chanelearl 's review for:

Uprooted by Naomi Novik

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This is a tough one. This book has so much to offer: good characters, good writing, a plot that goes on and on getting more complicated with every rise and fall, a cool magic system or two, surprise twists and turns. All of this I love, but I can't forgive the way a romance just happens between an abusive older man and a young woman who is entrusted to his care. A five-star book just became a three-star book.