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The Winner's Crime
by Marie Rutkoski
I feel like everyone else has reviewed this sufficiently, so I'll say that I enjoyed this book quite a bit, and not delve into plot too much.
Kestrel is freaking awesome. The characters in this are lovely. The prose is good.
Honestly, this book would be a solid five stars if it weren't for the goddamn angst. I like angst when it's done well, in reasonable amounts. Here, every single goddamn time Kestrel and Arin so much as made eye contact the angst was overflowing, to the point where I had to stop and roll my eyes multiple times.
It was ridiculous. If you're going to have a romance, have your romance. If you want them to have secrets, fine. Let them have secrets. Don't rub them in the reader's face until all they want to do is scream with irritation.
Despite that little rant, I really did enjoy this and it's a solid book. Can't wait to see what happens next.
Kestrel is freaking awesome. The characters in this are lovely. The prose is good.
Honestly, this book would be a solid five stars if it weren't for the goddamn angst. I like angst when it's done well, in reasonable amounts. Here, every single goddamn time Kestrel and Arin so much as made eye contact the angst was overflowing, to the point where I had to stop and roll my eyes multiple times.
It was ridiculous. If you're going to have a romance, have your romance. If you want them to have secrets, fine. Let them have secrets. Don't rub them in the reader's face until all they want to do is scream with irritation.
Despite that little rant, I really did enjoy this and it's a solid book. Can't wait to see what happens next.