A review by mwalsh97
A Court This Cruel and Lovely by Stacia Stark

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

I really wasn’t sure I was going to finish this book. But something kept me coming back to it. And by the half way point I was so much more intrigued than when it started it. This book really came out of left field for me. I enjoyed the fact that magic system is different than most of the fae romantasy books out there. I didn't love the type of possessiveness that the MMC showed but it wasn't a deal breaker for me. This is not as slow as some slow burn books have been, there's at least some spice in the first book. But it does take a while to get there.
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