Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

The Wolf and the Dove by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

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smithrachaelynn's review against another edition

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emotional sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Things I liked:
  • Somehow even with the things I didn’t like about this book, I was giddy with excitement about what came next. It was so compelling despite things that I didn’t love. 
  • Aislinn’s character, I liked that she had pride and a temper but was also loving and kind to people. She was a wonderful mixture of characteristics that were believable. 
Things I didn’t like:
  • Wolfgar was a huge asshole. He had his moments but he wasn’t pretty consistently an ass until the end 😂 
  • Graphic, there’s a lot in here was was intense from the very beginning like
    rape scenes, abuse, verbal abuse, some torture, and war scenes.
    Most of them weren’t necessary to that extreme of a degree.
  • Pace & length, this book went on FOREVER. As much as I enjoyed it there was so much about things I didn’t care about and I really wish we got more of the ending instead. 
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karend's review

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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).
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