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Oathbound by Tracy Deonn

3.25

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I am so bummed that I didn't love this book...

Legendborn and Bloodmarked both had such a confidence and surety to them, whereas I could feel Tracy Deonn trying to figure out what to do In the writing of this book. Oathbound mostly felt like 600 pages of exposition.

• The POV structure really fell flat, as it was completely abandoned about a third of the way through the book, with most those characters just telling us what they did for the most of the story when they all meet up at end
• There were a few places of world building inconsistencies (e.g., Zoe says that demons can’t mesmer but there are TWO separate parts that mention both Erebus and Mikael mesmering…)
• The character relationships and dynamics are such a highlight of these books and the erasing of Bree's memories cut all of that off. For me, it ended up largely feeling like a plot device to re-introduce and allow Nick to catch up as a love interest. 

All of the incredible moments that Deonn brings into this book - Bree's moments with her dad, now that he finally knows everything; the knights of the roundtable showing real allyship for Bree as a black woman in her absence; that ENDING - felt overshadowed by other elements that felt so scattered. I'm still going to read the next book, but I hope that the last installment as the same knockout energy as the first two did.