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A Dance of Lies

Brittney Arena

3.99 AVERAGE

adeela_books's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous 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: Complicated

4.3 stars

"It seems I cannot exist in either: the light or the dark."

🩰👑

This was such a delightful read and experience going into this world that Brittney Arena created.

I had so much of fun reading it, everything was written so eloquently with vivid descriptions penned down beautifully.

I'd surely love to experience these fictional places or see them in real life with how stunningly they were depicted as well as Vasalie's intricate dances. I love dance and the way Vasalie brings it to life was enjoyable to read about.

The fmc of this story is absolutely strong, determined and doesn't back down which was admirable. I liked that we had 3 different suitors for Vasalie and we got to learn about each one until we fully discovered the man that was destined for her. He's a total sweetheart! The chemistry between them was sizzling. I love the chronic illness representation

Also to be noted that A Dance Of Lies is packed with wide diversity, different ethnicities between the Crowns which I appreciated having other underrepresented races being shown, such as Queen Sadira from Razam & Sultans from Kasim.

I speculated certain aspects correctly and it was cool seeing them be revealed as so. The author does a good job alluding to these twists.

I'm quite eager for book 2 and I love that it'll be a duology only, so everything will get wrapped up in the next one which is gonna be a blast as well!. Towards the last bits of the book, everything just gets kicked up a notch and has you locked in, reading to find out what's transpiring.

As for the cover of this book, it's so pretty and falls under one of my favorite book covers!

For the author's debut she really knocked this one out of the park and I'm ready to see what else she'll bring to the party 💖

This book has love,drama,betrayal, secrets,tension, sparks, angst and determination in heaps so if you're looking for those vibes I highly recommend picking this book up!.

• Thanks JBP for the readalong box & book. All opinions are my own! •

masters_library's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

coffee_bookdragon79's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad 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

eochs's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

rachael27's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ash_good's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

I NEED book two immediately.

I was hooked early on but the ending I devoured.

I loved a story where the FMC picks herself up from the trenches and becomes a badass. I'm excited to see her continue that in the next book. Also, I love a story with a smart mouthed MMC; the banter was top tier. The love triangle/slow burned we had to endure and the yearning still to come, chefs kiss. The politics were a main part of the plot and the addition of the Fates brought another intriguing layer. Some justice was served but I cannot wait to see others brought down. I do admit, for me, some parts were a little slow and some parts were a little repetitive.