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Trick by Natalia Jaster

7 reviews

paper_passenger's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Beware. This book will ruin other books for you. It's that good.

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caitlinemccann's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

There's a lot of little quirks in the writing that make me want to give it a 3.5 star rating instead, but I found the overall story and tension so compelling that it made me want to rate it higher. 

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direguard's review against another edition

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

5.0


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emma_evr's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.75

It is not enemies to lovers!!

In theory this book should have been great. Mystery, politics intrigues and romance. It’s not that, it is just a basic smut book. If you expecting that it might be a fun read.  But there is no enemies to lover in this book. The main character never see each other as real enemies. It’s more of the “ I find you really sexy and hot but I am going to pretend I don’t” and then he does something that might be a slightly mean joke to her… that it. 

If you expect some dimension and court drama, don't even bother. Just some blatant ableism that is seen as some moral dilemma at the end that feels very undeserved and it’s just there for “the drama”. The main character is so overwhelmingly the “good person” in the most boring way. 


I kept reading hoping for a bit of depth, but in the end it’s just a sassy main character with a sad backstory that loses all her spunk after meeting just some guy that is just kinda described as being enchanting and everybody falls for but had no right to be or is ever mysterious or charming  really and also has kinda a sad background story. But because she is sassy to him and that is not the norm for him they are in love. End story.

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kylieqrada's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional 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? Yes

3.0

I'M SO TORN! I can definitely tell this has been reworked from a steamy NA to an erotic adult novel. I did not love the author's language choices around body parts. However, I really loved the plot and thought that the bones of the story were good!! Sexy court jester say LESS. Plus I would sell my soul for Nicu. But there also is the issue of how the secondary plot line of born souls was handled... unsure how I feel about that. Settling on a 3 star. 

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kathigh86's review against another edition

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

4.0

The dual POV is what made me keep reading, i loved it so much. This book is a cute and quick read. I would recommend to anyone looking for a medieval fiction romance. Nothing necessarily special about the storyline or characters. However I still really enjoyed it. Fun storylike writing. Not truly *spicy* but flirting and other things of the sort are VERY frequent in this book. check CW 

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ceruleanshelves's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense fast-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? Yes

4.0


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