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3.94 AVERAGE


4.25
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional hopeful tense slow-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
adventurous dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

It might be that the pregnancy trope just isn't for me, but I found this all to be low stakes. I knew who survived because of reading FBAA first, which meant that the tension that should have been there for this book was absent.

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85% of this book felt like a chore.

The ending saved this book. The first half… yeahhh
challenging emotional hopeful 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

I feel it takes too long to get going. So much talking and debating and angst and all of those 
 
of
 
things
 before we get to action.
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark emotional slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The book itself only deserves 3 stars but Nyktos & Sera are still my favorites so I’m giving it 4 for now.
Overall the book definitely could have used some more editing* because there are several stretches that I skimmed through (thank you adhd