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milesofkiles's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Chronic illness, and Death
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Violence
quiet_reader's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Violence
Minor: Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Death of parent, and Sexual assault
cerys1411's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Terminal illness and Violence
Moderate: Death of parent, Physical abuse, Gore, and Child death
Minor: Sexual assault
_froggy_'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
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Murder, Blood, and Death of parent
erich03's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Minor: Sexual harassment and Death of parent
rehtaehwashere'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? Yes
4.0
- What I liked: The story concept, the addition of magical creatures (really wasn't expecting that at all), family dynamics, a realistic feeling sibling relationship (even if it was minimal). The slow burn romance and will-they-won't-they, and the thirsting wasn't excessive at all
- What I disliked: the twist where
the villain isn't actually the villain (that's what SOLD me on the book) , that the character was an obvious author insert plus the cringey quirkiness (typical romance-fantasy style) and inserting outfits randomly everywhere. Plus the<'dating her boss' /spoiler> trope was kinda eh - Overall thoughts: really cool story and I love the concept! Much better writing than fourth wing even if the characters are still the author-insert quirky girl thing which was less bothersome here because the story was interesting and was advertised PURELY as a romance so it is almost expected. Crabby male characters will always win me over because it's funny. The
fake-trustworthiness of the 'good' people being pretty convincing was good too. - Recommend to a friend? Y
Graphic: Body horror and Violence
Moderate: Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Ableism
Minor: Death of parent, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship
madalynn_owens's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Murder and Violence
Moderate: Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Grief
Minor: Child death, Confinement, and Kidnapping
annaaugustineauthor's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Slight spoilers ahead!
On one hand, I loved the plot, the characters, and the office-in-a-fantasy-land setting. I thought the motives for why The Villain is who he is was relatable. He wasn’t evil for evilness sake, and it actually seems like the “good guy” is the reason he’s doing what he’s doing.
Evie Sage was a little bit of an air head at first? But the more you get to know her, the more you understand why she’s the way she is. And the TWIST in her arc is golden.
The cliffhanger was also really fun.
However, I don’t love the obscene amounts of LANGUAGE in this book? I’m not one who makes a huge deal out of language in books as long as it’s not the Lord’s name. However, they didn’t make sense either for a fantasy land. I think it could have benefited from its own set of curse words instead of f***, a**, b****, b*****d, and s*** among the most common used. It rubbed me the wrong way, and honestly jarred me out of the story.
The pacing was also odd, and I began to notice that a lot of the chapters started with short, 4-8 word sentences that sort of set up the chapter. It’s not a huge deal, but noticing it was a little jarring.
Other content: there was a same sex couple, but not a huge deal in the book, decapitation and some other gruesome descriptions, murder, inflicting pain, kidnapping, sexual assault, and parental abandonment.
Despite all this, I need to know what’s gonna happen 🤣 I’ll probably read Apprentice of the Villain, because THAT ENDING 🤯
Graphic: Death of parent and Death
Moderate: Blood
jess_thefacts's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Gore, Murder, and Torture
Minor: Death of parent
memurrell's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Minor: Death of parent, Rape, and Abandonment