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Legendary by Stephanie Garber

9 reviews

mary_do_12's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

how is everyone in this book hot. everyone.
DANTE— marry me. please.

*clears throat*
so, anyways. i don’t have much to say. i enjoyed tellas perspective, it made me come to understand and enjoy her character a lot more. just as with caraval, i was confused throughout— well, the whole book really. to the point i’m at right now.
i had some theories. they were all wrong.
what i also had were CHILLS. because DANTE (i know i’m repeating myself but hang on). that man is absolutely heavenly, scraping-my-eyes-out, BAWLING, jaw-drop, screaming crying throwing up, dead-drop gorgeous. quote tella. well, not literally. but almost.

like, what do you mean „gold shimmered no matter what, but few people could make darkness glitter the way he did“???!! WHAT DO YOU MEAN TELLA??!

i was baffled. i don’t think i will recover. 10/10, recommend.

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saraavowlerr's review against another edition

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adventurous funny hopeful medium-paced

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

4.25

I would change some aspects of the end. I felt like there was big build up and then a plateau ending

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1_800_fuck_off's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.25

i enjoyed this book significantly better than the first one.

the prince of hearts was what made me have hope that i would actually like this book and i did.

he was a big part of that reason.

i didn't dislike tella in this book, i hadn't disliked her in the first one, either, but i just didn't feel much of anything for her. moments in this book made me be like "oh, she's kind of cool for that ngl." that's kind of all i have to say about her though.

when dante was revealed to be legend i was inclined to not believe it,, i didn't think it would be that obvious.

i expected a shock factor moment when legend would be revealed so i was kind of disappointed. even now i still can't believe it.. I really expected it to have been a better moment or at least have legend be an unexpected character. i guess i was so disappointed because in the first book they made legend to be.. well.. a legend. someone unattainable, magical, out of this world, out of reach from mortal clutches.

dante is just.. well.. dante, lol. he's the typical "bad boy", tortured, devil may cry, type of love interest. well, not fully, he does seemingly care a lot about donatella. but his character is built to be cocky, overconfident, seductive, funny, flirtatious, play boy sort of dude on the surface and have tragic backstory/serious, mean side which i can name many other LI like that on the spot sooo,,

yeah, not really impressed with his character.

scarlett,, if scarlett hadn't been in the book i wouldn't have noticed. she literally has such insignificant scenes in this book but i'm sure it was to set up for the third and final book.

the prince of hearts,

jacks.

now that was a great character. he instantly captured my attention. the plot twists actually plot twisted. i was actually surprised when he was revealed to be:

1. the heir, 2. tella's friend, and 3. the prince of hearts.

he was just a wonderfully, well done morally ambiguous character. he's confusing in the best way possible. does he actually have a soft side? is he actually a cruel person?

is tella really his true love?

that was never actually confirmed since he would deny or say something else when it was brought up, kind of like to distract away from the topic. i like him. he's the first character that brought me some excitement in this series so far. i want to learn more about him but i don't know if i'd like to read a romance about him which i know the spin off series once upon a broken heart is about. ill probably still end up reading it because i don't like not finishing the complete story of a fictional world.

anyways. pretty good book. on to the next one.

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amre23's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

3.5

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lynnloveshobi's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I didn’t like the sequel to Caraval as much as I enjoyed the first novel. The plot seemed somewhat disjointed, kind of like there were too many things going on and there wasn’t enough explanation of any of them. I love the characters still and the bad boy is even easy to love, which isn’t always easy to do. I am looking forward to getting some closure with the last novel of this series.

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vaniavela's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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katvou's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.25

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justreaditem's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I definately preferred this book over it's predecessore. I loved that you got to see a second game but with completely different stakes...he NEVER does two games so close together...so why now?

Tella's voice is vastly different to Scarlett's. Tella's is one girl who knows who she is and what she wants. She kisses boys with no remorse, wears the changing dresses and just does what she wants. She also loves her sister unapologetically, they love each other and it's so beautiful to read.

Through out the book you could feel Tella being torn between playing the game and caring. Obviously, she built a wall around her heart after her mother abandoned them and their father being...their father...but you can see she cares ferociously. She cares about her sister (above all else), her mother (despite her leaving), Dante and Julian and Jacks.

The journey of finding her long lost mother reveals so many things about her life, gives her more questions about herself and her sister, about her entire life. The abuse that both of them have endured throughout their lives brought them so close to each other, it was really heartwarming to read

I think Scarlett is full on shadey for being in love with Julian but finds her old fianceé? Why would you do that?

The whole book was full of mindgames, puzzles and I spent so much of it going WHO IS LEGEND?!

The answer was not what I expected.

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