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De goddelozen by Margaret Owen

12 reviews

bamfling's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful fast-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

5.0

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sleeping_roses's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense fast-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

I'm so glad Tavin's okay!!

This book was amazing! Especially the way it all lined up at the end. Beautifully done, from characterization to world-building and everything in between!

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themelodyofspring's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Oh my goodn ss thank God it didn't become a Greek tragedy. I would've chucked it out the window! 4 solid stars as there were so many schemes and "there's always another secret" theme going on. The middle part with the betrayal is my least favourite trope so one star less buuuut I knew what was happening all along so one star to me 😎
Overall, great duology and a new favourite author added to the list.

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ramunepocky's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional

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

Im too tired to write a proper review rn but I absolutely loved this book with evrrything I have to give

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maralaene's review against another edition

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adventurous 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

4.75

I absolutely adore this duology. One of my favorites of the year. Like I mentioned in the first book, I love the magic in this world. It is tied to the caste system, with each group of people associated with different types of magic, and witches in each who can actually wield powerful magic. Fie is truly unparalleled though in this world, in classic MC fashion.

My one complaint, though, is how fast Fie’s relationship with Tavin changed at the turning point of this book. It was almost instantaneous and I didn’t quite believe it until it had lasted a little bit and she became more conflicted with her emotions. However, I don’t think it ruined the story for me at all and I would read it again.

If you’re looking for a fantasy duology with a unique magic system, fantastic characters, enemies to lovers, and made-family then this is one I highly recommend.

Margaret Owen has definitely become one of my instant read authors from this series.

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cattails's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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egurgens's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

I believe I have found a new favorite author. Owen’s writing style is amazing, her word choice is fantastic, and her characters are diverse.

In this sequel to The Merciful Crow, we again follow Fie as tensions between the crows and the other castes continue to mount. When Fie’s band of crows comes across a whole town affected by plague, she bands up with two other chiefs to deal mercy. The queen has falsely blamed the kings death on the crows / Fie, so Tavin has to find her before the queen does. Once reunited, the band, along with our favorite lordlings, have to find a way to keep the queen from claiming the throne for herself.

Features betrayal, romance, spying, political plots, hidden identities, a wonderful world of magic, and so much more.

I absolutely adored this duo loft and I look forward to reading more work from Margaret Owen.

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jewishpadme's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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corvicore's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful fast-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

hell yeah. wish we'd seen a little more of

Jas' and Kohda's relationship though,

however i understand that that would be difficult given that the book is from Fie's perspective. Same thing with Viimo. This book also suffers the same problem as the last one, being the author's commitment to overusing a few words in the character's narration, this book having "aught" and "naught" as its victims. I feel like it would be more bearable if the prose was written with more flourish and lyrical aspects, but Margaret Owen's writing style is firmly modern, so these old fashioned words feel all the more stark against the rest of the book. Still, it's a lot better than the first book and all the god damned "betwixt's" there lol.
Although I do like Rhusana and her development in this book, I wish she were a bit more threatening. We are told right at the beginning what her weaknesses are, and the protagonists never fail to exploit them, so beating her feels like less of a challenge than it should be. I think the only time I was genuinely threatened by her was when

she sicced her tiger on the noblewoman at the party

, but even then I don't think that brute force is the best way to show how scary a villain is. That's just me though, I tend to lean more towards the more cunning and "scares-you-by-how-smart-they-are" kind of baddies haha. I do like the Disney-villain end she got though.
I'm also a little perplexed by the

Khoda vs. Tavin rivalry that was set up at the beginning and then never followed up on. Honestly when I read that Tavin was looking at Khoda weird I thought that he was checking him out, not being jealous. It feels like a little bit of a missed opportunity to not use this to further explore Tavin's bisexuality and also foreshadow his betrayal.

Although, while writing this review I realize that that could possibly bring up some negative stereotypes about bisexual people being cheaters... I don't know. It just feels weird.
Complaints aside, I really really love this book. It followed up on some of the worldbuilding that confused me last book, such as Birthrights and inter-caste marriages. Also cats. Owen heard our plea for more cats and delivered in the best way possible. And the reincarnation thing is so cool :D

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sophiesmallhands's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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