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A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows

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r_a_bell's review

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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hazybee's review

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-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

4.75

The world building and depth of the characters was amazing! Reading this was like watching a well directed movie: all the pieces were there and when they get slotted into place it simply feels right, not cliche or too simple.

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nevher's review

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adventurous dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book… is if not my favorite-then one of my favorite books of all time. And in terms of lgbt romance, fantasy.. it IS my favorite. The world building is definitely there, diverse characters, interesting plot. I was actually surprised by the big reveal. The romance was perfect. I never loved slow burn until now and it was sooo so so worth the investment.. which didn’t even feel like an investment. I was hooked the entire time. I want this- leather bound- on my shelf neoow.

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On a serious note (**trigger warning be advised**)
I really appreciate how the author depicted SA and the broad spectrum that exists in such violence. The dissociation, the trauma, the victim blaming all felt real and I’m so happy it wasn’t glazed over like it is in some books.

The interrogation with his abuser was therapeutic in a way. Not everyone gets to confront their abuser and even less often are they made to face consequences.

I love his support system. How people instantly believed him and knew what happened to him was wrong. I found Vel relatable even though he was frustrating at times. I also love how, during his journey to healing he unravels plots, makes friends and grows closer to his husband. There is visible growth in him as a character.

On a spicy note- The tension was *smacks lips delectable. Yesss I am what you could call a smut enthusiast, a connoisseur if you will. Fox Meadows you were cooking with this one.

A talented rider indeed.

If you want explicit sex look no further.

Overall I can’t even ask for anything other than MORE. I’m looking forward to the next book! Like please let this be like a 10 book series lol I can’t get enough of these characters

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merc_birb's review

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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lucien_png's review

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adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense slow-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

The romantic tension in this book is so tight you could play it like a Harp
The world and character building are really amazing. I also listened to the book while reading it, the narrators were really amazing also and did a great job with portraying emotions that otherwise were not portrayed in the text.
The slow burn romance caught me off guard. The first kiss happened about

4/5ths

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esendis's review

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adventurous emotional inspiring reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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isxelle's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

3.25

3-3.4
i forgot to make this review so i can't remember my exact rating.

cute romance combined with healing from trauma and an intriguing political murder mystery. i'm grateful for a book club i’m in for making me pick this one up. i probably wouldn’t have otherwise because i don’t usually gravitate towards books with heavier traumatic topics. TW for sexual assault in ch 2. as a result of this life changing event, we follow vel on his road of healing and recovery. cae is such a perfect man. he’s so whipped for vel and i was living for it.

However, with all these different elements i feel that the overall story ended up lacking in some aspects. there’s a whole other 2 countries on this map that barely get mentioned. off the top of my head, i can’t name a single thing about them and that is if they were even mentioned in this book at all.

another aspect of this world is magic. it turned out to be quite an important detail in this book and i feel like we were told rather little about it. i’m surprised that there aren’t any defenses against magic users. it’s against the law to use magic on others without their consent but that’s that. that’s literally it. there’s no defences or anything talked about in this

it’s kind of surprising that the events of this book took place during a little over a week. the escalation was crazy.

i honestly had kind of bad vibes from laecia in the beginning with the way she was saying she’d whip the ralian bruteness out of him. i suppose with ralia’s reputation that was to be expected, but i can’t believe she devolved into madness that fast. maybe she was always like that and had never grown up? cae had mentioned her saying “she deserved it”
in reference to a kid she had got in a fight with and then many years later saying the same thing when killing a groom. she was always getting people to do her dirty work. ALSO what the hell happened to her magical exhaustion. does she just have crazy stamina???? that anad guy said she seemed tired but then a couple hours later she was crushing hearts and frying more nerves. i definitely have a lot of questions.

this part is just be me having a personal ick, but vel is the kind of person who cannot accept a compliment and it pissed me the fuck off at some points. he is so self-deprecating and it was annoying me. yknow those types of people who are like haha i fucking suck lmao. ya that is him.

i liked the beginning and middle more that the last like 100 pages.

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thisqueerreadstoomuch's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring 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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readingbee416's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

3.0

This book was a wild ride. I enjoyed it overall and Caethari is a wonderful cinnamon roll character that deserves the whole world (and Markel, too), but MIND THE TRIGGERS. This book has some very dark bits and the author makes some interesting choices.

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elliott_the_clementine's review

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I am not in the headspace right now for this book. I may pick it up again later if that changes! Beautiful writing.

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