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noahhawthorne's review
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
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
5.0
ginfizz's review
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
purplesapphire's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.5
Do you hate how disney princesses will fall in love in a day? Read this. Most of the book is the two MCs falling in love and learning about each other. It is not short nor is it action packed. It about the romance between these two and the way they overcome dark parts of their past. Most of the book was just the hurt/comfort trope. I wanted to like it more but that 10% toward the end where no one wanted to address the fact that taking away pretty much all of Enzo's agency was not the right way to go. And they all just wanted to fight over Enzo and his happiness while disregarding him also didn't sit well. Fiore included. I wish there was more character development and growth for those besides Fiore, especially since his moment of triumph came at Enzo's expense and loss of agency rather than a moment where they trusted each other enough to let Fiore take the duel anyway. Anyway, the end is good and positive and at least satisfying.
steph_weigle's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
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? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Gore, Confinement, Death, Torture, Classism, Violence, Drug use, Alcohol, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Sexual content
Minor: Sexual harassment, Child death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Bullying, Terminal illness, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault
lizshayne's review
dark
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
About 3/4 of the way through this book, I flipped from finding the relationship between Fiore and Enzo adorable to oppressive. I’m not even sure I can point to it - beyond a certain amount of recreating sickroom drama every time Fiore was doing fine - but I found that Fiore grew and changed while Enzo just…was. And kept being. And in some ways gets worse about making choices for Fiore and that just frustrated me. I do wonder if I just wanted a more tightly edited book or a different one than I got.
enajunca's review
5.0
Un grand merci à l’auteur pour cet ARC et sa confiance.
J’ai été subjugué.e par le décore d’inspiration vénitienne. On baigne dans une époque et culture bercée par les arts et la mythologie dont la plume de l’auteur restitue à la perfection l’ambiance des cafés ensoleillé et des grands-places clairsemées de lanternes multicolores pour conjurer les ombres à la nuit tombée.
Fiore est un jeune courtisant passionné de dessin mais également fasciné par la sculpture et admiratif de toute forme d’art.
Il mérite amplement d’être adoré comme Enzo rêve de le faire mais craint tant pour son cœur qu’il se refuse à trop espérer.
Enzo est… très mystérieux. Ça va être compliqué de vous parler de lui sans révéler quoi que ce soit.
J’ai été subjugué.e par le décore d’inspiration vénitienne. On baigne dans une époque et culture bercée par les arts et la mythologie dont la plume de l’auteur restitue à la perfection l’ambiance des cafés ensoleillé et des grands-places clairsemées de lanternes multicolores pour conjurer les ombres à la nuit tombée.
Fiore est un jeune courtisant passionné de dessin mais également fasciné par la sculpture et admiratif de toute forme d’art.
Il mérite amplement d’être adoré comme Enzo rêve de le faire mais craint tant pour son cœur qu’il se refuse à trop espérer.
Enzo est… très mystérieux. Ça va être compliqué de vous parler de lui sans révéler quoi que ce soit.
stitchnlich's review
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0