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Shadows So Cruel

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3.89 AVERAGE

kimblebobimble's review

5.0
adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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
adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No

This is dark (read the trigger warnings!) but I thought the character went above and beyond run of the mill romantasy books. It was unexpectedly good from that perspective.

Enjoyed this. The ending happened quickly and wrapped everything up so fast I wish there had been more. 
adventurous challenging 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: Yes

dscholl's review

2.0
dark medium-paced
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
dark

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afeeleys's review

3.0
challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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

ceoth's review

3.75
challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Please read trigger warnings before going into this.

This deals with a lot of traumatic and brutal topics, which certainly can be triggering for some.

The overall plot is intriguing, but lacks development and pace. A lot of what happened in the second book, was very predictable.

I was surprised however of how much I liked the 'why chose' trope. Definitely contributed to some intense spicy chapters 🥵😅

Generally not a book I would recommend unless I know the person to be a bit unhinged in their reading taste (like myself).

Heart-wrenching, spicy, messed up. Loved it all!
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stegosauring's review

3.25
adventurous emotional mysterious tense 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: Yes