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Lightlark by Alex Aster

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melinette7's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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

5.0

Mind blowing, the writing's great without being complicated, I held my breath he whole reading. It's fantastic honestly, maybe a bit predictable but who cares, when the story's that good.

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lilo000's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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literarymary95's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

3.5

This came highly recommended by a good friend who is also a big reader. It wasn't as good as she said it was and I came in with very few expectations. The first 200 pages (or first 65% of the book) felt very repetitive and made it hard to be engaged with the story. The last 100 pages (or 35% of the book) felt a lot less repetitive and action was really happening. I also only felt like I started becoming invested in the characters in the last 50 pages, which is not typical of me. All of this is why I chose a 3.75 because the last 100 pages redeemed this from becoming a mid-level review.

I hope Nightbane continues with the momentum that was finally created in the last 100 pages of Lightlark.

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brieoqueijo's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious fast-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

4.0

This was a very happy surprise, I was expecting a 3.0 stars at most, and maybe even a rant review, but this was really fun!!

!!!!!!SPOILERS AHEAD!!!!!!

!!!!!I MEAN IT!!!!!!

Ok, so here are my critiques:

At the beginning I was kinda hating Grim, he was acting kinda creepy and it wasn’t sexy, just creepy

Isla was so dumb at the beginning, she literally almost died twice cause tripped????? Like girl you’re a warrior and can’t even stay standing up? Get a grip

BUT as the book went on I started really liking both her and grim, and I was thinking to myself like damn how I am supposed to ship her with oro? Cause he’s always acting like he has a stick you know where. But then he was just ✨oro✨ and we love him for it

I enjoyed the plot twists at the end (all hundreds of them), I definitely wasn’t expecting for grim and isla having a history before the games, I really thought it was just that old insta love shite

I could see celeste being evil from like a mile away, but it still was done nicely, and I think it was a great ending to the curse to kill that whoe

THE WAY I THOUGHT SHE WAS GONNA TELL ISLA GRIM WAS HER ACTUAL FATHER I ALMOST DIED IM SO GLAD MS ALEX ASTER DIDNT GO FULL ALABAMA OUT OF NOWHERE

And finally, I got kind confused at the end about how is oros and islas relationship right now, cause it kinda felt like “x months later” but they don’t seem very intimate?? I hope we haven’t lost their first kiss cause I wanted to read all that yearning

And finally, I’m still kinda devided between both love interests but grims last sentence of “remember us and than you’ll come back to me” kinda gave me the ick idk

That’s it, will be starting book #2 right now xoxo

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hailey_reads's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

LightLark by Alex Aster is a gripping story. The binding curses limiting Isla leave me wanting to read more. Through her exploration of her identity through the games and who she must be, she pulls on my heart. From the relationships she makes to each choice, it moves the story. I truly enjoyed reading LightLark, and the plot twist was bewildering for me. The way the story unfolds to reveal so much is eye-opening. The writing is beautiful, and I recommend any reader interested in fantasy to enter the world of LightLark.

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mayahnrobinson's review against another edition

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I didn’t like the execution of the fantasy plot lines and romance. DNF because I get turned off when an first chapter doesn’t pull me in with someone interesting. Nothing was interesting. I may return to this story sooner or later. But not at this point.

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ladybug12793's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

3.5

3.5 ⭐️
0.5 🌶️

I’m not sure why people are saying that parts of the plot are stolen from ACOTAR. Having read ACOTAR multiple times, I completely disagree. While I see some very vague, similarities, a.k.a. different powers for different realms, the books themselves are not the same.

That being said, the writing is pretty terrible. I enjoyed the story, but the writing needs some work. I couldn’t really get completely engrossed in the characters due to this. The author tells you what the characters feel instead of describing the emotions. It felt flat. It didn’t bother me too much but definitely decreases the rating. The plot twists were somewhat obvious, but I still had a good time reading.

All in all, I enjoyed the read and look forward to reading the next book.

Grim is a POS. I said what I said.

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