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shytahura 's review for:
A Lesson in Vengeance
by Victoria Lee
A disappointing drop in quality since the The Fever King/Electric Heir duology, which was an absolutely riveting debut. I really wanted to chalk it up to darkacademia not being for me, since the plot sounds compelling in summary, but the dialogue, flat and unmemorable characters who felt like fanfic tropes, and slow pace were too much to overlook. There was an interesting twist around chapter NINE that honestly should have maybe been stretched out a little more but it drops off again afterwards :( and again the ending is interesting. The direction is fairly predictable from the beginning and again the best intrigue is over too fast after a bunch of slow filler. I really wanted to love this!