458 reviews for:

Pits & Poison: These Godly Lies

R. Raeta

4.28 AVERAGE

kblincoln's review against another edition

4.0

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3.5 stars, actually.
I guess I'm glad I read this? The first in this duology does leave on a massive cliffhanger just as Anna and Khiran find each other.

In this book, they get to live together for a long time and much of this is them keeping house and dealing with the repercussions of being on the run from the Huntress/First.

And its....a bit slow going. I guess what I liked so much in the first book-- being with Anna in various time periods, isn't as present in this second book due to plot. It's much more about Anna/Khiran together and the ever present threat of the First than anything else.

There is a final showdown at the end...and it doesn't quite satisfy. Maybe because I was waiting for something from Anna's human super power of caring to carry the day and it was more magical/deux es machina Tree related thing.

Anyway, I'm glad I read it to find out the resolution to Anna/Khiran's story, but it wasn't quite as satisying as I'd hoped. There were some fun details about post-World War II california, but fleshing that out more would also have been interesting.

kaycee_smith's review against another edition

4.0

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Romance + magic + historical fiction.

ambazinga's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

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Yeah so I loved this duology and I need more people to read it. It got trad published in between me reading the first and second books so congrats to the author! 

The ending was perfect and I was about to be mad if things didn't go that way. There's 1 change I would have made but it doesn't affect how much I enjoyed the story.

My one critique is that the main confrontation seemed a bit anticlimactic and resolved a bit too easily.

woodelfness's review against another edition

3.0

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I wish there was more written about The First/the family instead of most of the book revolving around fleeing. The First came across as a one dimensional villain and I wanted to learn more about the tree/its origin. Overall, I still enjoyed the wrap up of these characters.

barnacle's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

mangopeelr's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

jmccoy18's review against another edition

3.0

emotional mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

maria_ah's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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

qwirthy's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense 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

marliesandra's review against another edition

3.75

mysterious slow-paced