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A Kiss of Iron

Clare Sager

3.98 AVERAGE


-decent listen, I found a kind of drag and I took a couple days away from listening, and when I came back to it, it was a little better
-Leave off on light cliffhanger ending
medium-paced
adventurous dark 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: No
adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

bean_reading's review

DID NOT FINISH: 50%

Bad storytelling, fmc doesn't actually have any agency or does anything to affect the direction of the plot other than (barely) react to others. Mmc is madly in love ready to give up the world for her after meeting twice, without any explanation of where his feelings come from or any gradual build. No real connection between the couple, just empty words and sex.
adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
adventurous emotional mysterious medium-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: No

genuinely checked 3 times if i was reading the right book, considering the star rating

DNF chap 55/82 after skimming basically the entire way. neither the writing style nor the world building did anything to immerse me in the story (city of Lunden? neighboring kingdom of Frankia where they speak Frankish aka just French? Groundbreaking.), and I didn't really find myself rooting for the fmc or caring much about her at all.
adventurous dark funny sad medium-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: Yes

it was a really good story but something was missing and i just can put my finger on it. I think there is a lot of stuff the author threw in without explaining especially the magic system.  It kind of made me feel a little disconnected from the story but there was the right amount of tension and romance & the story has a really good baseline.  Hopefully book 2 make up for it. 
adventurous challenging mysterious tense medium-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: Yes

it was a really good story but something was missing and i just can put my finger on it. I think there is a lot of plot holes and holes in the magic system.  It kind of made me feel a little disconnected from the story but there was the right amount of tension and romance & the story has a really good baseline.  Hopefully book 2 make up for it.