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ninetalevixen's review
4.0
I received an advance review copy through Netgalley; all opinions are my own and honest.
I think the aftermath of a literary Boss Battle tends to get overlooked, but I really like that in this case we get to watch our heroes recovering, joking around, questioning morality. As in the previous two books, the individual characters and their relationships with each other absolutely stole my heart.
Unfortunately, something about the plot — maybe the pacing, including a big twist / arc that came out of seemingly nowhere; maybe just the change from earlier books — just didn’t fully capture my attention. A few lines stood out to me as awkward, and in some parts the manifestation of their powers felt a little too hand-wavey and/or underdeveloped.
Though I didn’t enjoy this as much as others in the series, it’s still a solid read with exciting action and a sympathetic cast; I look forward to seeing what happens next!
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I think the aftermath of a literary Boss Battle tends to get overlooked, but I really like that in this case we get to watch our heroes recovering, joking around, questioning morality. As in the previous two books, the individual characters and their relationships with each other absolutely stole my heart.
Unfortunately, something about the plot — maybe the pacing, including a big twist / arc that came out of seemingly nowhere; maybe just the change from earlier books — just didn’t fully capture my attention. A few lines stood out to me as awkward, and in some parts the manifestation of their powers felt a little too hand-wavey and/or underdeveloped.
Though I didn’t enjoy this as much as others in the series, it’s still a solid read with exciting action and a sympathetic cast; I look forward to seeing what happens next!
content warnings:
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sexually explicit content, graphic violence, self-harm (to use powers)rep:
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Asian trans secondary character, F/F secondary relationship, WLW secondary character, nonbinary minor character (xe/xem)
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