A review by peppermintlegs
Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

I was surprised at the amount of sexual violence in this YA book. the worldbuilding was structured on an interesting concept that didn’t seem fully executed? I felt the main character acted rashly over and over again and seemed never to learn from her mistakes. I also felt that Lei could have perhaps paid any more attention to her surroundings. the time skips, handwave-y “I don’t pay attention in class,” and clunky lord dumps to the main character and, by extension, the reader, could have been more smoothly incorporated earlier in the story for a sleeker final act: I don’t want to hear “they’re from X clan” in the last six pages of the book. this was easily digestible and descriptively written; I just wish it had been a little tighter.
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