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memiuccia 's review for:
The Court of Miracles
by Kester Grant
2.5/5
I'm a little confused because this book is sold like a retelling but it actually isn't? All the characters are the same characters from Les Mis, following roughly the same plot but with a few changes in worlbuilding and execution so like... this is a published AU fanfiction of Les Mis. Be warned.
I really liked the concept of the underworld Courts but I felt like so much time and effort was dedicated to following the plot from the book/musical that we didn't really see that explored as fully as it could have been.
Two things that bothered me (and that SCREAM "fanfiction" to me) were that Marius Pontmercy is gone from this book, supposedly because he is useless, but he's substituted by the Prince of France, who is also incredibly useless and didn't need to be a part of the plot. Also Javert was genderbent here solely to add romantic tension to the relationship with Valjean, which honestly just misses the mark entirely for Javert's character.
I'm a little confused because this book is sold like a retelling but it actually isn't? All the characters are the same characters from Les Mis, following roughly the same plot but with a few changes in worlbuilding and execution so like... this is a published AU fanfiction of Les Mis. Be warned.
I really liked the concept of the underworld Courts but I felt like so much time and effort was dedicated to following the plot from the book/musical that we didn't really see that explored as fully as it could have been.
Two things that bothered me (and that SCREAM "fanfiction" to me) were that Marius Pontmercy is gone from this book, supposedly because he is useless, but he's substituted by the Prince of France, who is also incredibly useless and didn't need to be a part of the plot. Also Javert was genderbent here solely to add romantic tension to the relationship with Valjean, which honestly just misses the mark entirely for Javert's character.