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Shielded by KayLynn Flanders

9 reviews

bella_boo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I have always loved the Goose Girl, and I absolutely loved this book! There was a sad part that upset me so much I stopped reading for a while, but then I got back to reading, and the ending was so good!

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spaghettii's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

Starts off slow but definitely gets better

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lizgriffinwords's review against another edition

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adventurous inspiring 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

4.75

Adventure, spooky forests, political intrigue, disguised royalty, conniving mages… there’s so much to love here! The magic system feels unique and the main character’s growth and arc are delightful. I’d highly recommend this one, especially to younger readers who are just starting to read YA fantasy.

Content notes: death of parent, war, violence typical of YA fantasy

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saoreads's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective 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

5.0

On first impression, the heroine had a childish demeanor through the way she expressed herself. I'm hoping for some character development of what the outside country awaits for her. A medium-paced novel it was, as the flow of the story is detailed and with its subtle remarks leads readers to easily predict what comes next. I'm enjoying this book more than I'd ever imagined. There were scenes that were unexpected or that the readers could anticipate, and it makes me so happy every time. The world-building within the novel is really enchanting. The main characters are honed well, even with the villains that make you root for them. This book definitely adds up to another reason why I love duologies so much.

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kbairbooks's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed this! I’m unsure of how to describe that I felt that this was her debut novel BUT for a first time author this was delightful! I really enjoyed the story and the world. I don’t think the relationship was entirely fleshed out, and I feel like there was more to the healer than was said, and (spoiler) the one princess thinking Ren was cute seemed a bit random? Also this freakin woman went through so much!! I dunno dude she could rally like a m💕🎁🐈🥰🥲☀️👍🏼😟😈😘❌. (End spoiler) overall I enjoyed this story and I’m really excited to read book two. And to see where this author goes and how she grows.

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tired_cicada's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Really cute, and way fun! Will 100% be reading the sequel as soon as I can get my hands on it but it was not my easiest read. I initially got it because the author is so sweet and personable but I really did enjoy it. That being said there were some parts that I cringed at just casue it was worded weirdly or the dialogue felt 'this has to happen for plot reasons' rather than because that would actually come up in conversation. The romance was cute,

gotta love a one bed, healing the others wounds trope

and there was a part at the very end that threw me through a loop. I was shook!

The 'villans' of the story are a really cool idea, but didn't get as flushed out as I would have liked. With it being a duology I worry about how many threads will have to be left untied because there just wasnt time to finish them.

Anyway, looking forward to seeing the end of the story! And to seeing more from this author!

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daniellestarredpages's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Review to come

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stevenreadsbooks's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

This book was amazing! At first, I was thinking of DNFing the book since the beginning was boring and confusing to me. Once I hit page 100 though, everything changed. The story really picked up and became fast-paced, which I like. The plot, characters, and romance were amazing and it was everything I wanted in a book and more. The only issue I had was the length of the chapters. There were only 26 chapters in this 419-page book. This made the chapters long. When I read, I don't like stopping in the middle of a chapter, I just like to finish it. This book made it hard to read just a chapter since each chapter was really long. As a result, I would try and read this book when you have a lot of time. If you don't care about stopping in the middle of a chapter then you should ignore what I said and start reading ASAP. I would 100% recommend this book to anyone who is willing to power through the beginning. I cant wait to see what happens in the second book.

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guinevere_s1994's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced

Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

Overall I enjoyed this book. It started off a bit slow and didn't start getting really interesting until about chapter 6. After that I found it far more appealing. Some of the events are somewhat predictable, though there are one or two unexpected occurrences that add interest and depth to the story. Things seemed a little too easy for the protagonist,

she gets injured a lot but nothing seems to have any real long-term consequences

. I would have liked to have seen more character development, both for the protagonist and supporting characters, but overall they are likable and I am interested enough to read the next instalment when it comes out.

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