The Sun and Its Shade by Piper C.J.

3.96 AVERAGE

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orini's review against another edition

5.0
adventurous emotional tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
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tessjuliarose19's review

4.0
adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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hanasalad's review

4.0
adventurous challenging emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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mariazal's review against another edition

3.0
adventurous dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

aridmj780's review against another edition

1.75
slow-paced
It was fine but then after around 60% mark (very generous guess) slowed to a crawl and I wasn't interested in reading it anymore. It seemed to be extremely drawn out, especially with 3 more books left of the series. Not sure if I'll actually read the rest of it. I was so close DNFing this book. Character development regressed and I actually started to hate Amaris and Nox. I hate the ending and the tropes used.
The smut scene of Amaris and Gad surprised me, altho I kind of had a feeling they would get together for some reason. It just felt off and forced. There really wasn't much need to have their relationship develop into something more than friends/comrades, heck, I honestly was hoping more of an older brother-younger sister relationship. The whole thing felt extremely weird and kind of creepy.

thebookphoenix's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-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

sallyreeve's review against another edition

4.25
adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

keri_underwood's review

4.0
3.5

mosswitch5000's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 43%
I never DNF books. Seriously never. I genuinely think this is my first ever. And after recently forcing myself to finish a bad series and then reading some good books, maybe I’ve finally come to realize why.
I’m such a vibes reader, I’m so uncritical in a literary aspect. So I just didn’t like this book. I couldn’t care. I wanted to, but just couldn’t summon up enough determination to see how it all pans out.

This book in particular is so slow and pointless. By my 43% in we have done very little except wander, and make our two FMCs way less compelling.

I’ve read a bunch of reviews with some light spoilers and see a lot of good reasons for me to be more annoyed later.
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vic_to_ria's review

4.0
adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes