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sofiafi's review

4.25
adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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: Complicated
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erythera's review

4.0
adventurous challenging tense slow-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

"When have women ever lost to men?"
Ugh <3

Not a book without flaws, but it was still so worth reading it.
adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

200111-200120, slow first half but pace picks up in second half

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li xian and lin wanyue have literally occupied my mind like they are THEE chinese lesbian power couple. anways read fgep it is literally so good and we need more people in the fandom
adventurous dark tense slow-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

I really enjoyed the book up until the ending, which I felt was really weird. I won't add any spoilers, but it definitely dropped my rating of the book. 

I LOVED the characters in this. If there was one character I could relate to it was Lin Yu because I too would 100% do anything for Lin Wanyue. I barely had Lin Wanyue for five chapters before she completely stole my heart. Her genuine love for the princess had my heart doing flips.

The story itself was where it lost a few points for me. I enjoyed the slow pace and the romance but the political elements was where the author lost me. There were plenty of moments where I caught myself skimming or just completely skipping. 
adventurous dark emotional tense slow-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

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

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challenging emotional slow-paced
Strong character development: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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