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Dance of Thieves by Mary E. Pearson

10 reviews

hales_1243's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Medical content, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Slavery, and Trafficking

pageafter_paige's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I haven’t read any fantasy in a hot minute but I think this was a good one to read to get me back into it! I like how after the first 20 pages or so I was able to fully comprehend the fantasy world without much effort. I also love a dual POV and an enemies to lovers trope (also lowkey has the forbidden lovers thing)! 

It was definitely a slow burn romance wise. I think the book had a pretty good pace, maybe a little slow at some parts but not too bad. 

Honestly the thing that annoyed me the most was how the FMM being constantly described as an untouchable warrior but like we see she makes mistakes that seem a little obvious… maybe she blinded by love though so who am I to judge. 

Overall I liked Jase’s character a lot and hearing the history of his family was VERY interesting I almost wish there was a book on that! Kazi was also likable and gave me Inej vibes form Six of Crows (except Inej is actually untouchable lmao). I’ll be interested to see what happens with them in the second book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Stalking, War, Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Trafficking, Abandonment, Classism, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

marine2907's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Alcohol, Cursing, Drug use, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Body horror, Death of parent, Grief, Trafficking, Violence, War, Blood, Kidnapping, Medical content, Miscarriage, Murder, and Sexual assault

kat1105's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Trafficking, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Grief, and Drug use

Minor: Sexual content

ttumbletree's review

adventurous emotional funny inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Trafficking, Violence, Kidnapping, and Death

Minor: Miscarriage, Cursing, Terminal illness, Child death, War, Alcohol, and Torture

katvou's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, and Kidnapping

Minor: Blood, Alcohol, Animal death, Child death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Medical content

addi_w31's review

adventurous emotional tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Death, and Cursing

Minor: Miscarriage, Torture, Kidnapping, Alcohol, and Pregnancy

oliverreeds's review

i got bored; the characters are repetitive and the sequence of events wasn't enticing enough. it was a lot of straight people doing straight people things and having straight people arguments. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual assault, Slavery, Trafficking, Violence, War, and Kidnapping

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.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Murder, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and War

pebbles323's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

This book is perfect for any readers transitioning from Wattpad to more traditional publishing. Dance of Thieves has almost every trope you can think of. Dagger on the love interest’s neck? Check. Chained and forced to work together? Check. Enemies to Lovers? Check. Within the first 100 pages of the book, the main couple goes from enemies to friends to lovers, then right back to enemies again! The book is very centered around the main characters’ relationship, but still leaves enough time for a very interesting plot.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol, Death, and Kidnapping