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Oaths of Legacy by Emily Skrutskie

3 reviews

readwithasherreid's review

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adventurous dark emotional funny reflective tense 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? Yes

4.0

The representation in this book is significantly better than in BONDS OF BRASS. This is, no doubt, due to the fact Skrutskie got sensitivity readers this go around. This was going to be a 4.5 (because I will not give a five star to this cis white woman that profits off of queer characters of color) but from chapters 20-25 I was bored out of my mind. The first 19 chapters were so interesting! I loved being inside Gal’s hed because he’s just such a fun little chaotic Latino (which I can fully relate to), but the book lost me with Ren’s storyline. No spoilers, but it really bothered me that Skrustkie wanted Ren to be a big focus of this book. Instead of writing it in the third person to give Ren the screen time she needs, Skrutskie uses Gal as a camera from chapters 20-25. It was quite boring to read about, in my opinion. I will say, the ending of this book rocked me to my core! My theories from book one were FINALLY proved right and I created new theories for the final book that I’m hoping also prove to be right. OATHS OF LEGACY had so many instances where I was literally screaming and crying. The scene where Gal goes into protection mode, the knife-to-throat scene, the part where Gal talks about them never being allowed to apologize to each other- I was OBSESSED! 

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thepictureofashjayy's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

OH MY STARS!!

I need book three right now!! I really enjoyed getting to know Gal better as we saw the story continue from his point of view, I’m hoping that Vows of Empire is told from both Gal and Ettian’s perspectives, I really cannot wait to see how the finale unfolds!!

The queer rep in this book was as incredible as the first book, the romance TUGGED at my heartstrings and I loved how well it played into the enemies-to-lovers trope!!

Despite all of this, I did take a star off my review as I still don’t think it’s a white woman’s place to tell the story of two queer boys of colour. Though, I would be very interested to hear what Black and Latine readers have to say!! 

Overall, it was fantastic. I’m thinking it may very well end up being the Empire of the trilogy!! I’m so excited (and terribly nervous) to read the finale…
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xoodlebooks's review

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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