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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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 dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

3.5/5 A gripping, if out of control, dive into a Yale filled with occult themes. Mature themes of various forms of abuse are mixed with a more YA-feeling mystery. Bardugo continues to show her hand at making approachable thrillers in the fantasy genre - her character-driven imagery paints vivid pictures of flawed protagonists. I would argue the same depth afforded to main characters in this story make the antagonists feel flat, and the ending leaves much to be desired (common with many fantasy-mystery series), but the author continues to carve her niche style on the genre. However, the timeskipping setting takes out a fair amount of the punch from emotional turns - this is a book with as much wasted potential as landed story beats.

3.5 stars. Was good as an audiobook, but I think it would be amazing as a book book. Need to reread when the sequel comes out and not listen to it next time.
dark emotional sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I just found this book really hard to get into. It’s 90% just narration and I just wasn’t interested and didn’t care much for the characters 😩

I had trouble getting into it at the beginning but it built well. I'm excited to see where she goes from here!

3.5/5⭐️
GIRL that was SUPER CONFUSING!!!1!11! bueno honestamente comencé a entender el libro en el 60-70% aprox o sea ERA REALMENTE INENTENDIBLE en un principio, pero ya cuando pasas esa parte o te enganchas ya se pone muy top Y ESE FINAL???? GIRLLLKK

so good
adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad fast-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