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4.18 AVERAGE
4.18 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
funny
adventurous
sad
tense
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
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
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
This is not my favorite of the series, for spoiler reasons.
If you've read the previous books in the series, this one probably won't be that much of a surprise. Normal human falls in love with "monster"; monster falls in love right back. Monster has some monstrous peculiarities but is actually fine once you get to know them.
It reminded me of nothing so much as a fic I've read wherein a character who has killed in the past has killed again, seemingly uncontrollably, because (I think? I'm not going to re-read to figure out) someone had looked at his love interest the wrong way. The love interest thinks this is fine because the person killed was a creep and basically just says "don't do it again".
To me, uncontrollable murder rages are a concern, actually. And both The Rycke and the character in the fic are prone to them (although the Rycke seems to have his a little more under control).
But, I will freely admit this: I'm not a big fan of murder husbands/serial killers in love. I think that if you like either of those tropes, you might like this one more than I did.
If you've read the previous books in the series, this one probably won't be that much of a surprise. Normal human falls in love with "monster"; monster falls in love right back. Monster has some monstrous peculiarities but is actually fine once you get to know them.
Spoiler
I can't quite quantify why what the Rycke does - uncontrollable damage and destruction and death - is so much different (worse) than the other monsters in the series, but it is and it bothered me.It reminded me of nothing so much as a fic I've read wherein a character who has killed in the past has killed again, seemingly uncontrollably, because (I think? I'm not going to re-read to figure out) someone had looked at his love interest the wrong way. The love interest thinks this is fine because the person killed was a creep and basically just says "don't do it again".
To me, uncontrollable murder rages are a concern, actually. And both The Rycke and the character in the fic are prone to them (although the Rycke seems to have his a little more under control).
But, I will freely admit this: I'm not a big fan of murder husbands/serial killers in love. I think that if you like either of those tropes, you might like this one more than I did.
This one had me straight up bawling towards the end! Ghost is probably my favorite human in the series so far - and Aury is so sweet it kills me. This series just keeps getting better and better. On to the next!
Audiobook listen- I love Lily Mayne's world-building and writing but although I've been gobbling both the books and audible listens this felt a little flat. I cannot tell you how excited I was about the Rycke but maybe the pairing of gentle and gentle didn't work for me.... I also thought the 2 "gentler" voices on the audio weren't doing it for me///it never got me squealing with joy. ALTHOUGH loved meeting MOTH, loved meeting Gloam etc, Rig and all. ON to WYN!
adventurous
dark
hopeful
tense
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
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:
Complicated
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No