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A review by lady_moon
Blackheart Knights by Laure Eve
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
‘But some knights, they have a hunger inside them. It is its own creature, and like all living things, it’s driven by survival. Because if you’re not hungry anymore, the hunger dies, neh? It’ll deny you comfort just so it can go on living. So maybe you get your comfort and it’ll be fine – for a while. But as soon as you think that’s it, you’re sated, it’ll come a-creeping back.’
Rep: sapphic MC, enby aroace-coded side character, Black female side character, enby Asian-coded side character, aromantic-coded pan side character, BIPOC-coded side characters, sapphic & achilliean side characters, queernormative world
Actual rating is 3.5/4.0 stars but I took away half a star because my aromantic ass is tired of the narrative 'romantic love is all you need to be happy'. And overall because I was annoyed at the unnecessary attraction Art and Red was feeling towards certain people - the purpose of it was nothing but to make it more angsty. I really would have enjoyed the book more without this, as I couldn't care less about their random romances.
Some plot twists shocked me, I'll give it that. Other I saw from mile away (like that
I also think it's missed opportunity not to make Art queer and Red a lesbian. Art is ever only explicitly interested in women. Red could easily be a lesbian if one particular character (
Now, considering I have almost 200 highlights & notes on the book, I will stop here and finish off with this:
You see, I'm studying political science at university - first year. This books makes me want to drop out and to go live somewhere far away so I can get away from the disgusting, repulsive and dirty thing the politic is.