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Shadows so Cruel

Liv Zander

3.89 AVERAGE

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

So this was good-ish, but I did have major issues with it. The pacing felt a bit off to me but that was the least of it.
The waterfall scene where one of the mmc’s rapes the fmc, the kidnapping and rape scenes, the death of lorn and fucking mmc sebian were so unnecessary! Add to that that the fmc rapes the mmc right back and forces her view on how to deal with trauma on him was not okay, and
the more I think about it the angrier I get. I still sort of enjoyed reading this book though, even when reflecting on the big problems this book had so I might read more from this author.


challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark emotional sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional tense
adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes