Reviews

Longshadow by Olivia Atwater

actuallycandy's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious reflective 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? No

4.0

folkofthebook's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective 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? No

4.5

“I told her I don’t ever intend to die, an’ I meant it. But I’d be happy to leave pieces of myself with everyone else, even while I’m alive.”

i loved the development between abigail and mercy. abigail teaching mercy that people deserve to fight to their dying end and mercy teaching abigail how to dream again. and of course, the budding romance.

“See, that’s your problem,” she said. “You have to exercise your imagination if you want to use it for inside magic. If I tell you that sky looks like a lake, you don’t say no, you tell me what the stars are!”

“Carin’ what happens to someone doesn’t make it all right to make decisions for ’em,” she said. “Sometimes we choose our pain because it’s for somethin’ we believe in. If no one ever chose pain, then it’d be awful hard to get anything done, wouldn’t it?”

“Humans exist to be unnatural,” she said. “Nature’s cruel an’ unfair, an’ we decided to fix it. That’s why we’ve got clothes an’ houses an’ medicine. What’s natural isn’t always good. An’ as for me… I think I like what’s good an’ fair an’ kind better’n what’s natural.”

“I’m imaginin’ all sorts of nice things right now. I’ve imagined more things since I met you than I have in years an’ years.”

i especially loved the author's note about being inspired (or rather, in spite of) the Hays Code, which most people don't actually know about. among many rules it created for american film from 1934 to 1968, it included queer characters not being allowed happy endings and that they were to die tragically. this was atwater's response to that and i loved it.

the regency faerie tales have definitely become one of my all-time fav series 💖 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Minor: Child death

echofm's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

4.5

helalost's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful 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

backsong's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

thecourtface's review against another edition

mysterious relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.5

abthebluepup's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad slow-paced

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

5.0

jeslo's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted reflective 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

5.0

breanna_pashak's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.75

phoenix2's review against another edition

2.0

Longshadow is the third book of the Regency Faerie Tales. And like the books previous of it, it follows a love story between a fae and a mortal girl in the regency era.

However, I found it less enjoyable compared to the rest of the series, even though the main character was fun to read and nicely fleshed out. Also, it was nice to read about the well beloved characters from the other books.