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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
rachelgreenreads's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
- 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
5.0
*Thanks to Sebastian Nothwell for providing me with a digital ARC of this book!*
Fiorenzo is yet another Nothwell masterpiece. These characters are beautifully rendered as usual, with salient emotions that will have you feeling every feel right along with them. The tropes are gold: hurt/ comfort sweet enough to hurt your teeth, dueling, sword play (both kinds), cinnamon roll who would kill/ die for him, secret identity, class difference, height difference, a masquerade ball, mannerpunk, it’s all there!
Fiorenzo is yet another Nothwell masterpiece. These characters are beautifully rendered as usual, with salient emotions that will have you feeling every feel right along with them. The tropes are gold: hurt/ comfort sweet enough to hurt your teeth, dueling, sword play (both kinds), cinnamon roll who would kill/ die for him, secret identity, class difference, height difference, a masquerade ball, mannerpunk, it’s all there!
The plot moves effortlessly between cozy slices of life, to nail-biting drama: both of which make you forget your reading at all. The smut is top of the line, and doesn’t just get tacked onto the narrative for flavor, but rather their sexual/ relational development is a plot on its own. The tension in this book will leave you completely unable to put it down.
An added bonus is the very best book dog in the world, Vittorio!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Murder, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Violence and Sexual assault
Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic
Warnings for descriptions of genital mutilation (historical, moderately graphic), whorephobia
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