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Queen of Myth and Monsters by Scarlett St. Clair

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drtx_bwt's review against another edition

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dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

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livsu3's review

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dark tense slow-paced

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

2.25

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steffeniee's review against another edition

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It's repetitive, and I've grown to dislike the characters. I keep trying to power through because I don't have much left, but I can't anymore. I keep stopping because I cringe at a line or I notice whole sentences being repeated over and over again. The narrator for the lead, Lilly Drake, has a really good voice; its very soothing and fits the character well. But I dont care much for the other narrator. I also find myself more interested in side characters than the leads.

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mermaidmommy19's review

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4.75

This was such a compelling sequel in my opinion. It was very good. There was a bit of over used vocabulary toward the end, such as "devastated" and "murdered" which I believe were intended to evoke strong emotion, but eventually lost all meaning due to over use. Beyond that, I don't really have any complaints.

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livfowler's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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oruairc's review

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dark sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

We always fight and fuck.

That's the plot. There are some reveals in there, somewhere. Somewhere...

But that's mostly it. Isolde and Adrian fight and fuck. And do it again. And again.

I was quite angry reading it, but anger that drives me to read the next one. I'm disappointed in myself, truly, but I'm committed to the end.

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lilpeaches's review

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adventurous dark fast-paced

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

3.25

TLDR: This book had great potential but there are a ton of random loose ends thrown at you at the very end. Skipped the majority of the smut because it's just so repetitive and Adrian's sex POV was cringe. I suppose book 3 will tie it all together but overall disappointed. 😒

It was great reading Isolde's struggle with the idea of being changed by Adrian and then

her change into an aufhocker.

I felt like she was finally giving her something to deal with other than her hate/wanting to fuck Adrian. However, just like Scarlett's other fmc she is still constantly whining and fighting with Adrian for sometimes the stupidest reason. And this gets old very quick. I also found myself skipping over the majority of the smut scenes ESPECIALLY Adrian's. But, giving her this fight as well as the thought of a traitor being amongst their noblesse I was hooked wanting to see where the story was going to go.

Anyway while I was zooming through the beginning and middle of the book with all the new magic and wanting to know what was going on with Ravena and if it was actually her causing the mist and plague, I found the end extremely confusing and lacking. She kind of throws a lot of twists and turns in, without explanation. For example,

the twist with Sorin was great and I was truly shook, but now Adrian is being controlled by Dis (which Daroc knew about) and it was actually Isolde that created the book to destroy Adrian aka Dis and she was working with Ravena when she was Yesenia and oh Ana is also in on it and has actually been using the book. Did I mention Yesenia was also pregnant when she died?

Like these things are all thrown at the reader in the last couple chapters, just for it to end with the fact that Isolde could lose Adrian??

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