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Five Broken Blades

Mai Corland

3.82 AVERAGE

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced
adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I listened to this audiobook for a reading challenge, so I went in with no expectations, and while it didn't necessarily disappoint, that's only because my hopes weren't particularly high to begin with. 

It reads like a run of the mill B-list YA novel - lewd, tropey, and largely predictable, save for one or two fun twists (though even with those, I felt that the reveals were fumbled). As other reviews have mentioned, of course the protagonists are all horny 20-somethings paired off into future couples from the start. A little boring for my taste.

The author also clearly wants us to like these supposedly morally grey people, so their backstories all sound like something off of the r/AmITheAsshole subreddit; specifically, the stories with insanely misleading titles. "Am I The Asshole for
whipping my love interest's little sister?
" - it sounds pretty clear cut but then it turns out that
no, he was only protecting her from his much more ruthless father by volunteering to meter out the punishment himself
. And every single backstory is like that. Except for
the guy that hunted people for sport
. As you do.

Overall, a pretty tame book with little new to say. Fun at times, but that's about it.
adventurous tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark 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

I really enjoyed this book. I was expecting the pacing to be slower but there was always something happening on the next page. 

I see this book as a good prologue for what the story will become. 
adventurous slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Pretty good, just didn’t really love any of the characters, didn’t hate them, just couldn’t pull a favorite if I wanted to. But the plot was good, books pretty, i’d definitely read the second.
adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Me han encantado los personajes y la trama pero... el final, además de predecible, me parece que no está al nivel del resto de la historia.

Aún así le daré una oportunidad a los siguientes, la pluma de la autora me ha gustado, es súper ágil de leer y ver todos los puntos de vista me ha parecido una fantasía
adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense 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