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saramuhlhausen's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
3.5
rashmitha_books's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
fast-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
4.5
andreea11's review
dark
emotional
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
3.75
corsetedfeminist's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-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
4.0
kelskiiz's review against another edition
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
okay i liked the story well enough, and i really appreciated the diversity of our four main characters BUT:
the digital copy i read could have done w another round of editing. all of the mistakes were easy enough to fill in (missing words, mostly), but they also should have been caught before publishing. the book also could have been shorter; there are long periods of inaction and internal struggle and heavy handed exposition that all could have been condensed. alsothe villains have literally no explanation? nor odilia, and reyna doesn’t really get a full explanation either? the teachers and odilia get half assed reveals with no depth or meaning to them; at least reyna’s story has understandable emotion behind it.
all that said, it’s not a bad book. i liked all of the girls and their individual struggles, i LOVED ella & yuki’s relationship, and yuki & reyna, and the fairy tale parallels are fun.
the digital copy i read could have done w another round of editing. all of the mistakes were easy enough to fill in (missing words, mostly), but they also should have been caught before publishing. the book also could have been shorter; there are long periods of inaction and internal struggle and heavy handed exposition that all could have been condensed. also
all that said, it’s not a bad book. i liked all of the girls and their individual struggles, i LOVED ella & yuki’s relationship, and yuki & reyna, and the fairy tale parallels are fun.
earlgreyjedi's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
tense
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? It's complicated
4.0
Honestly, I loved this book, but I cared about the characters so much that I got stressed out for them 😭 I need to go read something that requires absolutely no brain power after this because it drew up all my emotions, put them through a storm, and now they’re out to dry.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Death
penlop's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
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
4.25
brikrush's review against another edition
1.0
wooooow, I LOVED the first one and this one DNFed. I don’t understand what makes these characters tick in this book? and the alternating POV just makes it worse. booooo.