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3.95 AVERAGE
3.95 AVERAGE
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Fun read with some fun tropes (and i love a good trope). Likeable characters set in a believable and well-researched medieval context; I loved it.
3.5 stars
Very enjoyable romance in a Medieval-like setting. Fen and Oswald were both well-written and likable characters, even if I sometimes was frustrated at times by Fen’s understandable lack of confidence and Oswald’s harsh responses to misunderstandings. His deliberate lying to Fen about a key fact, even at the end, did bother me, though, especially as he demanded her complete loyalty and devotion. Still, I’m interested in reading more by this author.
Thank you to Mara for the loan!
Very enjoyable romance in a Medieval-like setting. Fen and Oswald were both well-written and likable characters, even if I sometimes was frustrated at times by Fen’s understandable lack of confidence and Oswald’s harsh responses to misunderstandings. His deliberate lying to Fen about a key fact, even at the end, did bother me, though, especially as he demanded her complete loyalty and devotion. Still, I’m interested in reading more by this author.
Thank you to Mara for the loan!
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
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:
Yes
emotional
lighthearted
slow-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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I'm finding a lot of comfort and delight in Alice Coldbreath books, but I'm still chasing the high from her Prizefighters series, which are God tier.
Fenella Thane is getting divorced, so she runs to court to try to beg the king to uphold her marriage. In doing so she blackmails his right-hand man, Oswald Vawdrey. But Vawdrey, the spymaster that Fenella has history with, and he has other uses for Fenella. Before she can blink, Fenella is married to Oswald.
Oswald is a bit of an outlier in her hero oeuvre, as he's a spymaster, more of a crafty character than a 'punch now ask questions later,' like so many of her others. This is a type of character I love, because they're always a bit meaner, a bit more opaque, but Oswald is actually quite to his meathead brothers. His machinations weren't incredibly interesting, so instead I focused more on Fenella's failures to establish herself at court. It felt like it went nowhere - Fenella never truly comes into her own outside of being loved by Oswald, and Oswald's bad behavior was so short-lived and erratic that it didn't make for memorable conflict.
There was still so much to like in here, and it hooked me on the next book, which is Roland Vawdrey's, so I'm not going to be quitting Coldbreath books any time soon.
Fenella Thane is getting divorced, so she runs to court to try to beg the king to uphold her marriage. In doing so she blackmails his right-hand man, Oswald Vawdrey. But Vawdrey, the spymaster that Fenella has history with, and he has other uses for Fenella. Before she can blink, Fenella is married to Oswald.
Oswald is a bit of an outlier in her hero oeuvre, as he's a spymaster, more of a crafty character than a 'punch now ask questions later,' like so many of her others. This is a type of character I love, because they're always a bit meaner, a bit more opaque, but Oswald is actually quite to his meathead brothers. His machinations weren't incredibly interesting, so instead I focused more on Fenella's failures to establish herself at court. It felt like it went nowhere - Fenella never truly comes into her own outside of being loved by Oswald, and Oswald's bad behavior was so short-lived and erratic that it didn't make for memorable conflict.
There was still so much to like in here, and it hooked me on the next book, which is Roland Vawdrey's, so I'm not going to be quitting Coldbreath books any time soon.