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Mortal Follies by Alexis Hall

16 reviews

ctara2123's review

adventurous funny tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Blood, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Sexual assault

ramakn22's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Misogyny, Transphobia, Classism, Homophobia, Sexual content, Stalking, Rape, Death, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Emotional abuse

bookcheshirecat's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexism, Murder, Violence, Kidnapping, and Death

Minor: Homophobia, Rape, and Death of parent

emmy_award's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Murder

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Transphobia, and Sexual content

Minor: Sexual assault and Racism

Abduction with threat of forced marriage/ threat of rape, escaped

hrtlss_grl's review

adventurous emotional funny inspiring mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Medical trauma, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Animal death, Blood, Cursing, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Cursing, Misogyny, Blood, Animal death, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Violence, Child abuse, Bullying, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Murder, Racism, and Stalking

raquelraquel's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The funniest book I've read all year, and the plot was incredible as well!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, and Kidnapping

cleo_reads's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

B-/C+?
Odd, genre mashing fantasy ff romance set in alt Regency England, with magic and old gods. Narrated by Robin Goodfellow (aka Puck, the narrator of A Midsummer Night’s Dream), how much you like this book (imo) will come down to how much you enjoy/ tolerate the snarky, omniscient story telling style - it’s so very clever (this isn’t meant as a compliment btw), with lots of asides complaining about mortals, plus Shakespearean references. Read the sample!

I think the blurb does a disservice to the book. It sets reader expectations for a completely different book. Once I kind of relaxed into the narrator and the style, I ended up enjoying it more than I expected to, based on the first few chapters. But it’s a weird book. And the romance is definitely secondary to the plot. And the pacing is uneven.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death and Kidnapping

Minor: Sexual assault

mothie_girlie's review

adventurous lighthearted 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

4.5

 **Check trigger warnings before engaging,  **

Thank you as always to Netgalley and publishers for giving me an arc in exchange for an honest review.

I must be completely honest, I went into this book with the expectation it would be a typical historical fantasy with a romance subplot. Something ultimately nice but semi forgettable, but I am genuinely impressed! If you're someone that enjoys fantasy books that read like classical novels/fairytales, an unreliable narrator, and a sweet and dynamic sapphic romance with lots of banter then i think you'll really enjoy this book!! 

Mortal Follies is told by an unreliable fairy of a narrator, called robin by mortals, that injects themself into unsuspecting people's lives and watches chaos ensue and live to tell the tale. They come upon Miss Maelys Michelmore at a ball where her dress is disintegrating and falling apart, deciding to follow her and observe how things turn out for her. When a duke with a bad reputation decides to rescue Maelys from her deteriorating dress issue, a gorgeous romance blossoms between the two, though neither of them fully admit it to themselves. The characterization of even the side characters such as Miss Michelmores best friend (who is a total hopeless romantic and i love her for it!) is done beautifully, these characters are given real emotion and depth without shaming or glorifying them. While I admit the prose is extremely flowery, to me it read like an old Jane Austen novel and it added so much to the atmosphere and fun of the novel. Definitely worth the read!! 

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Animal death and Kidnapping

turtledonut's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Murder, Death of parent, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Racism, and Death

cozyscones's review

adventurous 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Animal death, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content