yummygingerdrink 's review for:

The Palace of Eros by Caro De Robertis

4.0

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This is a really great read. The prose is lovely. The characters are wonderful.

I really enjoyed watching the main characters grow, both as individuals, but also as a couple. I liked that this wasn't a slow-burn, but instead we (the readers) got to watch the relationship between these characters as it changed. 

I love a queer love story, and this one delivers. I enjoyed the themes of unlearning shame and reclamation of the self.

The only critique I have is that I wish we spent some more time watching Psyche go through the Trials of Aphrodite, so we could have seen more of how her character developed in the earlier part of the story. 

  This isn't really a flaw at all, more just my own preferences showing.