4.42 AVERAGE

emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

So so so so good my fave clicanean book so far. More political and slow burnish compared to the some of the others in the series but I loved it. 

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4.0

Look, if you know me irl just ignore the fact that I gave 4 stars to an alien romance

Not usually into alien romance but this series will always have my heart ❤️❤️ I think Sikthand might be my new favorite
adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

While I’m not into political intrigue, it’s not overly complex & it makes sense for this story. There were a couple small details I was hoping would be explicitly addressed by the end. But otherwise a perfect romance!
adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful 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
adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
dark emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This might be my favourite in the series so far.
The uniqueness of the city structure, the way the politics are interwoven both on a "local" and world scale, how Sikthand is slowly unravelled by Sophia, and how Sophia massively steps up to make the best of a tough situation. This book has it ALL.

Content warning: There are some dark themes (minor stalking, past traumas for our MMC, and FMC started the book by being kidnapped. It's very Beauty and the Beast vibes). If you read dark romance this is pretty tame, but if you've never delved into that then some of this might be new to you. That said, I'd say it's less intense than some of the similar themes in the previous book, Resisting Maxu.

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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

Absolutely loved this. Sikthan? Amazing. Sophia? Amazing. The tension? AH-MAZING! I cannot say enough about this series and I hope there will be more to come!