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But Not Too Bold by Hache Pueyo

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brethetech's review

adventurous mysterious 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? No

4.25

Cute monster/human sapphic romance, I’ve been looking for books like this and I loved how vividly the house and her were described. The only negative I can say about it is how short it is lol, I wish I had more!

heyrinehart's review against another edition

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fast-paced

4.0

enparker's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

swedishfrisk's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

More of a creature feature fantasy/ face to black slow building romance than a horror but I liked it more than I expected. I think because this was a short read the more fantastical elements worked for me and the archaic ones were described in such interesting ways that it really kept me intrigued. I just wanted a bit more background and more from the ending. I look forward to picking up future books from this author to see what else she has up her sleeve.

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irl_bookworms's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

foxfic's review against another edition

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adventurous funny mysterious fast-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

4.5

This is another entry into my beloved sapphic monster romance genre. In it, an ancient, humanoid spider has a bevy of human helpers within her storied mansion.

One such helper is the keeper of the keys — who holds the keys to open drawers containing the spider’s memories. Following the death of the old keeper, a new one is promoted, and she must solve a mystery before her mistress’s patience run out.

This is a short, lovely little gothic novella. I adored all of the interactions of the principle couple, and reveled in the intricate world building — things like rainbows of poppies eternally growing on the property, or the description of other ancient beings who exist elsewhere. I’d enthusiastically read another book in this setting.

I have one issue with a subplot and some decision making which I felt took away from the narrative, but other than that, this was a perfect book for me.