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The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

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readbymrh's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

if I could live in this book, I would

latida94's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense slow-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

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rkkps2122's review

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4.0

3.75 stars

Great world building, but I felt like the first 600 pages were so slow and the last 200 were rushed.

I will read the prequel, hoping Samantha Shannon writes a sequel.

narzibenoucdel's review against another edition

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adventurous dark 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

4.5

jonlemur's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional 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

3.5

camirl's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

5.0

well this will become my personality for the rest of time🐉🗡️🍊 just finished it and i already want to reread it 🧡 it was everything i could have hoped for!!!!

the story and the world building is so rich and the characters (especially the women) have my entire heart 🥹 while it’s obviously a long book, the pacing was pretty good and it kept me intrigued the entire time i was reading.

all the character povs were amazing and even though niclays frustrated me sometimes, i was still super hooked reading about his character (

the way he talked about jannart had me sobbing as well as his final scene😭

). samantha shannon writes such compelling characters, i’m obsessed with all of them & don’t get me started on ead and sabran’s romance. they are my everything 💓💓