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callistag1's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Murder, Torture, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Blood, Death, Grief, Physical abuse, and Violence
Moderate: Child death and Child abuse
Minor: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, and Vomit
tinysierra's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
-Enemies to Lovers (knife to throat!!)
-Forced Proximity
-Reluctant Allies
-Fake Dating (kinda?)
Based on the TikTok hype and the sypnosis, I assumed that this would be a high stakes, fast paced adventure similar to Six of Crows and Guilded Wolves. While there was a bit of an adventure in the first few chapters, the book overall was slow paced, focused on characters, family, romance and politics. It was more akin to Graceling.
The title was fitting. It felt like a dance or a game being played between the main characters. We get both Kazi and Jase’s POVs, which was a nice setup for the story.
I have a soft spot for thieves with angsty backstories so I loved Kazi. I liked the way that she came up with riddles.
The romance was well done. It felt like it developed a bit fast but it made sense considering the forced proximity, and they continue to develop their feelings over the rest of the book.
The fatal flaw of the book for me was the amount of telling instead of showing.
It ends on a cliffhanger but I personally will be ignoring the last chapter and will not be reading the next book.
Graphic: Death of parent, Kidnapping, Death, Blood, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
Moderate: Grief, Classism, Trafficking, and Torture
Minor: Pregnancy, Vomit, and Miscarriage
kat1105's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Torture, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Trafficking, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Grief, and Drug use
Minor: Sexual content
juliamalia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Death of parent
Minor: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Vomit
ednam0dewannabe's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Police brutality, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Trafficking, Slavery, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: War, Vomit, Xenophobia, Slavery, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Chronic illness, and Abortion
nicole_m's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, and War
Moderate: Blood, Child death, Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Outing
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Vomit
If the trigger warnings above trigger you then I don’t recommend. If not give it a try if you like and enjoy!