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The Incandescent

Emily Tesh

4.17 AVERAGE

adventurous emotional mysterious 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: Complicated
dark emotional funny 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
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark funny hopeful 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: No
adventurous medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Eh, this was just ok. The romance subplot had a lot of page time, putting this in the fantasy romance for me. If it wasn't so poorly done and juvenile I wouldn't have minded. Story is pretty pedestrian. 

There are some moments of action, but we spend most of the time, about 60%, following a teacher around a magical school, seeing a lot of her day to day, and seeing her interact with her love interests.

The last 60-70% of the book speeds up, but enough enough to save it for me. For being adult, it's written very YA. 

 
adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous dark
adventurous funny mysterious 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

A lesser writer would have made the first act the entire book. Instead, we're treated to a much more interesting narrative that ends up as a lovely character study entwined with great worldbuilding and plotting. A real treat.
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes