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The North Wind by Alexandria Warwick

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asmaltz3's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Gives me Hunger Games meets Game of Thrones meets Olympus vibes. If you liked Rhapsodic by Laura Thalissa, you'll probably like this. I'm also reading A Court of Thorns and Roses, and the books appear to start similarly.
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mirf_13's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.75

I love this kind of book usually so I was really shocked by how much The North Wind disappointed me. The description ticked all the right boxes for me: beauty and the beast/ hades and persephone retelling, enemies to lovers, fantasy, tropes, gods, and a creative premise. But for the first time in forever I really struggled to finish this book. 

The purple prose was off the charts here, to the point where certain passages were basically unreadable. There was so much unnecessary description it ended up being difficult to actually understand what the author was trying to say.

Overall, not my thing. 
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black_cat_iiix's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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