Reviews with content warning for Murder - The Pale Dreamer

• a fun little story to follow with the case of Anne Naylor
• honestly I love Paige, Nick and Eliza and desperately want more of them!

TWs: child abuse, neglect, murder

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thewildmageslibrary's review against another edition

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4.0

I went back and read this after starting the Bone Season, and I'm glad I did. It gives some needed (IMO) backstory for Paige and is a fun accounting of her first mission for the Seven Seals.

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teri_b's review

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-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

5.0

Getting back into the bone season world with this novella.

I loved diving back into London with Paige and see her beginnings with the Seven Seals and how hard she had to work to get her magic working.

Well plotted, with a fast and furious story ark, situated within Paige's story ark and seeing her growing up and coming into her own.

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eleanora's review

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adventurous fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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booksthatburn's review

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adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

THE PALE DREAMER is a nice prequel to THE BONE SEASON, showing Paige's early days with The Seven Seals. I recommend reading this after THE BONE SEASON, it's not the kind of prequel that stands on its own well, but I enjoyed reading immediately afterwards as a way to see Paige as she was before the events of the main story.

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