Series ✦ Penny’s Take
Towering Future
Abigail Manning · 2022
65/100
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A clean YA Rapunzel retelling that closes the Emerald Realm series with a genuinely distinctive touch — Elle is a blind sorceress whose visions of the future shape everything, which is a more interesting protagonist than the genre usually offers. Series fans get a satisfying payoff; readers new to the series will find the enemies-to-lovers formula familiar and the context thin.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety77
Substance / usefulness62
Craft & writing68
Originality68
Evidence & accuracy75
Hype vs delivers68
Age-fit71
👁 Human-eye gut-check66
Penny’s verdict65
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