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stllyltc's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
This is 70% romance and 30% plot. I have a thing for subplot romances when it comes to fantasy books and slow burn ones. The story flows in a fast paced motion and world building is easy to follow actually though for the first half of reading, I had to get used with the terminologies, after, I still do. There isn't much suspense surrounding it as plot twists can be identified at ease. One thing I really love about the book are the riddles Kazi and Jase engage in, like its so enchanting. The theme focuses on love and betrayals which I think is good enough since it mostly consists of romantic events and scenes but somewhat on the vague side. The Ballenger history took up a big percentage on the book and that should've been Book 1 so Dance of Thieves would've been a trilogy, to be honest.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Murder, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and War
c45p1n's review
challenging
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
id die for this book tbh. i read it in less than 36hrs and it was so good!! absolutely recommend
by far my most favorite book OH MY GOD i cannot explain the way this book is so perfectly divine like honey+tea and diamonds refracting sunlight. it’s not quite as peaceful as that but it’s so perfect. i love this book to the ends of the earth and even past that.
if i hear ANY negative comments about this book that is a personal declaration of war
by far my most favorite book OH MY GOD i cannot explain the way this book is so perfectly divine like honey+tea and diamonds refracting sunlight. it’s not quite as peaceful as that but it’s so perfect. i love this book to the ends of the earth and even past that.
if i hear ANY negative comments about this book that is a personal declaration of war
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Gun violence, and Violence
Moderate: Murder
Minor: Death of parent
eve_reads's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Overall Thoughts:
⁕ The world-building in this book isn’t ever fully explained. Pearson references the histories and practices of multiple countries but never fleshes them out. Because this book takes place in the same world as her Remnant series, I worry she banks too much on the hope that folks will already have knowledge from that.
⁕ The world-building in this book isn’t ever fully explained. Pearson references the histories and practices of multiple countries but never fleshes them out. Because this book takes place in the same world as her Remnant series, I worry she banks too much on the hope that folks will already have knowledge from that.
⁕ The main characters are very one-dimensional and defined by singular traits.
⁕ This book does a lot of telling and not showing. Sooo many events were described passively by the characters rather than showing the reader how they reacted in the moment.
⁕ The saving quality of this book is its building of anticipation and mystery, especially towards the end.
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Death of parent, Gore, and Violence
Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual content
Also contains: scenes of poverty, war
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