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adventurous
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
This was an incredibly wholesome story (somehow, despite the entire genocide/discrimination of witches subplot.) The plot elements of the story were the weakest (no one seems to have any sort of long term plan, and things get resolved annoyingly easily). The more slice-of-life parts were excellent though.
I loved how queer this book was in general, and especially how Arseneault took the time to include especially underrepresented identities. One of our main characters is bigender/genderfluid and an allosexual aromantic, the other is a biromantic demisexual woman. Beyond that, there are multiple more nonbinary, aro-spec, gay, trans, etc. characters. The (almost) only form of discrimination in the world was against witches, so it felt relaxing to see so many queer identities be normalized and accepted. Also, there was representation with disabilities and all sorts of other characteristics included as well. This book did a great job exploring aromanticism in particular from multiple angles, especially from perspectives that we don’t see as often (ie. allo aros, older aros, etc). I also really enjoyed the way it took some romance tropes and twisting it into something platonic and a lot more queer.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, and Kidnapping
Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia
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