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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
adventurous
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
funny
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
So I will give this book 3.5 stars. The writing style was kind of annoying because the author used so many big words that I was like okay now you’re just being pretentious. It also took forever to get interesting (like 200 pages) but once I did, I was able to finish it pretty quickly. I didn’t realize it was gonna end on a cliffhanger though, so that sucks. The pacing felt sooo slow and no progress was being made but now I see that it’s because there are going to be more books. Overall I did enjoy the plot and I will most likely continue the series so I can get some.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
funny
hopeful
mysterious
slow-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
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
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
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
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:
Yes
this could easily stand on its own two feet and not as fanfiction with the serial numbers filed off. I recently read Rose in Chains and found it incredibly hard not to see the fanfic. This however felt fresh. I really liked the worldbuilding with the ancient kingdom names and the magic system was fun too. I’ve seen complaints the worldbuilding was too thin, I disagree. The first few pages explaining the orders etc did a lot of heavy lifting.
The humour is more crass than my normal taste but that said I couldn’t stop giggling and reading sections aloud or sending sections to people.
I 1000% respect Brigitte Knightley’s right to anonymity but I’m itching to know what she does for a living. I initially thought a medical scientist but the clinical sections of this book were really written as if she had clinical expertise. I’m putting money on her being a pathologist now. Humour about wet gangrene, stool softeners, bowel perforations… totally up my street but so so niche!
I feel like this is Romantasy written by a person who liked Discworld and doesn’t take themselves too seriously.
I suppose my only complaint is pacing, it could have been 50 pages shorter and it also sort of just… ends. I am once again begging the publishing industry to let standalones be standalones.
The humour is more crass than my normal taste but that said I couldn’t stop giggling and reading sections aloud or sending sections to people.
I 1000% respect Brigitte Knightley’s right to anonymity but I’m itching to know what she does for a living. I initially thought a medical scientist but the clinical sections of this book were really written as if she had clinical expertise. I’m putting money on her being a pathologist now. Humour about wet gangrene, stool softeners, bowel perforations… totally up my street but so so niche!
I feel like this is Romantasy written by a person who liked Discworld and doesn’t take themselves too seriously.
I suppose my only complaint is pacing, it could have been 50 pages shorter and it also sort of just… ends. I am once again begging the publishing industry to let standalones be standalones.
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced