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adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
“She parted the curtain of spiderwebs stretched across the mouth of the hallway and then stopped to brush a huge spider off her shoulder. Shane’s guts clenched and she had to remind herself that using her ax on spiders would be overkill - that’s what boot heels were for.”
I loved this sleeping beauty retelling that flips the script. Instead of a prince kissing a helpless princess it’s a female treasure hunter waking a powerful witch prince. I love that these characters have stories and pasts; friends and foes. The duo of Fi and Shane make me think of a female cast of Indiana Jones solving decades old riddles and finding artifacts. I picked this up after Christmas and devoured it in a week. There are two more books in this series and I can’t wait to read them. Definitely recommend this fantasy retelling.
“Maybe falling in love wasn’t something you dreamed about or something you left to destiny. Maybe it was something that happened when you were having too much fun to notice.”
Content Warnings
Moderate: Self harm
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