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Lightlark

Alex Aster

3.7 AVERAGE

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
adventurous challenging 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: Complicated

I really enjoyed this fantasy. It was well-paced, full of challenges, and the mystery kept me hooked. There is some romance but it isn’t the bulk of the story. I enjoyed the variety of characters and range of abilities. There’s a slow immersion into this new world as you learn about it alongside Isla, so it wasn’t overwhelming. The ending was unexpected and I loved the twists. I think it could have worked as a standalone so I’m excited to see where the rest of the series goes. 
emotional mysterious sad 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
adventurous mysterious fast-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
adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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: Complicated

Good plot twists
I wish it was longer to lengthen some parts of the plot and space them out more
I liked that it was not like other tropes
adventurous tense medium-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: No

Akin to Twilight in terms of writing quality - but thoroughly enjoyable. I look forward to the next one. 
adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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
informative slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes