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The Midwife and the Orc by Finley Fenn

3 reviews

essie__reads's review

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

Possibly my favorite in this series so far!! 
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zabeishumanish's review

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challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

3.75

This book was so engaging but so terrifyingly intense. I didn't even feel like I could breathe til I was nearly 90% of the way through. This is sooooo emotionally taxing.
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cindy's review

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adventurous challenging emotional funny informative medium-paced

4.5

I took longer to finish this one because I didn’t want it to end 😭 These orcs have been all I’ve thought about for the past week. This one felt a little bit different, a bit more lighthearted with a lot of moments of laughter and tenderness. Still, it does also deal with difficult topics like self-harm and women’s reproductive health, so keep that in mind. Gwyn’s midwifery is genuinely impressive, as well as her herbalist knowledge, and the author clearly did a lot of research on these topics. Joarr felt a bit different than he did when he appeared in the last book, but I loved him! A mushroom specialist who knows how to cook 🤩 And there was also a lot of Stella and Silfast (from the novella), and we get to see more of their relationship beyond the…intimate.

The smut in this one is actually a lot more tame (in quality if not by  quantity) than in the other ones, but honestly by normal standards it’s still pretty over the top. And some scenes were so funny to me that I had to keep closing the app in disbelief. It was fun!!
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