sierrawr 's review for:

Dust by Kara Swanson

3.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It’s a really well put together story, really well written but my lower rating is personal preference. The main character often came off as playing a victim, the themes were often dark and the only thing that kept me reading were the jokes, love story, and the hope of a happy ending. Plus I have a hard time with real world fantasy. It is a good book and I recommend to anyone who can handle a darker tale.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Violence, Kidnapping

Minor: Child abuse

Tinkerbell dead killed by Conner in an awful way but only briefly mentioned; they don’t get to Neverland until the end; Conner is evil?; Claire helps Captain Hook in the end but hope for book 2