839 reviews for:

Behooved

M. Stevenson

3.78 AVERAGE

sunshinee_bear's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous lighthearted fast-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

burnshg's review against another edition

3.75

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A very quick and enjoyable read. The characters were cute and the horse puns were A+. I saw the end climactic event coming a mile away, but sometimes I want that in a book. My only complaint is that I wish I had known Bianca's chronic condition was disability rep. I thought it was a major plot hook that was left hanging until I read the afterword.

hmae17's review against another edition

4.0

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Thanks to NetGalley and Tor Publishing for the ARC of Behooved in exchange for an honest review. This was so much fun!

A rom-com fantasy with an arranged marriage and a quest to fix a spell gone wrong… yes please. It gives My Lady Jane and Shrek with lots of witty and sarcastic banter. Light hearted, silly, cheesy romantasy in the best way.

pandathechu's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-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: Yes

lk822zuh's review against another edition

3.0

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This was fine but wasn’t really for me. I think it would kill as YA with some tweaking to make it a little more magical. The story was fine and the romance was fine, but I never really got into it. 

bryn_cavin's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

gdobson's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 26%

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Didn’t care for the voice, don’t care about any of the characters. Stolen IBD valor, no bathroom symptoms. Do not like the sequence of events that leads to him being a horse, it’s not satisfying. Awful miscommunication trope when they’re both human at the beginning and somehow NO COMMUNICATION BARRIER SHENANIGANS when he’s a horse??  No one is actually making sure these kingdoms run at all, no bureaucrats this is amateur hour.

semisweetgeek's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny hopeful 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

vynelda's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous hopeful inspiring 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

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This was such a refreshing read. It didn't have some of the romance cliches I've seen in a lot of other romance books. For example, in many other romance books the male lead is overly confident and really tough. But the prince in the book was a normal person, with fears and insecurities. 

I liked that the story's setting had gender equality (for example- guards are both males and females, the person officiating the wedding was female) and that it had lgbtq characters. And that being attracted to the same gender was accepted as normal. No questions asked. So refreshing!

There were plenty of slow and sweet romance scenes throughout the book. I loved how the two main characters accepted each other's weaknesses and supported each other. At the beginning they misunderstood each other. It was great following their love story. 

jess_reads1000's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes