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jjjreads's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
tense
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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Bullying, Ableism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Blood, Self harm, Classism, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content
Moderate: Cursing, Animal death, and Animal cruelty
Minor: Child abuse, Deportation, Medical content, and Death of parent
caseythereader's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
tense
slow-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
Thanks to Tordotcom Publishing for the free advance copy of this book.
- A TASTE Of GOLD AND IRON is wonderfully lush, quickly building both an intriguing world and compelling slow burn romance.
- It's really an incredible feat the way Rowland has made the romance the tensest, most electric part of the story when the political plot is full of secrets, backstabbing and the fate of the dynasty hanging by a thread. But when Kadou and Evemer have even the barest of touches, all that fades to the background.
- This book is also wonderfully queer. Not only is the central pair achillean, but queerness is fully accepted, there are three genders with an in-language set of pronouns for them, nonstandard family structures, and an ace secondary character.
- A TASTE Of GOLD AND IRON is wonderfully lush, quickly building both an intriguing world and compelling slow burn romance.
- It's really an incredible feat the way Rowland has made the romance the tensest, most electric part of the story when the political plot is full of secrets, backstabbing and the fate of the dynasty hanging by a thread. But when Kadou and Evemer have even the barest of touches, all that fades to the background.
- This book is also wonderfully queer. Not only is the central pair achillean, but queerness is fully accepted, there are three genders with an in-language set of pronouns for them, nonstandard family structures, and an ace secondary character.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Alcohol, Confinement, Cursing, Medical content, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content
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