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16 reviews

One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig

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adventurous emotional medium-paced

4.0

Her Dark Wings by Melinda Salisbury

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3.5

Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross

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adventurous emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

I really enjoyed this duology but I liked Divine Rivals more than Ruthless Vows. This book was still wonderful, but it felt like something was missing. Iris and Roman had a beautiful love story and I liked the focus on how magical mundane parts of life can be.

I wish we had gotten a better picture of Enva and Dacre's lives when they were married, or before the war to give a bit more context to the whole "I can't kill him because I love him/made an oath theme" or even an explanation of why Dacre was so bent on gathering all the magical powers at the expense of his peers/relatives lives. It felt like the author was trying to widen the scope of the story, but didnt quite go far enough for it to be interesting, which left things so vague they almost didnt make sense.

Dragonfall by L.R. Lam

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adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide by Rupert Holmes

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emotional funny lighthearted slow-paced

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

4.0

It was worth pushing through the slow start to get into the thick of the story. Highly recommend the audiobook narrated by Neal Patrick Harris and others - definitely well produced and entertaining!

A Touch of Chaos by Scarlett St. Clair

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dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Somehow there both too much and not enough going on in this book. I feel like there was enough material to cover two more books had it been given some proper due. Every challenge thrown at our darlings was horrible, the end of the world… until the solution was served up on a silver platter. There seemed to be no consequences for serious actions, and it always worked out in the best possible way. Ugh.

The series as a whole was lovely - I enjoyed watching the romance develop and deepen between Persephone and Hades. Watching a couple not only decide to be together but also work through differences to stay committed was refreshing and felt real. Unfortunately it seems that that level of story telling was left out of this book in favor of nonstop action that didn’t allow enough time between events to do anything other than the obligatory spicy scene. Speaking of spice - the scenes were definitely steamy but I just didn’t feel the same level of intensity that earlier books had, for all the reasons I’ve already mentioned.

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