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The Gilded Cage by Lynette Noni

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heatherpearce's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

marypetrushko's review against another edition

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adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.5

angelam95's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional

4.75

This was a great sequel to the first book in the series, this book was a lot of character development now that Kiva finally had freedom.

She has to struggle between choosing her family and her found family with Jaren and the other Valentis family members.

She had to overcome trauma from being in prison and come to terms with news that slowly comes out about her family, their history and the choices they made on her behalf.

I really enjoyed this book!!! The series overall is likely going to be a 4.75-5 star trilogy!

jesstbooks's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark lighthearted mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

annahlee's review against another edition

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adventurous slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

annah_reads's review against another edition

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slow-paced

Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

The only reason this book is getting 3 stars is because of Caldon. I loved his character.

Dare I say Jaren bored me with his niceness and inability to make a move. Kiva's inner turmoil was so repetitive and I felt like even when the time came to make a decision the circumstances made it so it so that she really only had one choice. I also feel like many of the "plot twists" just didn't have the impact they were supposed to.

I'm surprised that many others found this better than the first book. Regardless, I am still invested in the overall world so hopefully I love the third book.