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The Lotus Empire

Tasha Suri

4.43 AVERAGE

ms_anna_e's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

hulk's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mang0cats's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous 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: Complicated

enya_morwen's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

siyaverma's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

edenconroy's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

thenichinu's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sarahbethhall's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

mj1588's review against another edition

3.75

challenging mysterious reflective slow-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

mexican_ninjas's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I love the story. I love the lore. I love the world-building. However, for the life of me, I could not get behind the romance between the two main protagonists, which is a subplot/tension of the whole series. It was very much a weird enemies to lovers to enemies and then all is forgiven very quickly. I enjoyed it more when Priya was pining after Malini, while Malini only wanted hot fiery revenge. I could have very much believed Malini killing Priya with the same original ending for Malini.