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Maiden of Candlelight and Lotuses: by Anastasis Blythe, Anastasis Blythe

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jull1980's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

kebreads's review against another edition

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4.0

I enjoyed this story.

Content: clean - mild violence

fmcfranny's review against another edition

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4.0

Liena was a strong determined girl who had to push herself beyond her limits. She was in a crap situation and refused to give up. I loved how much she pushed herself. Honestly the only reason I gave this 4 stars instead of 5 is because the rest of the series is not about her. It follows entirely different characters. I want to know how they get to her end vision. the author is missing a huge opportunity with this being the ending.

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3.0

Now, this is unfortunately not a technically adept book. HOWEVER, it is good.

It is never boring, the worldbuilding is fairly good considering that it is quite a short book & the characters are likable and somewhat relatable. The romance is adorable albeit slightly instalove-y and not at all believable. The end seems to move very quickly and this added to the instalove feel of the romance.

Unfortunately some of the dialogue didn't read realistically but this did not impact my enjoyment of the book. The only element of cringe is the 'swearing' in these types of novels.... Just NO please.

One thing I particularly liked is the ending is not 'tough' to read emotionally. There are no tense cliffhangers or heartbreaks. Nice and refreshing.

I think if it had been longer, and better worked and edited it could have been an amazing book. Although not quite original, it was a lovely novel. Would recommend for a quick and easy read.