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A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland

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bumblebelle's review

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adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.75

lmskikun's review

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Not into it rn

maddie_reads_stuff's review

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3.0

I was really caught up in the story at the start, but I had a hard time staying invested and taking the characters seriously as the the plot got more romance-focused

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(the kind-of-but-not-really fake marriage and subsequent we-need-to-get-divorced-so-we-don't-actually-consummate-this melodrama was a bit more than I could suspend my disbelief for)

. I did appreciate that one of the main characters had anxiety, and overall representation (I wanted more Melek!). But for my taste I needed more plot, more complex antagonists, maybe a betrayal, less romance, and less Tadek...

viandraaa's review

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emotional lighthearted reflective slow-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

4.0

joanna1905's review against another edition

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4.0

This was SUCH a good read! I'll admit it took me a little while to get into but the further along I read it just kept getting better and better. The world was just developed enough to be a compelling backdrop without detracting too much from the primary story (the romance). I adored the slow build and the angst because it was done in a way that didn't feel like dragging things out for the sake of it and it served to make these little disaster gays even more wonderfully adorable.

I would have liked there to be a little more discussion of Kandu's anxiety, it seemed as though that plot was dropped a bit by halfway through. I also wish we got to see his sister find out about the marriage.

All in all, it worked very well as a stand-alone but there would definitely be room for a squeal as well, maybe a fxf romance with Zeliha or a story following Tadek.

I definitely plan on copping a physical copy of this and rereading it because I can just tell it's one of those books that'll hit you harder when you read an actual copy.

sweetsorrows's review

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5.0

an amazing stand-alone fantasy novel! it did such a wonderful job with world-building and vocabulary that allowed the narrative to be still cohesive but also hilarious.