A review by romancingthereader
Beyond What is Given by Rebecca Yarros

emotional sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

This is one of those books I probably canโ€™t recommend to anyone else, but that I enjoyed nonetheless.

๐Ÿ“• ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: Beyond What is Given by Rebecca Yarros

๐Ÿ“™ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€: Flight & Glory character series. Book 3.

๐Ÿ“— ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜€: Audiobook on Hoopla.

๐Ÿ“˜ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: Military romance

๐Ÿ“” ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜€: Friends-to-lovers, toxic couple, angst fest, right person / wrong time.

๐Ÿ“– ๐—ฆ๐˜†๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€: Sam and Grayson canโ€™t fight their attraction, despite the fact that both are battling intense demons from their respective pasts.

๐ŸŒŸ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„: If Iโ€™m being honest, I never finish a Rebecca Yarros book angry with what Iโ€™ve read. Sheโ€™s a really good writer, and she has my number when it comes to emotional books. 

One thing I love about her books, and this one in particular, is her stories arenโ€™t linear. Thereโ€™s twists and turns and tons of drama. This book had that in spades. It felt a tiny bit long because of it, but I stayed for the long haul and was awarded with an incredible grand gesture and the best epilogue.

This is one of only a handful of books where I can say the audio didnโ€™t do it justice. Teddy Hamilton was (as always) perfection. But the female narrator was hard for me to listen to, and I found myself not liking the FMC at times because of that. 

๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: 4/5 โญโญโญโญ

๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น: 3/5 ๐ŸŒถ๐ŸŒถ๐ŸŒถ