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4.5
Like the old guy gavriel Kay in a good way

sophieboddice's review

4.75
adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

melaninare1's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 29%

Too slow, not captivating 

violetlionel's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 13%

Not in the mood

3.5/5, I love all things Irish history and so really enjoyed this! I was anticipating more fantasy/mythology, but I was definitely not disappointed that the focus was very heavy on the history of 10th century Ireland. Excited to read the rest of the series!
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hoarderreader's review

4.5
dark 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: No
adventurous dark emotional lighthearted sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

bellalalamay's review

4.25
adventurous challenging slow-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

I stayed up until 2:30 am to finish this, so...yeah. It was great. Need to start the next one asap!