3.81 AVERAGE


3.5 ⭐
Me gustó bastante a pesar de que a veces me perdía un poco, las interacciones de las hermanas Bassette fueron lo mejor de todo, ya quiero leer los libros de Niya y Arabessa

So much pain, desire,and power.
dark emotional mysterious reflective 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 dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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2.0

DNF’d @ 33%
adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous funny mysterious reflective 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: No
adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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 slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Notes:
- Picked this one up randomly from the library but unfortunately this was definitely not it for me.
- Too long, I felt like less pages could have explained the plot to the same degree.
- For a dark mystery adventure novel any suspense that was built was shot down almost immediately because, whilst the characters didn't always know something, the reader knows it from a different character. Of course, dramatic irony can be a great literary device, I just don't think it worked here.
- Writing was not great. (eg. "Women must use all their advantages to their advantage.")
- 1.5 because I can't remember my reading experience feeling like a pure 1 star read, however I AM struggling to find even one thing I liked about it.

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adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No