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Seven Faceless Saints by M.K. Lobb
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
<I> “Those memories kept me sane. And you know what?[…]You were in every single one of them. Everything that reminded me of home-everything that reminded me of happiness-centered around you.” </I>
This was, at its heart, a story about an angry broken girl and confused broken boy finding their way back to each other in a world they don’t fit in. But there was more to it then that; we have an interesting magic system based around their religion, a political system with segregation as it’s driving force, a rebellion of downtrodden society, soldiers suffering with PTSD and unsure where their loyalties should lie, interesting fleshed out characters and a wonderful Italian inspired city with mysterious murders.
This story felt a bit slow for me to begin with, but I devoured the second half. Damien is a precious cinnamon roll who is madly in love and confused; he questions his loyalties, his sanity and his religion. Roz is a hard, angry and non-nonsense FMC who spends a good portion of this book in denial and existing off anger. And I was so there for their relationship 😍
The second half of the book really picked up and i
This was, at its heart, a story about an angry broken girl and confused broken boy finding their way back to each other in a world they don’t fit in. But there was more to it then that; we have an interesting magic system based around their religion, a political system with segregation as it’s driving force, a rebellion of downtrodden society, soldiers suffering with PTSD and unsure where their loyalties should lie, interesting fleshed out characters and a wonderful Italian inspired city with mysterious murders.
This story felt a bit slow for me to begin with, but I devoured the second half. Damien is a precious cinnamon roll who is madly in love and confused; he questions his loyalties, his sanity and his religion. Roz is a hard, angry and non-nonsense FMC who spends a good portion of this book in denial and existing off anger. And I was so there for their relationship 😍
The second half of the book really picked up and i
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Blood