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wonderingintothevoid's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Chronic illness
Minor: Sexual harassment, Sexism, Rape, and Sexual assault
zombiewilhelm's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
I liked it. I went in expecting fluff and I got some really good fluff. (Note: Fluff is not an insult in any way)
It had a strong premise. Can I be the personal assistant to a villain?
It had 2 tropes that I enjoy: grumpy/sunshine and miscommunication. There's something satisfying about watching two characters struggle with their feelings and the sweet satisfaction when they stop being dumb and get together. I love every minute of that.
It was a pretty easy and light read.
Things I didn't enjoy as much: I found that most characters lacked any real depth or growth. They were just there to push the plot along. One of my favorite characters is a frog named Kingsley who communicates with written signs. And the nickname "little tornado" was weird. It was sprinkled throughout but didn't always make sense in the situation or the sentence.
Moderate: Death
Minor: Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Abandonment
mseals's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Gore, and Violence
achay91's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Classism, Blood, Murder, Cursing, Sexism, and Violence
Moderate: Sexual harassment and Death
Minor: Alcohol, Child death, and Torture
theespressoedition's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Sexual harassment and Sexism
Moderate: Gore, Murder, Death, and Body horror
Minor: Sexual content, Death of parent, Grief, and Child death
bones_jackson's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Confinement, Murder, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Torture, Child death, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, and Vomit
sh0rtc4k3's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Moderate: Sexual assault, Gore, Blood, and Violence
Minor: Sexism
fangirljeanne's review against another edition
This feels undercooked, like a first draft in need heavy developmental editing. The set up has so much potential and the campy tone is unique, and something I’ve wanted to see more of in Romance Fantasy. But sadly the execution failed to deliver on all the promises the premise and tone made.
Here’s the thing about campy takes on fantasy settings (and camp in general), you have to know the rules of the genre before you break them into rainbow confetti. The world building in this story is practically nonexistent. It’s eluded to as if the reader is supposed to know, which is fine in a fan fiction or a derivative work that’s clearly aping on existing tent poles of a genre, but the little we see of this world more closely resembles a contemporary Billionaire Boss Romance than a fantasy world. Which wouldn’t be a problem if it were to fully commit to being an Urban Fantasy or went full throttle in to parody, but it doesn’t really commit to anything. There are elements of High fantasy and even fairy tale retellings, along side mundane contemporary language and social behavior.
It utilizes genre conventions from YA the inept clumsy girl who’s the sole breadwinner of her family with only one (kind of close) female friend. The only other woman with a name is a gorgeous mean girl bully who seems to be jealous of the heroine.
Fairytale/folklore (anime-esque) elements like a sentient animal sidekick who communicates via one word signs. *cue the Ranma flashbacks*
Fantasy elements like magical powers that aren’t really explain. Magical creatures like orcs, castles and mysteries.
Then of course the contemporary employee/boss office grumpy/sunshine RomCom straight of a billionaire Romance of the 2010’s.
All these disparate elements could work together to create something unique and fun, but they failed to coalesce into something that could stand on its own. Instead I felt like a bunch of ideas (arguably funny and novel ones that I’d love to see better executed) thrown at a canvas with little rhyme or reason, beyond filling pages.
This feels much more like a gimmick than an actual book.
Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual harassment
purplepenning's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
3.75
Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
Moderate: Death, Blood, Grief, Body horror, Sexism, Classism, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Torture, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder
Minor: Alcohol and Sexual content
ginnypie's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
I think this is a cozy fantasy and I cannot believe just how much i enjoyed this novel.
Beautifully written and paced with such lovely characters. This author is going to be on my auto buy list for sure.
Also i love the morally grey emotions of all characters. LOOOOVE.
Fantasy is back babey
Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Torture
Minor: Sexual assault and Sexism