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A Rake of His Own by A.J. Lancaster

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tragedies's review

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Hands down, this is my favorite book from the Stariel universe. I’ve loved Marius and Rakken since the beginning, so it’s no surprise that I ended up head over heels for this spinoff. We already saw the makings of their love story in the original series, but here, our resident anxiety-ridden botanist and bisexual disaster faerie prince finally take center stage. I love everything from the bickering that borders on flirting, their lovestruck and seemingly hopeless pining, the vulnerable conversations, and the soft intimate moments they share when one feels a little broken and bogged down by the weight of the world. All of this as the pair try to solve a murder. Though honestly, the only crime in this book was the lack of an epilogue. The ending was criminally short. I would’ve done anything just to get a glimpse of Marius and Rakken’s life together. Fingers crossed there would be a sequel or a follow-up story someday. Until then, I’ll be rereading this until the story’s tattooed in my brain. 

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starrypinksky's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0


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nikkiplans99's review

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adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0


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nikkiplans99's review against another edition

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adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0


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fantasticcan1475's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny 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

5.0

This was soo good! It was really fun to see more of Marius and Rakken, what happened after the 4th book and gave even more depth to the various worlds/conflicts. It left me wanting more books in this series

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itsnotalakeitsanocean's review against another edition

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

4.0

As a disclaimer I have not read the rest of the Stariel series as I was informed this book could be read as a standalone. To an extent I agree, but I do think I was missing some context for certain things but that was purely my fault for jumping in here. Also some of the content warnings I included reflected what the author put in the content warning included in the book.

I really enjoyed this book and genuinely got kind of sad when it ended (which is rare for me) because I grew to like the characters a lot. I think my only complaints were:

  • It was set up to be a murder mystery with the main pair solving a crime. Though they did do it, I think a lot of the plot meandered away from the murder mystery and I would have liked to have seen them do more investigative work because it was really fun seeing the magical world being explored that way. Like a lot of people I also found the murderer to be a bit predictable.
  • I think the jump from terse-working-relationship-with-an-old-flame-that-spurned-me to friends with benefits was a bit steep, though I do think the journey from friends with benefits to lovers was a lot more nuanced and better plotted out.

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