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The Palace of Eros by Caro De Robertis
3.25
challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

i REALLY like the ending and how it’s calling out to us and the generations of queer people who will come after them 

BUT!!! the writing was TOO lush that it sometimes took a bit too long to get to the actual meat of story. granted, she is “narrating” this verbally so may tendency to get off the rails pero siguro a bit more tightening would have made this sharper. 

it was also too much about sex??? tapos addendum nalang yung “oh yeah she has a great personality”