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adventurous
emotional
inspiring
lighthearted
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? It's complicated
5.0
Just when I thought I couldn’t love Evie Dunmore’s writing anymore, she takes on the (typically unspoken) complexities around motherhood and immigration, contributes her efforts to reducing bi erasure, and more directly re-writes the script for neurodiversity (folks are more accepting) and colonialism (folks more stridently opposed thereto). Catronia, Elias and their story are lovely, complex, weighty characters who occupy spaces in history that are frequently, in pop culture, more about the aesthetic than the substance. There are also delightful, more direct check-ins with each of the three prior couples.
(Relatedly, while, technically, one can read the books separately, the series epilogue at the conclusion of this book would be quite lost on that reader.)
With this book, Evie Dunore has produced a powerful and satisfying end to a series that is astonishingly accurate and deft in its portrayal of navigating the modern, western world as an intelligent girl, then woman. If Barbie, the movie, brought out all the feels, then this is your new favorite series. Enjoy!
(Relatedly, while, technically, one can read the books separately, the series epilogue at the conclusion of this book would be quite lost on that reader.)
With this book, Evie Dunore has produced a powerful and satisfying end to a series that is astonishingly accurate and deft in its portrayal of navigating the modern, western world as an intelligent girl, then woman. If Barbie, the movie, brought out all the feels, then this is your new favorite series. Enjoy!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Colonisation, Abandonment, Child death, and Grief
Moderate: Blood and Pregnancy
Minor: War and Abortion
Also, a scene or two in which piercing is discussed and some homophobia (challenged in the sense that the related character flees instead of stick around for it).
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