A review by public_nuisance
The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo

2.75

This book has a really interesting concept, but I took issue with many of the ways it was crafted.

  1. I found it difficult to connect with any of the characters. None of them particularly won me over or gave me reason to root for them. This was disappointing because you can tell the cast was carefully crafted, but I couldn't quite pin Luiza's personality down except for what's directly told to the reader.
  2. This story reeks of a YA author dipping their toe into the world of adult fiction. The sex scenes were fine, but sometimes crass language was used at points where it weakened the scenes.
  3. Spoilers:
    im personally just not the biggest fan of immortal x mortal, especially with how young Luiza was portrayed.
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