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Made me want to throw hands with old ladies. 10/10 would recommend.
The cover definitely doesn't convey the plot, it's much darker and wrought with political bullshitery that is deliciously frustrating. Truly, I wanted to throw my kindle multiple times. The characters are beautifully full and three-dimensional and the WORLD is BEAUTIFUL and COMPLEX and COLOURFUL. I loved it.

wonthaanh's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

shadymist's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

The book starts off as a promising start but 1/3 in started becoming difficult to keep the attention. It seemed to focus on insignificant details rather than giving the characters more chance to explore themselves and their own experiences.

The ending does show promise and I hope book 2 continues with the characters depth and character.

bree_h_reads's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

5.0

NOOOOOO NOT THE SAPPHICS

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aheinicke27's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad 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

3.5

Parts of this book I really liked — the interactions with death, the lore and world building, and the concept that the main character has to sacrifice parts of herself to raise the dead. Other parts however…were so hard to read! For example, the relationship between the main character and her love interest (whose names I have NO IDEA how to spell since I listened to the audiobook) was SO TOXIC. As I read, I kept wondering what the main character even saw in the princess…like she is obviously taking advantage of you and sort of acts like she feels bad sometimes? Their interest in each other felt purely due to the fact that their souls were connected and nothing more…which made for weak conflicts that I had a hard time really caring about. Not sure yet if I want to read the next book…we’ll see.

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leah_clayton_'s review against another edition

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emotional mysterious slow-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? It's complicated

2.5

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