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Valiant Ladies by Melissa Grey

16 reviews

emmylux7's review

dnf: pg 140

I was pulled in immediately by the opening chapter...things quickly lost momentum after that.

the alternating povs were useless and unnecessary. there were a couple moments where I wondered if the author forgot whose pov they were writing from.
something would happen in Ana's pov and she would react in a way that would've made more sense for Kiki.
but then I remembered that neither of this character's have been fleshed out beyond the stereotypes they were placed in.
i.e
kiki: "misunderstood rich girl"
ana: "street smart girl from the wrong side of the tracks"

speaking of character development; you should do that w/ side characters as well, especially if they're gonna be killed off. It's hard to care about a character being killed off if they don't feel real.

also... who needs 2 paragraphs explaining how dead someone is and how sad you are about it??? NO ONE I TELL YOU.
no one likes a word sandwich; congrats on knowing what a thesaurus is but that's it.

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amberinpieces's review against another edition

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adventurous 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? Yes

3.5

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mirireads's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

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3frenchtoast's review

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
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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phoenixhorizon's review

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adventurous tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Not bad, pretty good ya romance. I didn’t realize it was loosely based on real people until the end. A bit slow at the beginning but really picks up at 30%.

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blewballoon's review

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adventurous lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

3.0

I liked the story well enough, but I wasn't a big fan of the writing. I would probably rate this a 4 if the writing didn't take me out of the story so often. There were a lot of repeated lines used for descriptions of what people were doing, to the point that it stood out, and the dialogue was often clunky. The humor didn't land for me, it didn't fit with the setting and was oddly placed sometimes. I would say that I recommend this to young teen/pre-teen girls who think boys are icky, but there a fair amount of violence and murder.

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