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A review by booksmelreads
Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin
3.0
3.5 stars!
i’ve heard a lot of mixed reviews on this book but i actually ended up liking it! the beginning was definitely very slow but once things started to happen, they REALLY started to happen. shit hit the fan fast. i think the beginning was so hard to get through because of all the damn misogyny. it pales in comparison to some of the books i’ve read (gild, i’m looking at you.) but it is still always frustrating.
i found myself really loving the relationship between reid and lou (despite how much i really thought i’d never warm up to it in the beginning) and i feel like they really brought out the best in each other. reid’s character development was some of the best because i really did not like him at the beginning, but by the end i really warmed up to him.
the plot was genuinely interesting once past the first third-ish of the book and i was really, really engaged. i loved the character development and the plot twists (although some of them i’d definitely already picked up on)
overall, this was a good book. i enjoyed it a lot and i’ll be diving straight into the second one!
i’ve heard a lot of mixed reviews on this book but i actually ended up liking it! the beginning was definitely very slow but once things started to happen, they REALLY started to happen. shit hit the fan fast. i think the beginning was so hard to get through because of all the damn misogyny. it pales in comparison to some of the books i’ve read (gild, i’m looking at you.) but it is still always frustrating.
i found myself really loving the relationship between reid and lou (despite how much i really thought i’d never warm up to it in the beginning) and i feel like they really brought out the best in each other. reid’s character development was some of the best because i really did not like him at the beginning, but by the end i really warmed up to him.
the plot was genuinely interesting once past the first third-ish of the book and i was really, really engaged. i loved the character development and the plot twists (although some of them i’d definitely already picked up on)
overall, this was a good book. i enjoyed it a lot and i’ll be diving straight into the second one!