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Year of the Reaper by Makiia Lucier

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organizedxchaos's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

Probably one of the best fantasy books I’ve read this year. The characters were all really well written and fully fleshed out. I would’ve liked to have understood more of how and why Cas survived the plague, but the story was good despite not knowing. I loved that the world building was subtle and not over the top or info dumped on you like some authors have unfortunately done. The pacing of the story was great too and the twists kept me guessing right up until the moments the truth was revealed! I’d definitely recommend this to anyone who is looking for a fast paced but well written standalone fantasy.

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missmali's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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valpuri's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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tmdreads's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

I enjoyed this book. It’s a linear plot and I read it quickly. Not an overly complex plot but sometimes that’s just what you what. It has what I like in a YA fantasy, what I would consider a romp, good action with a couple twists and slow burn romance.

It’s somewhat gory so if that turns you off keep that in mind.

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_kayla_marie_'s review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful lighthearted sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
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 had everything I wanted in it. Adventure, combat and slow burn romance and an intelligent and independent woman character to name a few. It's written wonderfully and I was never bored while reading it. It's still my favorite book and I've read many more since.

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royalraspberry's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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solo_shelf's review against another edition

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adventurous funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

This book was such an easy read compared to other fantasy books. Although the world is new, it is set in something if historical.

A story set in the middle of the plague, at times you forget that this enemy is right around the corner. I think it encapsulates a lot of feelings felt about our current predicament.

It was nice that ultimately it wasn’t a story about love, friendship and finding out the truth was at its core.

I did have questions about the culture, because I a lot of the words/names of food had no set pattern. So is it all a mix of everything? Also, year of the reaper is an interesting but did not appear to be relevant to the plot.

Overall, I really liked it and the characters had such good chemistry of friendship that I could see in my head this being. made into a si glue season tv show.

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