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Crier's War

Crier's War

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  • Update Date：2025-09-06
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  • Author：Nina Varela
  • ISBN：0062823957
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Summary

From debut author Nina Varela comes the first book in a richly imagined epic fantasy duology about an impossible love between two girls—one human， one Made—whose romance could be the beginning of a revolution。

Perfect for fans of Marie Rutkoski’s The Winner’s Curse as well as Game of Thrones and Westworld 。

After the War of Kinds ravaged the kingdom of Rabu， the Automae， designed to be the playthings of royals， usurped their owners’ estates and bent the human race to their will。

Now Ayla， a human servant rising in the ranks at the House of the Sovereign， dreams of avenging her family’s death…by killing the sovereign’s daughter， Lady Crier。

Crier was Made to be beautiful， flawless， and to carry on her father’s legacy。 But that was before her betrothal to the enigmatic Scyre Kinok， before she discovered her father isn’t the benevolent king she once admired， and most importantly， before she met Ayla。

Now， with growing human unrest across the land， pressures from a foreign queen， and an evil new leader on the rise， Crier and Ayla find there may be only one path to love: war。

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Reviews

Jerzey ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 This is so overratedIt's good But overratedIt's just so average The writingThe charactersThe storyI heard about this book so much and I've heard so many good things about it I even saw a girl say this was the best enemies to lovers lgbtq book she has ever read and chile I was not impressedI mean it's cute but it's definitely not amazing like bro you'd think with the alya there would be more conflict it alya 5 seconds to let her guard down and care for her like😐 and with a conflict we did have it This is so overratedIt's good But overratedIt's just so average The writingThe charactersThe storyI heard about this book so much and I've heard so many good things about it I even saw a girl say this was the best enemies to lovers lgbtq book she has ever read and chile I was not impressedI mean it's cute but it's definitely not amazing like bro you'd think with the alya there would be more conflict it alya 5 seconds to let her guard down and care for her like😐 and with a conflict we did have it's like "I hate her。。。 But she's nice ☺️ but I hate her😡" in the most confusing way and I understand that alyas character Is confused with her feelings towards her （forgot the other girl name） but it's not even like a sensible confusion the confusion just doesn't make any sense if you know what I meanAnd with the other girl character that I forgot like she be feeling an intense emotion have a mental breakdown and move on like 5 seconds later like for example when her father didn't give her the chair she rightfully deserved this girl feel like she was going to cry had a mental breakdown but then like forgave him two seconds later and had moved on 😑 LIKE BITCH IM STILL MAD ABOUT THAT like don't she have passion in her build or whatever and think it would have been better if she had a grudge over it because she wouldn't know how to deal with it and it would have been interesting to see how she would， and the most annoying think about this whole thing is that they only have a handful of romantic scenes or seeing that they really bonded and his girl over here talking about how she love her。。。 Bitch whatI read fanfiction and even I can admit that love revelation was too quick I wouldn't have minded if she had professed her love for her in the second book （which I have not read yet and I'm not sure if I will） that would have made more logical sense and I get that people falling for people at different times and at different paces， but this is her first time experiencing romantic love for someone is going to take her a minute to realizeBut on the bright side it's a very bingeable book although I found it all together pretty average I found myself reading more and more of it that's probably because it's pretty fast-paced 。。。more

tina ，

3。5 stars

Mogy ，

I had seen this book recommended many times， so I finally sat down to read it。。 and I couldn't put it down！ I really enjoyed getting into the characters heads and watching the dangerous games the characters are playing unfold。。。 Would definitely read again！ I had seen this book recommended many times， so I finally sat down to read it。。 and I couldn't put it down！ I really enjoyed getting into the characters heads and watching the dangerous games the characters are playing unfold。。。 Would definitely read again！ 。。。more

Hannah ，

I see what you did with that ending， you want me to buy book two。But I don't have any money I see what you did with that ending， you want me to buy book two。But I don't have any money 。。。more

Claudia Marcela ，

Ayla solo tiene un deseo de venganza contra el hombre que mandó asesinar a su familia。 Crier ha vivido sabiendo que los humanos son criaturas inferiores que solo pueden servir a los Automae。Pero entonces se conocen， y descubren que ni los humanos ni los automae son lo que creía la otra。>>><<>><<

Vi✨ ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 ⭐️⭐️4/5⭐️⭐️Crier’s War⚔️                           _____ Book review______{📚 } In this story we have a girl named Ayla （human） in which she’s a servant in the kingdom of the one responsible for ordering the siege that destroyed her village and left her without her parents and her twin brother。 With a thirst for vengeance and by situations handcrafted by fate， she becomes the princess handmaiden。 Princess Crier is an Atome。 She was Made。 Therefore she was Ayla’s enemy by default。 But again， we kn ⭐️⭐️4/5⭐️⭐️Crier’s War⚔️                           _____ Book review______{📚 } In this story we have a girl named Ayla （human） in which she’s a servant in the kingdom of the one responsible for ordering the siege that destroyed her village and left her without her parents and her twin brother。 With a thirst for vengeance and by situations handcrafted by fate， she becomes the princess handmaiden。 Princess Crier is an Atome。 She was Made。 Therefore she was Ayla’s enemy by default。 But again， we know that there’s a fine line between enemy to lover。 That’s was indeed the case here。 {❤️ } It’s been ages since I’ve been so torn between finishing a book or just dragging the moment。 This book is the embodiment of SLOW BURN。 I don’t mind a well-executed enemy to lover slow-burn story， BUT GOOD GOD！ This was just evil lol。 Brilliant， but evil。 Tho the slow burn was real， I really liked that the author was realistic。 There was no way that one person that has been through hell and back was able to forgive everything that has been drilled in her mind and soul just because she has fallen in love。 I really loved how she described both character's inner conflict and their character development。 I also loved the almost nothing was predictable。 Yes， there were things that I saw them coming but most of them had me gapping and gasping and making my heart wanting to leave my chest。 {😓} one thing that I wasn’t too happy about was that it took me about 100 pages in order for me to be fully captivated with the plot and the book’s world。 Second thing was that I knew I had to dislike the villains， but it was as if they were telling me to hate him because of what he did and was planning。 I wanted to know more about both of them。 Especially the main villain。 I wanted to hate him for what I “saw” and not for what o was “told” I don't know if I’m explaining myself correctly lol。 3rd thing I wasn’t very happy about was that the very moment I was waiting for was rushed。 300 pages and IT WAS RUSHED！ {📜 } having said that I absolutely recommend this book。 Can’t wait to get my hands on Iron Heart （sequel） and devour it。  。。。more

Z ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 i cant believe they kissed ONCE and it took 350 pages， and then there was attempted murder and then they were enemies again and then the book fucking endedi think this would have been physically painful if i didnt have book 2 ready to go

Char ，

Ummm this was pretty good？ It’s been a while since I’ve felt the need to immediately order the sequel to a book， but I guess that just changed。 4。5/5

Maddy Eichenberg ，

This book is hard to rate， since I did really enjoy reading it， and I think I will read the sequel， but it wasn’t good enough to be a favorite by any means。 The two main characters， Crier and Aela， are both completely fine。 I was much more interested in Aela， but Crier’s storyline was good too。 But I never got very attached to either one， so even their lesbian romance wasn’t very exciting。 I was much more invested in seeing how the plot turned out， and when the mad queen and Storm were introduce This book is hard to rate， since I did really enjoy reading it， and I think I will read the sequel， but it wasn’t good enough to be a favorite by any means。 The two main characters， Crier and Aela， are both completely fine。 I was much more interested in Aela， but Crier’s storyline was good too。 But I never got very attached to either one， so even their lesbian romance wasn’t very exciting。 I was much more invested in seeing how the plot turned out， and when the mad queen and Storm were introduced， I thought everything was about to get crazy， but it never did。 This book was definitely a set up for much more action in book 2。 But even so I was intrigued by the different political maneuverings and mysteries， and I was certainly surprised by a few reveals。Overall， I already don’t enjoy sci-fi as much as fantasy， and even with a lesbian romance， Crier’s War didn’t have me hooked enough for more than 3 stars。 。。。more

Barb Arnold ，

Criers WarThis is a good read for anyone who enjoys great character and world building。 It’s a fantasy story about humans overcoming their oppressors， the made Automae。 It is also wrapped in all that comes with war: loss， grief， anger， brutality， vengeance as well as kindness， compassion， love and humanity。 My favorite quote in the book “Humanity is how you act my lady，” said Jezen “Not how you are made。”

Elwira ，

3。5/5 maybe？PROS:The writing style was very easy to get into。 It flowed nicely and wasn't too flowery （although it seemed rather serious and lacked humour） I liked the romance between Ayla and Crier。 While it wasn't entirely a slow burn， it was a true enemies to lovers （back to sort of enemies）。 The moments of passion between them were tense and it was great。 The author did a great job of addressing power dynamics and privilege （specifically looking at the oppressed becoming the oppressors）。 Whi 3。5/5 maybe？PROS:The writing style was very easy to get into。 It flowed nicely and wasn't too flowery （although it seemed rather serious and lacked humour） I liked the romance between Ayla and Crier。 While it wasn't entirely a slow burn， it was a true enemies to lovers （back to sort of enemies）。 The moments of passion between them were tense and it was great。 The author did a great job of addressing power dynamics and privilege （specifically looking at the oppressed becoming the oppressors）。 While Crier was not my favourite character I very much admired her determination to voice her own beliefs in politics despite her controlling father。 I hope this is something that is explored more in the second book。CONS:The start of "Crier's War" was saturated with info dumping as opposed to having things revealed gradually。 This made the pacing very jarring and siffting through the information was much more difficult by the half way point。 While the flashbacks were relevantly placed they weren't all smoothly incorporated into the text and I was almost thrown off by the sudden change in timeline。 （This did get better over the course of the book though） The world building was very well done however character development and relationships weren't all there。 At times Crier was far too naive and trustworthy for a character I thought was meant to be the complete opposite。 I was supposed to be invested in her character the most （she is the lead after all）， yet I found myself more interested in the side characters。 As much I enjoyed the romance between Ayla and Crier I didn't think it was established enough for me to be fully invested。 I saw many of the plot twists coming （granted this is more my own fault for being so skeptical and questioning of everything） Overall， I think this was a very good debut with intricate worldbuilding and an interesting plot。 I enjoyed "Crier's War" enough for me to be invested in the second part of this duology and I can't wait to see how everything plays out。 。。。more

Danielle ，

Neat worldbuildingI really liked this book。 I thought the concept was pretty original which can be hard to find in sci fi/fantasy。 One gripe I have is how much of a cliffhanger the book ends in that’s kinda a pet peeve of mine。 I think the only thing lacking in this book was interaction between the two MCs。 Felt a little too much like insta love even though it took a long time to happen because they really barely spoke in the novel。 Could’ve benefitted from more relationship development I think。

camie ，

THAT WASPERFECT

aegisxc ，

loved this book sm- i mean1。 sapphics2。 good plotalso CRIERAYLA 🧘🏼

ejmcooke ，

So I didn’t love this book as much as I thought I would。 Or perhaps I just read it at a bad time。 Either way it didn’t completely live up to the hype。 In saying that， I still did enjoy reading it。 I thought the characters were likeable enough but not loveable （none of them captured my heart really） and the main relationships was very cute from the few romantic moments we got （although the development of it was a bit meh）。 Not really as much enemies to lovers as people make it out to be but that So I didn’t love this book as much as I thought I would。 Or perhaps I just read it at a bad time。 Either way it didn’t completely live up to the hype。 In saying that， I still did enjoy reading it。 I thought the characters were likeable enough but not loveable （none of them captured my heart really） and the main relationships was very cute from the few romantic moments we got （although the development of it was a bit meh）。 Not really as much enemies to lovers as people make it out to be but that didn’t bother me much。 It wasn’t a bad book and I give it 4 stars wholeheartedly， I maybe just expected a bit more from it which I guess is on me。 。。。more

Saioa ，

Definitivamente uno de mis libros favoritos wlw。 Adoro la relación que tienen Crier y Ayla y la evolución "slow burn" de esta。 Además no solo es una novela de fantasía sino que también tiene un toque distópico en la "guerra" entre los automae y los humanos que la convierte en una lectura perfecta para los que huyen de las novelas contemporáneas más típicas。 Definitivamente uno de mis libros favoritos wlw。 Adoro la relación que tienen Crier y Ayla y la evolución "slow burn" de esta。 Además no solo es una novela de fantasía sino que también tiene un toque distópico en la "guerra" entre los automae y los humanos que la convierte en una lectura perfecta para los que huyen de las novelas contemporáneas más típicas。 。。。more

Maddy ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 I had a very hard time getting into this book。 A lot of things in this book are very lucky or not thought out at all。 For example， the book opens with Crier being engaged to Kinok， but what does marriage mean for her kind？ They don't seem to understand what sex or romance are， so are they just gonna start living together？ Like a designated plus one？ And a lot of things in this book happen too conveniently。 Automa are supposed to be able to hear a deer's heart beating， but there are multiple time I had a very hard time getting into this book。 A lot of things in this book are very lucky or not thought out at all。 For example， the book opens with Crier being engaged to Kinok， but what does marriage mean for her kind？ They don't seem to understand what sex or romance are， so are they just gonna start living together？ Like a designated plus one？ And a lot of things in this book happen too conveniently。 Automa are supposed to be able to hear a deer's heart beating， but there are multiple times people are talking near automa and they can't hear them。 Both Crier and Ayla conveniently know how to pick locks and it's just hand waived why they know it。 Crier falls off a cliff and despite having the strength of ten people， she can't pull herself up。 And she just happens to trip near Ayla。 I also found it silly that Ayla decided to try to kill Crier instead of trying to work with her。 And that the humans didn't play with the idea that some of the automa were innocent and shouldn't be killed。 So I found a lot of the characters to be flat and cliched。 Crier is really boring。 Ayla feels like a cliché。 The romance felt forced。 All in all， this book felt very flat。 。。。more

Donne ，

I cannot believe I didn’t read this book sooner！ The characters are amazing， the plot is super intruiging and the romance is adorable！

Emily Snead ，

i love women 👍🏻

Athena Goddess Of Books ，

One thing to mention is that this book read more as a fantasy than a sci-fi。 However， I didn’t mind it。 The world building was great and I’m excited to see how the concept of humanity is further touched on in the second book。 It’s also an enemies to lovers but it made me so happy because it’s a sapphic enemies to lovers。

Rhena ，

I love this book soooo much！ I actually read this in a day （which I haven't done in forever） because I couldn't put it down。After seeing some reviews I had quite high expectations for this， and to my surprise it didn't let me down。 Over the past years I've read some fantasy books with a sapphic romance in it and while I enjoyed them， there was always something missing for me。 It's very rare for me to love a relationship in a book as much as movie/tv show relationships， but Ayla & Crier gave me a I love this book soooo much！ I actually read this in a day （which I haven't done in forever） because I couldn't put it down。After seeing some reviews I had quite high expectations for this， and to my surprise it didn't let me down。 Over the past years I've read some fantasy books with a sapphic romance in it and while I enjoyed them， there was always something missing for me。 It's very rare for me to love a relationship in a book as much as movie/tv show relationships， but Ayla & Crier gave me all the feels 🥺So， in conclusion， this book had all the things I was looking for in a f/f fantasy。 For once， I'm glad this is a series instead of a standalone， because I want to read forever about these two！！Can't wait to read the next （and last I think？😭） book in the series when it finally arrives！ 。。。more

sarah:） ，

ay- criers war。i LOVED the idea of this book。 at first glance it seemed similar to that if breaking legacies。 it was not。 the book is SO plot centered and since i was here for the gays and only gays and literally could not care less about the fantasy element， i was bored for a lot of it。 （btw i’m gonna be mentioning breaking legacies a lot in this review so， you know go read it ！！） ANYWAYS。 ayla was alright， i HATED all of side characters and found the plot hard to follow。 crier was the one and ay- criers war。i LOVED the idea of this book。 at first glance it seemed similar to that if breaking legacies。 it was not。 the book is SO plot centered and since i was here for the gays and only gays and literally could not care less about the fantasy element， i was bored for a lot of it。 （btw i’m gonna be mentioning breaking legacies a lot in this review so， you know go read it ！！） ANYWAYS。 ayla was alright， i HATED all of side characters and found the plot hard to follow。 crier was the one and only good part of this book。 she’s so cute and lovable and ugh ayla does not deserve her。 i appreciate the diversity in this book， please don’t get me wrong and i’m definitely going to be reading the second book， but that just doesn’t change the fact that this book， kinda made me annoyed with the whole “GAH FANTASY” aspect。 now， perhaps my dislike for this book has to do with my general distaste for fantasy in general， but the last fantasy book that i read was breaking legacies （unless you count wilder girls as fantasy， which i do not）， but anyways i fucking loved breaking legacies and it seemed to have a similar plot。 gay slow burn babies， one of a higher social status， one meant to kill/capture the other one but instead falls in love with her。 but the difference is， criers war centers around the political/fantasy aspect and breaking legacies centers around the romance with the fantasy shit happening in the background。 anyways， this book is just meh and i was expecting more， i’ll read the second one but my hopes aren’t high。 。。。more

Hollie ，

3。5 - will read second book “She didn't usually feel the aloneness quite this much， but it was harder， this time of year， to ignore the graveyard in her chest。” 3。5 - will read second book “She didn't usually feel the aloneness quite this much， but it was harder， this time of year， to ignore the graveyard in her chest。” 。。。more

Francesca Kyanda ，

This read more like sci-fi than fantasy， which I am always a fan of

Charlotte ，

Way more generic than the premise would have you believe。

Queen Aristea ，

AAAAAAHHHH MS。 NINA VARELA WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME！？！So after I finished this book I kind of had a breakdown。 I was just left with SOO many unanswered questions。 Thank GOD I have the sequel。 So watch me dive into the world of Zulla once more。。。。 （mainly for the reason to see if Crier and Ayla end up getting married） AAANNNNDDD。。。I will be BACK， mortals。。。😘

Rafaela Pontes ，

“Crier had been Designed。 Crier was Made。 But in the moment Ayla first touched her， Crier had learned what it felt like to be born。” bye im crying over these two

Sierra ，

what can i say shit fucking slapped

Gioia Eugenia Pagano ，

This book was so hyped up and I was so excited to read it， unfortunately it fell through！ It’s not a bad book， but it isn’t exceptional either！ It’s good， the story is interesting and so are the characters， but I found the world building poor。 I’m probably going to read the sequel but I know I won’t read it again in the future！

Nina van der Heijden ，

I really liked the original fantasy world and how Criers' too soft and Ayla's too hard emotions complimented eachother perfectly。 I really hope they find their way back to eachother soon！ I also hope for a bit more action and thrill in the sequel。 I really liked the original fantasy world and how Criers' too soft and Ayla's too hard emotions complimented eachother perfectly。 I really hope they find their way back to eachother soon！ I also hope for a bit more action and thrill in the sequel。 。。。more

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