A review by lizshayne
Fiorenzo by Sebastian Nothwell

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

About 3/4 of the way through this book, I flipped from finding the relationship between Fiore and Enzo adorable to oppressive. I’m not even sure I can point to it - beyond a certain amount of recreating sickroom drama every time Fiore was doing fine - but I found that Fiore grew and changed while Enzo just…was. And kept being. And in some ways gets worse about making choices for Fiore and that just frustrated me. I do wonder if I just wanted a more tightly edited book or a different one than I got.