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The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller

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abicaro17's review

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

This book starts off so strong. Alessandra is the second daughter of an earl looking to gain power and acknowledgement by marrying the Shadow King, Kallias. The problem? She plans to kill him right after. Alessandra is cunning, vicious, manipulative, and talented in many ways. I think the general plot was so fun! I love a good murderess and mystery. Alessandra is fun to read as well with all her inner monologue and complex feelings about people. My issues with this book stem from development (or lack thereof). To me, Alessandra and the world building feel underdeveloped. Alessandra is supposed to be this devious murderess with this plot, but her idea is quite literally just to poison him and hope the blame gets placed on a neighboring kingdom. Also past the first few chapters she doesn't seem very murder prone. I think her initial characterization was much more interesting than what we were left with. My other issue stems from world building. In terms of kingdoms and the country laws we are never given any explanations. This leaves me at a loss at times for why things are the way they are politically. I think this book could definitely benefit from some elaboration and possibly a different ending?

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allisonsmith120's review

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dark medium-paced

3.0

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stllyltc's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

It's an easy read that catapults with a strong heroine, who considers herself sexually empowered. She is on a mission to rule the kingdom by seducing the shadow king and killing him to gain control and power. The planning it took for her and overall resolve were there. Although she seemed to be a villainess type, she had principles that didn't make you hate her in a way. I'm not a big fan of some parts, especially the peak of the plot, but the little twist saved it, and it's fast to finish if you're in for a quick read.

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m3ll0n_c4t's review

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adventurous challenging dark funny 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? Yes

4.75

Alessandra is a toxic bad bitch and I love her. This was such a fun read! Since the main character doesn’t have powers it was fun getting to see how she was able to manipulate everything to go all according to her plan. I was going crazy over the last 30-50 pages of the book, I just couldn’t put it down! Wasn’t expecting that plot twist right before the end of the book, but it made things interesting, and I’m satisfied with the ending.

I also was so excited when the title of the book came up that was such a fun touch XD. I very much enjoyed this book, but I can understand that it’s not for everyone. The main character does have some toxic views towards men in the beginning, but I think that her character development went well.

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mengzhenreads's review

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adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

The best part of this book was the synopsis.

The characters’ motivations were completely half-baked, there was no tension in the story, and the vaugely problematic white-woman feminism added nothing to the story. The ‘fantasy’ part of the book is non-existent and the romance in theory would’ve been intriguing if the story had an ounce of conflict or tension.

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baksaydora's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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

4.0

It was a bit slow for me at the beginning, but then the pace picked up and I really enjoyed it. I love the characters and their relationsips, the plot wasn't too complicated, but the twist at the end had me shooked. The audiobook was phenomenal, I really enjoyed the narrator's voice.

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