A review by lillyturmel
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

adventurous dark lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

I understand that this book is supposed to be the first in a series, but the world building was just a big long info dump that slowed the book down. A lot of the info dumps were also completely irrelevant to the actual plot of the book. This was also marketed as a romance type of novel... that had basically no romance. I did like the fantasy world the author built and she wrote the characters very well.