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3.81 AVERAGE

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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mothergoose's review

3.0
adventurous mysterious slow-paced
Loveable characters: No

Not my favorite book but if you enjoy steampunk you’ll probably really enjoy this book! It’s got a very interesting magic system!
adventurous emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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oceanweeks's review

4.0

4.5

brookeallyn460's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 6%

Wasn’t into FMC. She was too ridiculous

chaitai00's review

3.0
adventurous hopeful lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

gkerr05's review

3.75
adventurous medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated

declaired's review

4.0

Things I liked:
-I thought the audiobook was quite competent. Dual readers, uses of accents to divide Dragons & Fenthri, pretty good quality. (so if I spell something wrong, it's because I listened to the book! Definitely had a mental spelling of Sevarre for Cvareh)
-WEEEEEEEEEEELL i'm a sucker for a good enemeies-to-lovers (or at least, at this point, enemies-to-struggling to admit they like each others)
-The worldbuilding divide - a world without color & a world bursting with color being the most basic element - is very interesting, visually. I like especially the Fenthri culture- an interesting envisioning of a non-nuclear family, community raising individuals sort of society, and the way the dragons have imposed strict family/guild sanctions on them - & what damage that has done to Loom.

Other things:
-There are a lot of action sequences in this book, and they're often a bit blow-by-blow. But it's usually flash without a lot of emotional weight riding on the answer. The best ones are usually the ones between Leona & Ari, because it builds a lot of hatred & tension and then plays off of that.
-Ari & Cvareh's early relationship is fairly predictable. It isn't until Ari stops threatening to cut his tongue out every few paragraphs that things begin to develop in more interesting ways.
tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous challenging reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes