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kkm0112's review against another edition
4.0
Deeply researched, with beautiful writing. I love the creativity of the stories this author creates (and the fleshed-out secondary characters, too!).
montes's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
sad
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? It's complicated
4.0
parchmentandflour's review against another edition
I couldn't get into the book and then it needed to be returned to the library - may try again another time.
noahsmarine's review against another edition
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
kristina_reads23's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
kelseyjvg's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
splahdown's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Okay, this book took me a while to get into. Leigh for me in the past was an instant buy. Following 9th House and Hell Bent, I thought "no matter what it is, it'll be good!"
This is a much different book. It's a romance at it's core, but it's very highbrow for lack of better phrasing. The first 3rd has some really wild perspective changes that are pretty hard to wade through (at least imo) but after that it kinda stopped doing that.
As for the story, it has some really cool magic elements and loveable characters! I think at it's core this is a great story, just not as executed as well as it should have been.
Overall, maybe I'm just dumb or maybe it's because I just came out of a lot of ACOTOR reading but this is definitely a book I'd want to circle back to later. But I'm mad at the score I'm giving it because I wanted to love this book so much
This is a much different book. It's a romance at it's core, but it's very highbrow for lack of better phrasing. The first 3rd has some really wild perspective changes that are pretty hard to wade through (at least imo) but after that it kinda stopped doing that.
As for the story, it has some really cool magic elements and loveable characters! I think at it's core this is a great story, just not as executed as well as it should have been.
Overall, maybe I'm just dumb or maybe it's because I just came out of a lot of ACOTOR reading but this is definitely a book I'd want to circle back to later. But I'm mad at the score I'm giving it because I wanted to love this book so much
pencilspeaker's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
I really liked the concept, the worldbuilding sounded interesting and the characters seemed intriguing, but it did not deliver. I did not connect to any of the characters, there was little suspence and in general I found this book quite lacking.
sad, I was really looking forward to it as I tremendously enjoyed the Ninth House.
sad, I was really looking forward to it as I tremendously enjoyed the Ninth House.