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A review by jwells
The Wonder Engine by T. Kingfisher
adventurous
dark
emotional
fast-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
I really enjoyed the Clocktaur Wars books and flew through them. The clocktaurs are creepy, and the gnomes are wonderful with their surprisingly complex society.
I'm not the biggest fan of love triangles as subplots, especially when one of the characters in the triangle ends up dead in the resolution .
It surprises me that more reviews tag this "light hearted" than "dark." It's certainly funny at times, but also has demons and mysterious fatal plague, and flesh-eating tattoos. I wouldn't call it "light."
That doesn't mean I don't recommend it, though, it is really fun to watch some morally gray characters forced to work alongside a paladin and a young sheltered scholar.
I'm not the biggest fan of love triangles as subplots, especially when
It surprises me that more reviews tag this "light hearted" than "dark." It's certainly funny at times, but also has demons and mysterious fatal plague, and flesh-eating tattoos. I wouldn't call it "light."
That doesn't mean I don't recommend it, though, it is really fun to watch some morally gray characters forced to work alongside a paladin and a young sheltered scholar.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Death, and Body horror
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Torture