523 reviews for:

The Orc and the Innkeeper

Cora Crane

3.55 AVERAGE

c_melanson's review against another edition

3.75

emotional funny lighthearted 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

theebookwyrm's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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

relthelittlemerm's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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A quick one sitting read; very cute, had some spicy moments, and was still able to address fantasy racism is a good way that isn’t in the same old same old way

reveriewhimsy's review against another edition

4.0

emotional lighthearted 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

ladyofhousethomas's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH

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Fake dating trope

the1stacy's review against another edition

4.75

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CUTE AF

brinnfarms's review against another edition

5.0

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What an amazing book

I now want a glowkitten and a teacup boar please and thank you.

The MCs were amazing as well as the side characters. I can't wait to see more of everyone in the next book. Hopefully next dozen books. This is a must read.

wickedwitchofwindenburg's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

zombie_loves_books's review against another edition

4.25

emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-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

katietheman's review against another edition

2.0

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This might be a 1-star situation but I’ll give it a little higher since I did finish it… (barely but who’s counting!) 

This might be read-able if you turn your brain off. But I had a hard time buying this whole thing. I think it would’ve made the story better (and make more sense) for a fake dating/second chance romance instead of a fake dating/reformed bully romance.

I HATEEEE that they reconnected at the end at their HS reunion, like I promise adults do not think about HS this much. 

It also kept doing the “feeling I can’t name” “smell I can’t place” “i don’t even know what I’m asking” thing which pisses me off. Like clearly you wanted a certain emotion/smell/action to be performed so why are we pretending otherwise?? 

Yeah, I think I hated this. For a short story, it hits on all the wrong aspects of relationship building. There is practically no world-building. I don’t know a thing about these characters, so why would I root for them? We could’ve used a few more pages to fully develop the story/relationship for things to maybe make sense. 

They also really leaned into the species prejudice thing and it felt like too big of an arc to just be a byline in a few chapters.