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A Dance of Lies by Brittney Arena
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Thank you to the publisher for a free Ebook ARC of this book received through Netgalley.
This book is very atmospheric. From page one you can almost feel the world around you as Vasalie does, and I am very intrigued by it.
The book does start off a little too slow for my taste and was hard to get into, but once I reached the halfway point, I couldn’t put it down.
Vasalie is a great main character, who both wins the reader’s empathy but also frustrates you tremendously, in the best possible way, and I enjoyed following her a lot. I am not a dancer myself, but I almost felt the dances as well as her.
I enjoyed the love plot a lot as well, with Copelan and Anton being great characters to help Vasalie develop as a person (and seeing them develop themselves), and over all, if you want a (hint of) a love triangle, this is how it should be done.
Oh yeah, and I will defend Anton with my life, just saying.
I also really enjoyed the political intrigue, and how Vasalie was forced to navigate it all, with both King Illian and her father plotting behind her back, and after that ending, I am curious to see what will happen in the next installment.
While I generally enjoyed the book, I do think that a few scenes were left of the pages. Chapters would start with Vasalie telling a few things that had happened, and a few of those scenes included some characters, where showing the thing would probably have made it feel more alive.
Overall, this book is very well written, and once you get into it, also very entertaining.
4/5 stars, and I’m excited to see what will happen next.
This book is very atmospheric. From page one you can almost feel the world around you as Vasalie does, and I am very intrigued by it.
The book does start off a little too slow for my taste and was hard to get into, but once I reached the halfway point, I couldn’t put it down.
Vasalie is a great main character, who both wins the reader’s empathy but also frustrates you tremendously, in the best possible way, and I enjoyed following her a lot. I am not a dancer myself, but I almost felt the dances as well as her.
I enjoyed the love plot a lot as well, with Copelan and Anton being great characters to help Vasalie develop as a person (and seeing them develop themselves), and over all, if you want a (hint of) a love triangle, this is how it should be done.
Oh yeah, and I will defend Anton with my life, just saying.
I also really enjoyed the political intrigue, and how Vasalie was forced to navigate it all, with both King Illian and her father plotting behind her back, and after that ending, I am curious to see what will happen in the next installment.
While I generally enjoyed the book, I do think that a few scenes were left of the pages. Chapters would start with Vasalie telling a few things that had happened, and a few of those scenes included some characters, where showing the thing would probably have made it feel more alive.
Overall, this book is very well written, and once you get into it, also very entertaining.
4/5 stars, and I’m excited to see what will happen next.