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Reckless (svensk utgåva) by Lauren Roberts

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

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challenging emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Spice Rating: 🫑 / 5 🌶️

This sequel to Powerless was a similarly fun read in the romantasy series, though I believe it suffered a bit from "second book syndrome."

The trials have ended, and Paedyn is running for her life. The princes who once considered themselves friends of Paedyn are now hunting her down. Kitt finds himself in charge of the kingdom and sends the Enforcer, his brother Kai, to find Paedyn and bring her to him alive.

Readers get a few small snippets from Kitt's perspective alongside Kai's and Paedyn's points of view. The game of cat-and-mouse between Paedyn and Kai plays out multiple times throughout this novel, and this does get old after a while. What doesn't get old is the romantic tension between the two. The banter and near misses are top notch.

Though Reckless wasn't a 5 star read for me, that ending left me reeling. I'm going to read the next book regardless, but I do hope to see more plot in the third installment of the trilogy.

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adventurous 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

Editing was lacking. Lots of spelling/grammar errors. Places where the wrong form of a word was used (ex. using “due” instead of “due” or using “straitened” instead of “straightened”).  Very noticeable and distracting. 

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slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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adventurous emotional 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

I thought that this book what pretty good, but not as well written as the first, though it is better than most other books I've read.
I just have so many questions. Like what is Callum doing? WHY WOULD HE TELL KITT TO MARRY PAEDYN? How will the court react? How will PAEDYN react? She can't say no, or it's her head, which to be honest, she might prefer.
I can't wait for April 2025!

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

Lowkey felt like as many possibly romantasy tropes were being hurriedly smushed in as possible, definitely not even close in depth of characters and storyline than Powerless— but that ending…. Oh my god….. 

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