Name: Unwritten
ISBN: 9781737179115

Alicia J. Novo

A Hispanic teen with a violent magic races to save her mother and the world in a realm where characters from all stories live.

Unwritten

Alicia Novo

Seventeen-year-old Beatrix Alba is an outcast with a violent magic. When she's catapulted into the realm where all stories live, she encounters a universe on the verge of destruction. Joining forces with William, a cursed conjurer, Beatrix must face a shadowy enemy in a place where witches play with time, Egyptian gods roam, and Regency heroines lead covert operations. And she may have to sacrifice everything to save a world that rejects her.

Rania Singla

3.5 stars


  ”There’s no belonging, Beatrix. There is only creating your own world and inviting others in. You invent your homeland. Remember that. You only belong to the words.”


Unwritten has amazing world building. I mean, it’s a world where all our fictional characters live. I’m almost sure that our main character, Beatrix met Elizabeth and Jane Bennet from Pride and Prejudice. 

The characters are wonderfully created, each of them having a unique and distinct personality. Except the love interest, because he just felt like a rip off of Will Herondale. His name is literally Will, what do you expect? 

My favourite thing about this book was definitely the Zweeshen. I would honestly love to live in a world with all my favourite characters. But that’s not the case here. Beatrix is an unwritten. She doesn’t belong to any story. So she’s deemed as an outcast. But there’s a threat looming over the Zweeshen. And she does everything she can to protect it. 

That’s what I loved about Beatrix. She did everything in her power to restore order to the very world that didn’t want her. Everyone hated her. But she still saved them. And I loved that. It was about time she taught them all a lesson. 

The ending did feel a bit rushed. Everything happened in just a few lines and I couldn’t really make sense of it at first. It also ended rather abruptly. 

Emma was definitely my favourite character. She’s so outgoing and is always up for an adventure. She’s trying to find her own story and joins Beatrix so she can feel it for herself. 

The romance was supposed to be an enemies-to-lovers but I don’t think we got enough of the enemies part. It was just Beatrix completely hating Will for a few chapters till her thoughts changed. I don’t think Will ever hated her though. 

Overall, the plot and world building was spectacular, though I think it was in the characters and their development where the story lacked.


  ”’home’ doesn’t have to be where you were born. You can create yours wherever you choose.”

Paola C

Thank you so much to the author for providing me an ARC of Unwritten in exchange for my honest review. 

Unwritten follows Beatrix Alba, a girl who books whisper to. She also has magical powers that she has to keep a secret until one day she is taken to Zweeshen, a real of books. While in Zweeshen, she discovers some secrets about her mom that she was not aware of, and also is being chased by a character that likes to destroy books because of something that she may possess. She goes on this journey to figure out who she truly is and to see if her mom is still alive. 

This is a book about books, which I loved. The premise of this book was excellent, however, I felt there was a bit of a pacing issue and there were too many shifts in where the story was going, which left me confused at times. I also felt that there were too many side characters to keep track of, that I didn't connect very well with them. 

Overall, this was an enjoyable book and it had a fun concept. I would say this is geared towards the younger side of YA, I believe this is going to be a series so I will be checking out the sequel to see what awaits Beatrix.

Nickie Mohler

Being a book lover, I thought I would love this. Unfortunately, I just liked it. The writing is beautiful, but I just struggled to get through it. I might just be in a slump.

I received a copy from Net Galley.

Kaeli Wolf 

This story was magical all the way through. It was easy to read and easy to get lost in. I'd say it is a combination of Melissa Albert's "The Hazel Wood" and Erin Morgenstern's "The Starless Sea" for young adults. There are so many different worlds to get lost in all within one book.

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