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L'envol des Magpie by KJ Charles, KJ Charles

12 reviews

kaneebli's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75


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jess_justmaybeperfect's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

Flight of Magpies is the third book in the series and you must read the first two before this one. The MCs meet in book 1. 

Lucien is an Earl, reluctantly returned to England after the mysterious deaths of his father and brother. Stephen is a Magician, reluctantly (no fan of brother or father) assisting Lucien with a number of magical emergencies. Throughout the series Lucien and Stephen conquer adversaries (human and magical), fail to resist an intense attraction, build a strong group of friends, have evergreen arguments about work/life balance, address their mutual power imbalances, and fall in love. 

It’s fun, hot, funny, mysterious, and there are romantic magical tattoos. 

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hex_meghead's review against another edition

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

3.0

I hated the side pairing of
Merrick and Saint
. It ruined both characters for me and felt incredibly forced.

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cyberhavok's review against another edition

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

4.0


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juchan's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

This review is for the whole trilogy:
I expected a fairly entertaining but otherwise unremarkable little romance fantasy. But hell I loved the trilogy. The story, the magic, the characters. Just amazing. It was unique and lovely and tense and beautiful. The realtionships were great and KJ Charles somehow managed to balnce everything perfectly in just a few pages. The adventure, the love, sex, friendship, magic and so on. And it feels like the whole world could be expanded and lots more stories could be told. I sincerely hope so.

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madscientistcat's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.75


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pvbobrien's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious 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

3.5


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20sidedbi's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0


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wilybooklover's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

3.5


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mallorypen's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

3.5

The final installment of this trilogy more than made up for the slower second book! This was tightly plotted, with wonderful tension across the relationships and the overarching plotline, and a very satisfying conclusion. I absolutely loved Crane’s final confession of love while wildly insulting his captors, and Stephen’s acceptance of Crane’s affections, seeing himself as enough of a “trade” in the relationship, was a good conclusion to their story arc.

The lyrics at the end in the short story were kind of awkward, but there you go. 

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