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3.83 AVERAGE

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DID NOT FINISH: 11%

The details drag the pace down too much.
adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Definitely my favorite book of all time 🥰

Really enjoyed this, forbidden romance, vampires, witches and found family, couldn't think of much better
dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

4.5/5. Even the minor characters get decent backstories, and I can’t wait to get more of the interspecies politics in the next books.
adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I know I’m late to this one, but I finally picked it up. I've seen it referred to as “Twilight for Adults,” and I have issues with that: (1) Twilight was always for both teenagers and 40-year-old women, (2) Diana is occasionally annoying, but she’s nowhere near as punchable as Bella Swan, and (3) At least Twilight was short. Honestly, this book is just fine. The academia angle is fun, the witchy parts are great, but there’s so much filler—pages of backstory, endless dinners, and constant scene changes—that it drags. If it were 150–200 pages shorter, it probably would’ve been a really fun read. As it is, I’m not sure I have the stamina to read the rest of the series.
adventurous 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: N/A
medium-paced