Reviews - Behooved | The StoryGraph

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Behooved

M. Stevenson

3.79 AVERAGE

markita_reads's review against another edition

5.0

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b_isforbookish's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous funny lighthearted 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: Yes

creativelifeofliz's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious medium-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

I enjoyed the story and definitely the representation, but the pacing was a bit complicated.

chasta's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

maddiekelley's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing 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: Complicated

liren's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional lighthearted 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

This book gave me cavities, but like grown-up cavities, with emotional baggage, and daggers, and scores to settle. A fun romp with enough light-hearted whimsical fairy tale elementals (and horse shenanigans) to make my little inner horse princess happy, but also classic high-fantasy political machinations, interesting world building, and some east of the sun and west of the moon energy to keep me engaged.

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kikibreading's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous funny 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

gwyncase's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

emmasnothere's review against another edition

2.75

2.75*

what a silly story—

they were about to consummate the marriage, argued about who forced the marriage to happen, an assassin comes in, and she accidentally turns him into a horse using her protection spell locket

… and then, it loses steam aside from the witty one-liners here and there.

i’m not one for cozy fantasy, so that’s not a surprise that i thought it was lazy to spend majority of the book walking/trotting and yapping without any hint of understanding of the magical laws, political systems, or even a fleshed out mystery (too obvious! we met like three people). it also didn’t help that bianca and aric literally do not know how to pull it together when the fate of the kingdom(s) rest upon them, but here they are in love after knowing each other for like two seconds, but hey… best enjoyed if you’re there for the vibes (i never am).

amberghini's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous funny lighthearted 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

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