden love, opposites attract, a chosen one without a choice, good vs evil, class systems, italian and magic. 🍋🌊

Alessa, the main character & savior, who not even herself knows why she got chosen by a god, faces a rocky journey to accepting herself & her power. Along the way she finds love and good in someone who is supposed to be this dreadful guy (but really isnt). 

The good vs evil takes such extreme measurements that one 'evil' god tries to destroy the island & its folk by sending devilish dragons (still unsure about that), which leads to the 'good' god granting one person with god-alike powers to magnify the power of a 'fonte'. Who conveniently tuns out to be Alessa.

The 'saint' status has regulations which force her to be isolated for a long while, until she has to find her battle partner & fonte in one gifted fellow (who keeps dying, rip) and fight this inevitable 'evil'. 

So here's my critic: I don't like the simple good vs evil. Yes, her love interest is supposed to be evil but turns out good, but what about the whole system? At the beginning, the author explains in a few pages why the 'evil' god (Crollo) dislikes humans so much but that's all. And for his sent devish creatures (that also aren't that in depth descriped,  expect that they're horrible and unpredictable) to be the big endgame enemy is too vague for me.

To add that up, the majority of the book is about finding a fonte, Dante & preparing to fight, but barely about the fight itself that is feared the entire time.

The positive: I love Alessa's character growth throughout the book, other characters being explored more and the bound they begin to share with her. Emotions of the protagonist are such an important part to understand where the book is heading and continue reading and I respect the author of how realistic and empathetic she wrote Alessa and the others. (Just the detail towards the plot bothering me haha)

Nina May

This vicious grace is about found family, self acceptance, doubt, loss, forbidden love, opposites attract, a chosen one without a choice, good vs evil, class systems, italian and magic. 🍋🌊

Alessa, the main character & savior, who not even herself knows why she got chosen by a god, faces a rocky journey to accepting herself & her power. Along the way she finds love and good in someone who is supposed to be this dreadful guy (but really isnt). 

The good vs evil takes such extreme measurements that one 'evil' god tries to destroy the island & its folk by sending devilish dragons (still unsure about that), which leads to the 'good' god granting one person with god-alike powers to magnify the power of a 'fonte'. Who conveniently tuns out to be Alessa.

The 'saint' status has regulations which force her to be isolated for a long while, until she has to find her battle partner & fonte in one gifted fellow (who keeps dying, rip) and fight this inevitable 'evil'. 

Spoiler:

So here's my critic: I don't like the simple good vs evil. Yes, her love interest is supposed to be evil but turns out good, but what about the whole system? At the beginning, the author explains in a few pages why the 'evil' god (Crollo) dislikes humans so much but that's all. And for his sent devish creatures (that also aren't that in depth descriped,  expect that they're horrible and unpredictable) to be the big endgame enemy is too vague for me.

To add that up, the majority of the book is about finding a fonte, Dante & preparing to fight, but barely about the fight itself that is feared the entire time.

The positive: I love Alessa's character growth throughout the book, other characters being explored more and the bound they begin to share with her. Emotions of the protagonist are such an important part to understand where the book is heading and continue reading and I respect the author of how realistic and empathetic she wrote Alessa and the others. (Just the detail towards the plot bothering me haha)

Lorna Beckett

Hard for me to get into at first because I guessed the solution too quickly then got super annoyed that it took the characters 300 pages to figure it out but it was a very good story. I feel like it ended too abruptly even though it is set up for a sequel. I just wish we would have gotten a little more before this one ended. Still a wonderful story that made me want to drink fresh lemonade on the beach.

Cassidy Webb

This Vicious Grace follows Alessa, who with her God given power of magnifying her partner's magic, is supposed to save her Island from a swarm of giant insects sent to devour them all. The catch? She kills every person she touches, until she meets Dante.

So, the premise of this story really intrigued me. It sounded original and complex. But the execution was lacking in my opinion.

The fantasy element to this story had so much potential, and I felt like it became a secondary plot and got completely drowned out by the romance within the book. All the action was within a few chapters thrown together towards the end of the book and didn't feel like it had the power and determination behind it that it should have.

The romance within this book definitely took precedence. However, it felt forced and predictable and like it was there to fill in where the fantasy side should have really been adapted and allowed to develop.

The whole book just felt too convenient with a plot twist at the end to allow for a sequel that isn't really needed.

Victoria Justice

This Vicious Grace follows Alessa, who with her God given power of magnifying her partner's magic, is supposed to save her Island from a swarm of giant insects sent to devour them all. The catch? She kills every person she touches, until she meets Dante.

So, the premise of this story really intrigued me. It sounded original and complex. But the execution was lacking in my opinion.

The fantasy element to this story had so much potential, and I felt like it became a secondary plot and got completely drowned out by the romance within the book. All the action was within a few chapters thrown together towards the end of the book and didn't feel like it had the power and determination behind it that it should have.

The romance within this book definitely took precedence. However, it felt forced and predictable and like it was there to fill in where the fantasy side should have really been adapted and allowed to develop.

The whole book just felt too convenient with a plot twist at the end to allow for a sequel that isn't really needed.

I really liked this book because it seemed very different and original to me. I loved the Italian proverbs and the culture touches. I felt like I was on that island while reading this book. 

This Vicious Grace

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