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The Faceless Mage
by Kenley Davidson
The Faceless Mage is kind of like if someone had written au Sansa x The Mountain fanfic, and I am so here for it. A giant, broody, stoicly silent man in a mask? That is what the girlies want (yes he's being controlled by evil magic but details, details).
It's definitely a slowburn in that not a huge amount particularly happens, the Raven doesn't actually speak out loud for most of the book, and there's only hints to a romantic connection. But honestly this didn't bother me at all, there were enough cute romantic moments and the ~vibes~ between them to keep me going, I enjoyed the 'political intrigue' (this is definitely an easy read so it was more surface level but those were the vibes over dramatic action), and honestly we like a man that knows how to use his words carefully. And the confused yearning but neither really being aware of it teehee, I eat that up.
There is a liiiiittle bit of overexplaining their inner thoughts at the end which I wasn't the biggest fan of (readers aren't stupid, we'd worked that out), but also I didn't really care because they were sooooo cute and like yes I just want a man that's giant and protective like that even if he doesn't know why, okay? Plus if we're being real the moment with the tea had me giggling and kicking my feet and I was down so bad it was carrying me through. Very excited for the next book!! This is a re-read (of the first two books) but if there's one thing about me it's that I remember nothing from books, so I only have a vague memory of what happened and am really excited to see what happens next (also for future books because Danric sounds like my kinda love interest).
It's definitely a slowburn in that not a huge amount particularly happens, the Raven doesn't actually speak out loud for most of the book, and there's only hints to a romantic connection. But honestly this didn't bother me at all, there were enough cute romantic moments and the ~vibes~ between them to keep me going, I enjoyed the 'political intrigue' (this is definitely an easy read so it was more surface level but those were the vibes over dramatic action), and honestly we like a man that knows how to use his words carefully. And the confused yearning but neither really being aware of it teehee, I eat that up.
There is a liiiiittle bit of overexplaining their inner thoughts at the end which I wasn't the biggest fan of (readers aren't stupid, we'd worked that out), but also I didn't really care because they were sooooo cute and like yes I just want a man that's giant and protective like that even if he doesn't know why, okay? Plus if we're being real the moment with the tea had me giggling and kicking my feet and I was down so bad it was carrying me through. Very excited for the next book!! This is a re-read (of the first two books) but if there's one thing about me it's that I remember nothing from books, so I only have a vague memory of what happened and am really excited to see what happens next (also for future books because Danric sounds like my kinda love interest).