Karyn⁠ ۶۟ৎ's Reviews > Alchemised

6 stars 🥀 🪦 🌖 🧠 🧟‍♂️ 👁️ ❤️‍🩹

My favorite book. Ever.

❝ Call me, and I will come. ❞
❝ Ferron always comes for me. ❞
❝ You’re mine. I’ll always come for you. ❞
He always did.
❝ You came—I guess you always do. ❞

I was born in the right generation because I got to read Alchemised. Honestly, if I lived in the Victorian era, I would’ve built a time machine to 2025 and read this book.

╰┈➤ This book FINISHED ME.

This book is definitely not a romantasy. It’s a dark fantasy with a romance subplot, but the romance scenes? Worth everything. It might look intimidating with its 1k pages, but trust me… it’s so worth it.

I did have to use a glossary for the book terms until I was like 800 pages in, so if you’re not used to complex magic and heavy world-building, then this probably isn’t for you.

There are scenes that will leave you in sheer horror, but also in complete intrigue, like “oh no… gasp… I’m gonna put down this book for 10 minutes.”

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This book has officially become my new personality. I genuinely cannot hold a normal conversation without talking about it, so at this point I just talk less and keep my mouth shut.
And problem is: NO ONE UNDERSTANDS ME.

╰┈➤ˎˊ˗ The parallels between the parts? Actually insane.

➤ I read Part 1 → Part 2 → back to Part 1 → then Part 3, and I didn’t regret a single second. It was the best book journey of my life.

If there’s one thing I love about reading, it’s the parallels.
✎𓂃 I’ve always adored finding parallels like little puzzles, and this book fed that obsession perfectly. ⸜(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝♡

I literally have a full 20-page document of parallels for my own safekeeping. If one day I start forgetting the plot, it’s fine… because I also devoted hours into a 85-page recap document.

I am THAT serious and THAT in love with this book. I never want to forget a single word. I want it permanently engraved into my brain, from the prologue to the epilogue.

. ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁༉‧₊˚. ∘₊✧─────✧₊∘

I can’t even properly describe the story. If you ask me what it’s about, all I can say is: it’s emotionally devastating, and reading Alchemised means sacrificing a piece of yourself and accepting that you’ll never be the same or read books the same way ever again. .˚⊹. ࣪𓉸 ࣪⊹˚.

I have to say, this book really lives up to the hype. I don’t agree with people saying it’s “unnecessarily long.” Honestly, I’d settle for another thousand pages, because if you know me, you know I’d do anything for a slow burn.