A review by ireadinbed
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I loved this book so much that i retroactively went back and removed .25 stars from my last read (priory of the orange tree) because  I loved it but if this book is five stars the last one can't possibly be because  they don't compare. 

I am not exaggerating when I say I had forgotten what a true beginnin   to end 5 star read felt like. I've had some books that grew into 5 stars this year, but this was perfect to me from page one. 

I didn't even really understand it but I don't need to. I feel it.

The love story is incandescent. The prose is magical. I wish I could read it for the first time again.