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Světla nad Prahou by Nicole Jarvis

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sanmeow's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

a story set in prague, as the title suggests. prague is in danger of being taken over by pijavice - vampires. domek is a lamplighter, which means his job is to keep pijavice from taking over prague. he's accompanied by lady ora fischerová, who is a pijavica herself.
absolutely loved the atmosphere of this book. the author's style is super descriptive in a way i very much enjoy. i really appreciated the details about prague and the spirits domek deals with. the plot is pretty much excellent with pacing that i personally liked. the split pov between ora and domek was a good choice honestly.
really enjoyed the characters as well! domek was super charming and i like his dynamic with fischerová. she was such an amazing lead character as well, a super strong person who truly complements domek. personally, i'm a fan of their romance. i also liked how the author acknowledged the fact that fischerová is bi, and didn't take away from it at any point. i also thought kája was charming and super fun, probably my favorite character in the novel. i wish he was more involved somehow, though that doesn't take away from the quality of the book.
overall, i really really enjoyed this! i expected to enjoy a book about vampires and other creatures in prague, and i was so right.

wonderlandbooks's review against another edition

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Boring

fishandfuzz's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated

withywoods's review against another edition

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adventurous dark reflective fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

jewels_c_'s review against another edition

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dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

hazelnootpasta7's review against another edition

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4.0

I liked the book, but it didn’t blow my mind. The plot was kind of predictable. I did not feel the chemistry between the love interests. And I did not like Domek. He was the plain ass shounen anime protagonist that felt like saving the world was something he had to do all by himself. Which makes characters so self important that I start disliking them.
A good thing though, was that the author was aware of this and made the characters around Domek comment on this. I loved that!!

What saved the story for me was the uniqueness of the pijavica, they were actually kind of terrifying and the side characters. And finally another city than London or London or… London