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Le Familier

Leigh Bardugo

3.83 AVERAGE

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

Technically well written, but suffers by having underdeveloped characters, a contrived romance and in general, a lackluster plot. 

Would have been better if it was bad. Alas, it was mediocre which makes it worse. Wasted time, wasted effort. An aggressive 3 star.  
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I went in with too high of expectations and I will admit that. The story itself is one I haven’t heard done yet and it was very well written. It felt as though certain scenes dragged on and others were too short.
adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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: Yes

3.5? I like the magic and the historical part of it all but I did not care for the love story. We are supposed to find this love interest attractive?
adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
emotional mysterious sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes