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Amid Clouds and Bones by Ella Fields

3.5

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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This was good but I didn't love it. A half-faerie/human princess is in an arranged marriage to the Seelie Prince. He is known as The Heartless and so Mildred decides the only way to survive him, is to play his game. Atakan and Mildred begin a game of dares and bluffs as the war with the Unseelie continue despite wards placed to trap them in their lands. Then Mildred is whisked away to the Unseelie court and the King there needs her love to the break wards. And then it becomes a different game Mildred needs to play. Can't say that I ever really felt like King Vane was trying hard enough to actually win her love. Basically, everyone is morally grey to just straight up ruthless, and that works but, it was missing something for me.