4.04 AVERAGE

cqriix's review

4.25
adventurous emotional funny informative reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

aking5991's review

4.0
medium-paced

corjuliana's review

3.75
funny mysterious 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
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afho's review

3.0
mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

pkrantz's review

4.5
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: No

I love the steampunk setting! It feels really refreshing in the historical fantasy genre. It's funny, adventurous and cute. It sets a great ground for the rest of the series and I can't wait to pick up the next book!
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dazai27's review

DID NOT FINISH: 9%

To me it's problematic and gross that they known each other while Chang Geng was a minor and fell in lover years later. 

That and being distant cousins, and that Shen Shiliu views Cheng Geng as his son. That and that he's his god father. 

I can't stand any of that and makes me uncomfortable 
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cedar17's review

5.0
adventurous 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: Complicated
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perfektionaise's review

2.0
mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

heartplacee's review

4.0
adventurous challenging slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

I’ve read this 3 times and it’s still so good. It starts off slow, but that’s what you would expect with a writer like Priest. She takes her time to develop her characters and the world. 

anexmone's review

4.0

Steampunk is a new course for me and I'm still adapting to it, i have been reading xianxia only. However, the story is quite interesting despite I'm not a fan of political issues. For book 1, it's worth to read. Also, Gu Yun has great sense of humor