pbandfeli 's review for:

The Palace of Eros by Caro De Robertis

3.5

hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I love a queer mythology re-telling, and I generally really love Caro’s writing. They write beautiful prose, and this one was more romantic than other ones that I have read, but it did come off as corny to me and repetitive at times. I wish the stakes were higher at the end. It felt like things fell apart so heartbreakingly just to come back together in a lot fewer pages than it took for them to come together.