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3.83 AVERAGE
3.83 AVERAGE
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
3,5/5 stars. I adore Leigh Bardugo and her writing style, how it carries away in the magical world. I also adore her, again, big accent on the characters, especially the female protagonists. Every character felt alive, cruel, reckless, stupid at times but so human I enjoyed following their journey. The idea to make the setting
more historical was an interesting choice but I like how it added some “classic” flavor to the story making it feel like an old fairy tail, especially combined with nicely integrated old English dialogues and magic that made
absolutely
no
sense
oh my god the magic system literally does not exist in this world and every time the MC does something extraordinary it just never get explained,,,,, the whole ending basically happened based on “magic goes brrrr” i really REALLY got annoyed at how overpowered MC was
oh and the whole romance line kept hinting on being a slow burn during the first half of a book and then hit me in the guts with the most rushed and unnecessary sex scene ever why Leigh I know you can write slow burn whyyyy
Nonetheless, an amazing book, I would love to see more one-shots from LB like this
Teoda babe please call me I’m free this evening xx
more historical was an interesting choice but I like how it added some “classic” flavor to the story making it feel like an old fairy tail, especially combined with nicely integrated old English dialogues and magic that made
absolutely
no
sense
oh my god the magic system literally does not exist in this world and every time the MC does something extraordinary it just never get explained,,,,, the whole ending basically happened based on “magic goes brrrr” i really REALLY got annoyed at how overpowered MC was
oh and the whole romance line kept hinting on being a slow burn during the first half of a book and then hit me in the guts with the most rushed and unnecessary sex scene ever why Leigh I know you can write slow burn whyyyy
Nonetheless, an amazing book, I would love to see more one-shots from LB like this
Teoda babe please call me I’m free this evening xx
dark
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
Not my usual genre. I used to have an academic interest in the Spanish Golden Age which is mainly why I read this. I don’t think the setting was that well constructed though….or the plot.. I kept waiting for things to pick up and they just never did… orrr maybe I just don’t like fantasy idk
dark
informative
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated