A review by kendranh
Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan

adventurous dark lighthearted tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

When Rae, a young woman dying of cancer, is given a second chance at life inside her sister’s favourite fictional book series, she finds herself in a world where survival requires wits and a little villainy.

Loved
  • Key. KEY. Key. Holy shit Key.
  • Rae building a villainous union 
  • The twist at the end with the Emperor
  • The Golden Cobra and his whole storyline
  • Acknowledging that sometimes the heroine isn’t clumsy to be cute, she just needs glasses

Meh
  • I wish I had more context for who Lady Rahela was before Rae
  • Sometimes the modern references took me out of the story. Most of the time I liked them, but inventing sunglasses, come on…
  • The whole thing with the Oracle seemed out of left field
  • Also the whole thing with the princess from the north. 
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