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Legendary by Stephanie Garber

9 reviews

bel017's review against another edition

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

It's wildly inappropriate that these very pretty but very very old men are chasing after girls, in a book aimed at girls. Tella is fifteen. These relationships are not OK.

It seems to me that

it's Legend's blood that stops Tella from dying from Jacks's killer kiss. Her heart gets slower and slower until then, and then it starts beating properly when Legend does some shady behind the scenes stuff. The age difference between Legend and Jacks is appropriate. They have similar motivations and interests. The only appropriate outcome is that Legend is Jacks's true love. That would be an awesome enemies-to-lovers. I know that won't happen. These books are as straight as a die, and I've read the next series (I genuinely didn't realise Jacks was the LI in Once Upon a Broken Heart, who would think that? There's nothing about his character that's ok.)

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histomercy's review against another edition

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2.0

This series had SO much potential. Rated the first book 5 stars, but I am SO disappointed in the author for making two ageless/immortal characters be in a love triangle with a 15/16 YEAR OLD GIRL??? Sorry but that is NOT okay and I haven't seen anyone talk about it??? Horrible.

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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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emmacartlidge's review

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adventurous 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? No

4.0

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dannilmp's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

2.75

The ambigious ending of Caraval certainly leads itself to a sequel in Legendary, but whether this sequel was really necessary is another question. This time around we mainly follow Donatella on her journey through another Caraval game with just as high stakes as Scarlett found in her game previously.

Firstly, I feel this book had a lot of character development for Donatella but also justified some of her more (what I personally found) annoying behaviours and traits that we saw in Caraval. This book also worked to flesh out some of the mythology of the Caraval universe, but I was certainly left wanting more. The Fates are an intersting concept and one that I hope to see given more attention and detail in the final book.

However, Tella's character development was not enough for me to want to like her character and compared to Caraval, reading Legendary was a little bit more of a chore for me, hence the slightly lower star rating compared to the first book. I also couldn't get past some aspects of Legend's character right at the end which felt like the ending of the book was a slight letdown.

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angstifies's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense

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

4.25

i really disliked the fact that this book’s setting wasn’t the same as the previous one, i really wish it had been more “magical” like i expected it would. the new element of the Fates and the new characters were great tho, it would’ve been better if the book focused more on that rather than the horrible romance between Tella and Dante, i hope he fucking dies or something.

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ssuummeerrn's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This book took me so long to get through! I was very disappointed at first by the POV change, which I think made me want to read it less at the beginning. But, as I learned more about Tella, Dante, and Jacks, I fell in love with Legendary just as much as Caraval.

The beginning was slow, but the ending was great! I totally guessed the plot twist, but that almost made it better. I definitely recommend playing a little game while reading this book and try to figure out who Elantine’s Heir is…maybe you’ll win!

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kinskinn's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense 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? No

4.5

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finallywakingup's review against another edition

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2.5

I was enjoying the book until the end when it was revealed that the main character was only 15 years old. That made everything seem very icky and off for me. The 'well what if, but what if, but what if' that went on and on and on made the book really drag and the game playing in all the relationships (trying to make someone jealous, ignoring them, doing things to get their attention) is really unhealthy and not something that should be foregrounded in a YA book, but always seems to be.

Besides that there was still enough interesting things to keep me reading but it was tough going at times.

The author seems to have forgotten her own canon, or is just ignoring it. In the first book it was stated that Legend had had a relationship with Scarlett and Della's Grandmother. Now we're supposed to believe that he's only a teenage boy because that's how he chooses to appear. Really Della is getting involved with a man literally old enough to be her Grandfather which is just awful. Since I've realised this fact, and that the age difference is probably similar for Scarlett and Julian, I'm not sure I'm going to be able to enjoy the final book very much.

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