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A Power Unbound by Freya Marske

52 reviews

blewballoon's review against another edition

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adventurous 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

4.0

A strong conclusion to this series, I think. I was a little disappointed by the 2nd book in the series, but I enjoyed this one much more. My favorite element was the found family aspect, I was really happy to have the whole gang working together and seeing how the romances from the previous books were still thriving. Jack and Alan are fine, but I wasn't as captivated by their romance and character arcs as I was by Edwin and Robin. Edwin and Robin are hard to beat, though. I will say I didn't really care for the type of spicy scenes we had with Jack and Alan, so I zoned out for those. All of the books in the series were great as audiobooks, so I do recommend reading the series that way if you're interested.
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cardanrry's review against another edition

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medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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charpoek's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny relaxing fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

So fun
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ellenkennedy's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny 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? It's complicated

4.0

This one was my favourite out of the three. I really like both Jack and Alan, and was looking forward to their story since we met Alan in "A Restless Truth". They had great chemistry, and their kinks were depicted without judgment. I loved all the other characters meshing in this book - Maud, Robin, Edwin, and Violet work as great as background characters as they worked as the heroes of their individual stories. The plot overall was kinda silly, especially what happened at the equinox gala (
the entire magical high society were rather silent throughout all the crazy shit happening; and they left without a peep, even though they were drained of all their magic? Riiiiiiiiiight
), and the ending was like a sweet fairytale (
so now everyone gets magic? And they JUST discovered that it can be done this easily? Again - riiiiiiiight
). But I liked that Jack knew immediately what exactly went on at the Barrel, and he was the one to try and convince the others later. Made for such a nice character development - he who didn't care at all started caring so much! His backstory and Elsie's tragedy are heartbreaking. All in all, even with such a silly ending that made no sense whatsoever, I honestly enjoyed this book.
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sophiesmallhands's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

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gondorgirl's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional funny reflective 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? No

5.0

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the_book_bear's review against another edition

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adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted 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

3.25

Adorably homosexual. Cared much more about the characters and the relationship than the plot, unfortunately. 
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loveyoulike's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional 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? Yes

4.25

my favorite book in the series and definitely the best conclusion to this whole mystery as we could've ever gotten. marske's has truly outdone herself in terms of writing characters, relationships, mystery, tension, politics, and world-building. you can visibly see the improvements from the previous books, especially since most of the necessary world-building has been laid down so the focus on the story and developments take center stage. i very much love the character ross and how marske handled his class dilemma as it is often a very tricky road to balance.

however, my biggest problem from the whole series remains unsolved. marske tends to favor wordy writing that includes lots of dialogue and streams of thoughts, which works for introspective scenes and highlights of setting and character dynamics. which is fine on its own honestly, but the issue occurs when the action starts to happen and instead of an immersive flow, we still get stilted and convoluted descriptions that freeze scenes away from the overall picture. they take me out of the most important plot beats and complicate the pacing, especially when urgency is called for by the story.

nevertheless, it was still an enjoyable read (mostly thanks to ross and jack). if i had to reread this series, i would 100% do it just to get to this book.
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robin_reads'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

5.0

This is the third book in one of my favorite trilogies ever. Even if I didn’t like the second book as much a a I liked the other two. 
This was wonderful. At one point I was so anxious and scared about what was going to happen that I couldn’t continue reading 😭
I loved the conclusion to the mystery, the found family elements and the reluctant love store. 
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thecolouryes's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful 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

5.0

Icing on the top of a romp of a period fantasy romance. I feel like this series was invented for me. I don't really know what to say other than if you enjoy the period, and you like a nice fantasy plot in your romance, you absolutely need to try this series out. I couldn't help reading this book all in one day, and now my only problem is that there's no more of it to read! 
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