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A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske

8 reviews

mirandyli's review

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

Pretty mediocre story about two queer white men in historical England dealing with magical realism. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

memeraryfiction's review

adventurous hopeful lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.5

I loved this book! It's an enjoyable read if you like fast-paced, relatively light-hearted, queer historical fantasy with diverse, likeable characters and incisive but not-too-heavy social commentary. (And/or sexy content, because this one is spicy! Not usually my thing, but the characters are so likeable I couldn't help but be happy for them.) It's a very exciting debut and beginning of a series; I've already requested the second book from the library. I'm excited to read more from Freya Marske in the future!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Homophobia, Misogyny, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racism and Xenophobia

alex_sincerely's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual content, and Xenophobia

xandry's review

adventurous emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Racism and Xenophobia

saltshaker00's review

adventurous emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia, Blood, and Murder

colloreda's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Moderate: Death and Murder

Minor: Xenophobia and Death of parent

jupiterlee's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring lighthearted mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

What I love about this book is the layering of magic that Freya does. It is not just people who have magic but estates (thank you Sutton Cottage) and objects, and I loved the idea of everything being a contract and consent between everything and everyone. 
I don't think you can ever go wrong with a secret society and I love when the magic and non-magical worlds cross over but it is a delicate balance due to having to have a few chapter of the non-magical individuals being introduced to it, but I think Freya does and amazing job of having Robin be accepting of the magic quickly but also with it being realistic and not dragging it out. 

What I also admired about this book is that it is set in the past and Freya does an amazing job of introducing true facts and attitudes: homosexual individuals were not accepted and they had to be careful (I wanted to hug Edwin and Robin) and women, especially of colour, were over looked even if they were capable of doing the job (you tell them miss morisey).

The relationship and growth between Edwin and Robin I lived for and I could read more about just them. 
I do think this is what I might struggle with in the rest of the series if it changes people and I don't really get anymore from their POVs but I am interested in the world and will look forward to reading more about this world and finally finding out where the other items of the contract are! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia, Self harm, and Xenophobia

erynlasbelin's review

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Cursing, Self harm, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Racism, Vomit, Outing, Colonisation, and Classism