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The Blood Traitor by Lynette Noni

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leahlesle's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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

4.75

I'm this 👌 close to rating 5 stars (which I have never rated a book before), because holy shit this book was amazing, and a perfect conclusion to the trilogy. Start to finish I was totally hooked and couldn't put it down (even though it usually takes me a while to get into a book). The tension, the characterisation, the tiny bits of foreshadowing scattered for the big reveals at the end, amazing amazing amazing. I'm in love with this trilogy (*cough*and-with-jaren*cough*) and cannot overstate my absolute, immeasurable enjoyment of this book in particular, and devastation that it's over. I will definitely, DEFINITELY be re-reading this series many more times. Amazing.

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the_jesus_fandom's review against another edition

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adventurous

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? Yes

3.0

Whoops, it’s been a whole month since I read this. Anyways. Exams bro

There was good in this book but also plenty of stuff I found pretty annoying.

The bad parts first:

- Not a single character

except for Tipp

can just be… normal. Why is everyone

some important person in disguise?

- Major moments lost their impact later on.

Jaren lost his magic? Don’t worry, he can get it back! Caldon dies? Nah don’t worry, he actually survived!

- The relationship between Kiva and Jaren is actually pretty toxic.

He avoids her like the plague for ages, keeps pushing her away, then when she internalises all that hate, he tells her to stop making herself the villain. Sir, YOU acted like she was one.

- Give Jaren some flaws bro why is he perfect it’s kind of annoying

- There seemed to be some plot mishaps. For example,

the rings needs to be charged, which is a problem at some point cause they don’t work. Except they already charged them earlier in the book. I guess the author forgot about that.

- That ending was not it. I don’t care

what the Warden did to you, sending him into his own prison to probably be tortured by his inmates, and having him compete in an Ordeal is cruel. Just execute him if you want him dead

Good parts:

- I genuinely liked the relationship between Kiva and Cresta, although ofcourse it’s not that realistic that Cresta would do such a strong 180 after literally threatening to kill Tipp.

- Cresta and Caldon’s personalities and relationship were the best part of this book.

- There were quite a few moments where I got emotional/had to laugh.

So yeah, although this book was a pretty big step down from the first, and even from the second, there were still redeeming elements to it that made me feel something.

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5.0

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

This was my favorite book in the series. All the characters came together, finished their arcs, and came into their own. I really liked how it ended and was pleasantly surprised by the twists.

I really enjoyed the romance, angst and all. No spoilers, but chapter 26 was my favorite!

I didn't love the feeling of being back where we started at first, but because it became important later and resolved quickly, I didn't mind it in the end. Sorry, vague I know, but don't want to spoil things!

I was impressed by how the author handled the darker themes she included in the series. She placed an emphasis on the fact that no matter how dark our life gets and no matter how many mistakes we make, we are stronger than the darkness and can be shaped by it instead of drowning in it. I think it's a perfect approach for a teen target audience.

I also listened to this whole book on audio after trying it out with book two. I thought it was well done and it was nice to be able to listen to it while I drove and get through it quicker (I have a very fast-reading buddy read partner).

This series probably won't be a favorite or a reread for me, but I think it's a solid YA fantasy series and I definitely enjoyed it!

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