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The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo
2.75
I was unimpressed by Ninth House, I didn't enjoy this either.
The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo is a mixed bag of uninteresting characters, a bait and switch plot from its blurb, and a very unusual love story. I fully expected from the books write up that it would be more of a Inquisitor vs. Queen, religious prosecution, and possibly a vampire novel. It delivered on zero of these but that is my own foolish hope rearing it's ugly head.
Instead we get a reluctant magic protagonist toeing the line of witch/gifted from God, in a ill-defined magic competition. Loaded with tropes, The Familiar feels on par with its namesake due to its beige content/similar releases during this big push in romantacy. There is nothing new or extraordinary and honestly I should have DNFd. 2.9/5 stars.
The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo is a mixed bag of uninteresting characters, a bait and switch plot from its blurb, and a very unusual love story. I fully expected from the books write up that it would be more of a Inquisitor vs. Queen, religious prosecution, and possibly a vampire novel. It delivered on zero of these but that is my own foolish hope rearing it's ugly head.
Instead we get a reluctant magic protagonist toeing the line of witch/gifted from God, in a ill-defined magic competition. Loaded with tropes, The Familiar feels on par with its namesake due to its beige content/similar releases during this big push in romantacy. There is nothing new or extraordinary and honestly I should have DNFd. 2.9/5 stars.