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karend's review
If I hadn't been reading this for a challenge, I probably wouldn't have finished it. These old historicals are rife with stuff I don't want to read (see the content warnings). This one also had some plot points that were too far for me to stretch my credulity. For example, not tying up the traitor once they had been identified, leaving them free to continue to aid the bad guys. And the magical generation-skipping birthmark in a world where no magic was evident to that point. And the mother who didn't share with her daughter until a year later that she'd been drugged, not raped (at least not that first time).
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape and Animal death
Moderate: Misogyny and Slavery
ericaereads's review against another edition
DNFing at 270 pages approx. 50%
Welp. Starting off 2023 strong with a DNF. (shrugs)
It's just too long and the characterization is all over the place. Plus the girl-on-girl hate/catfighting/mean girls behavior has really ramped up and I'm not here for it.
I'm actually really disappointed because the world-building/gothic vibes were chef's kiss.
Welp. Starting off 2023 strong with a DNF. (shrugs)
It's just too long and the characterization is all over the place. Plus the girl-on-girl hate/catfighting/mean girls behavior has really ramped up and I'm not here for it.
I'm actually really disappointed because the world-building/gothic vibes were chef's kiss.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape and Misogyny
The rape/sex scenes are all fade-to-black, but the rape culture throughout the book is so prevalent and dated (ie not discussed at all and normalized and, in the case of the male MC, romantacized) I'm listing it as graphic.
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