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Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman
4.0
4.5*
god, this was good. i can understand the criticims that it was SLOW, but, honestly, i do think that ended up working out in its favour... this is very much a character-driven novel, very interior-focused, with the plot serving as a complement to tess' own story and growth as a character, and i think that worked really well. i genuinely LOVED it. i might come back with more thoughts, but for now: i don't know who's been telling people that you can read [and understand/enjoy] this book without having read the seraphina duology first, but... i would not recommend it, i feel like you'd lose a LOT coming to this before those two, a lot of word-building and nuance to relationships and minor mentions.
god, this was good. i can understand the criticims that it was SLOW, but, honestly, i do think that ended up working out in its favour... this is very much a character-driven novel, very interior-focused, with the plot serving as a complement to tess' own story and growth as a character, and i think that worked really well. i genuinely LOVED it. i might come back with more thoughts, but for now: i don't know who's been telling people that you can read [and understand/enjoy] this book without having read the seraphina duology first, but... i would not recommend it, i feel like you'd lose a LOT coming to this before those two, a lot of word-building and nuance to relationships and minor mentions.