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Not Good for Maidens by Tori Bovalino

42 reviews

vampirequeen's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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? It's complicated

4.0

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celina246's review

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adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.0

this was a hard book to rate. on one hand, i really liked the lore, and it had a little bit of everything - horror, adventure, romance, fantasy, and for a YA book (which is NOT usually my top genre), i didn't hate reading it. but i also feel like it could have been so much more and it was hard for me personally to overlook all the editorial mistakes & so many unanswered questions.

i wanted to love it and give it a 4 so badly but i just can't.

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slavic_bookworm's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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itsheyfay's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

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blackthornfaery's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.25

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mattyb's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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nessas_lair's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced

3.5

I chose this audiobook because of the goblin theme—I love goblins and the trope of goblins stealing humans. Bovalino did not disappoint! The goblin market sounded so horrific and magical at the same time. The descriptions were so gory, and I just loved the setting. I liked May's storyline more than Lou's because of her romance arc, and I just found her to be more of an engaging character. Overall, the story itself was great, but the narrator who did the accents wasn't the greatest. The accents threw me off because they sounded like the narrator was imitating the real thing, but adding their own invented accent to it because they'd forget how it would sound like 😅 So if you want to check this book out, I recommend reading a physical copy!

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