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Shadows So Cruel

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3.89 AVERAGE

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erikah36's review

5.0
challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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
dark medium-paced

For some reason I just didn’t like it as much as the first one.

kportis's review

4.25
adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jlallen0728's review

5.0
adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

figgylady_514's review

5.0
dark emotional tense medium-paced
adventurous dark sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix

4 ✨
3.5🌶️

Audiobook - Hoopla 

Fated Mate • Enemies to Lovers • RH 

Well I didn't see that coming… it was giving Flock / Exodus vibes but much more darker. 

I still didn’t love the audiobook & that slightly impacted  my overall enjoyment & experience. Both MMC just weren’t it…. Sorry   

* It’s heavy, check TW as there’s a long list particularly grape. 

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

endlesstbrpile's review

3.5
adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
challenging dark emotional tense 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: Yes
dark emotional inspiring sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Emotional damage.

Everything about this duology was wonderful. I thought the author mis-stepped the timing on some critical character growth arc moments. Certain events didn't have the impact I believe she was going for. But these are small gripes. The overall story sucked me in and never let me go.

Even now, I feel depleted of thought now that it's over. My brain keeps hoping there will be more, but alas.

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