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T.I.G.E.R.S by M.A. Bennett

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whatbritreads's review against another edition

4.0

*Big shoutout to HotKeyBooks for sending this book my way to review!*

I went to bed one night and thought I’d read a couple of chapters of this before bed. I made a grave error. I accidentally sat for three hours straight and read the whole thing instead. Oops. When I say this series is binge worthy, I mean it.

I love these books, and it was fun to have these characters back in my life - but this book did feel like a filler. If I had to tell you the plot of this book, it could do it in five seconds. Nothing actually happened in it except a recount of somebody else's life, essentially. I understand why it was relevant to the plot and I really enjoyed it, don’t get me wrong, but it could’ve been part of something bigger. The book should’ve been longer and had more happening plot-wise, because it didn’t move our story or our characters forward at all. Like, was the book needed and idd it add much value to the story? No. Did I enjoy every second of it anyway? Yes.

I do appreciate how this book went deep into racism and it taught me some history about the atrocities the British committed in India and how it affected families for generations afterwards. It was history I’d never heard of, and really gave great background into the lives of these characters and the things that shaped them. It did well in highlighting racism and the utter hypocrisy and cruelty of the upper classes, predominantly rich White men in how they treated those they deemed below them. It was hard to read at points.

Again with this book, you have all of the insanity that comes with secret societies and it was very dark - as is pretty standard with this series.

It was really fast paced and kept me wanting to read more and more every chapter I got through. It was a great follow up to the last books, and didn't hesitate to suck you back into the world again. It really had great momentum and it still surprises me how little plot twists are thrown in that link back to the previous books. While I love flying through books, because this one was so short at times I could argue it was a bit too rushed. There was no taking any time to tell this one, it just came out. I also didn’t understand the length of some of the chapters, they made no sense. Some of them were a couple of pages and I didn’t see any reason for a chapter break, because it continued seamlessly on the next page. I didn’t get it.

Despite my tiny hang ups about this book, I still had fun and I still love this series a lot.

That little twist at the end though? Damn it. It really confused me because it seemed out of character but I’m intrigued to see where it’s going to go to be honest. I can’t believe I have to wait again for another book. MA Bennett you’re killing me.

charlmax's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

book_lover06's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

stardomined's review against another edition

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4.25

They're gradually getting better. The change in pace was actually really nice as you can view this book as a kind of side story/ backstory to the series, rather than contributing towards moving forwards. I think that it was a good decision to just have that change, as it does give some insight and a different perspective. Aadhish and Rollo's young relationship actually made some sense to me, and it didn't feel like a plot device to just seem more 'diverse', which is unlike some more points in the series and I actually really liked Aadhish's diary entries, which was a nice change to the usual narration of Greer. There wasn't much character development for Greer and Shafeen, although you can see Shafeen being a bit kinder and more polite in the end. This is expected though, due to the kind of book it is and what it was trying to achieve, wso character development wasn't really necessary. However, talking about necessary things, Henry's love confession was not needed. The fact that all he did was out of his love for Greer is way too cliche and doesn't excuse his past actions and isn't a sufficient enough excuse for making up for his past mistakes. I always have a problem with love triangles, as they are too overdone and cliche if not done in a good way, which is very very rare. I really hope Greer doesn't end up with Henry in the last book (I don't think she will though) and ends up with Shafeen, as a book series that places a lot of emphasis on colonialism and racism would be highly contradictory and performative if she ends up with the white guy. You see it in lots of media: when the main girl is in a love triangle with a white guy and a POC guy, and always ends up with the white one. It just bugs me as you see this dynamic in mass media. In conclusion, refreshing book and was nice change in pace, Henry was being unnecessary. It is getting better though.