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adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Colonisation, War
Minor: Confinement, Death of parent
adventurous
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Death, War
Minor: Misogyny
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
tense
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, War
adventurous
tense
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, War
Moderate: Violence
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, War
Moderate: Child abuse, Abandonment
Minor: Pregnancy, Alcohol
adventurous
dark
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
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent, Abandonment, War
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: War
Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Death of parent, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Genocide, Gaslighting
adventurous
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Violence, War
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
September 2024 book club pick
Pacing was off, but overall a good story for having one of my least favorite tropes (arranged marriage). The 2nd trope involved, enemies to lovers, can work quite well here, but we'll have to wait til book 2 to see if they grow enough for it to make sense (it's really just hate plus chemistry rn). I am a patient reader and there's enough here to hope it will pay off.
The book starts mid-war with lots of info dumping but leaning high fantasy. I actually deeply enjoyed this part but wished it had a little more room to breathe. Then once Talasyn and Alaric were courting each other it got very slow and very romantasy in it's pacing. I think I wouldn't mind this as much if I liked the characters more, but personally I'd still be satisfied with her killing him as much as if they end up in love.
For a debut, I like it and it's been my favorite of our book club picks this year so far (not including my pick). I am defibitely going to pick up the next book when it releases.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment, Colonisation, War
Moderate: Sexual content
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
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
This book was really hard to get into. I felt like the action wasn't very action-y and the enemies to lovers felt forced.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, War
Moderate: Sexual content, Grief, Abandonment
Minor: Child abuse, Death of parent, Pregnancy