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haley49's review against another edition
4.25
Slow burn but so good after it got going!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infertility, Infidelity, and Sexual content
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
distilledreads's review against another edition
emotional
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? It's complicated
3.0
There was an Elizabeth Hoyt novella included at the end of a recent historical romance I read, which intrigued me enough to check out Hoyt’s bibliography. When I saw she had written a beauty and the beast retelling, with the main female character being named Anna Wren, I had to pick it up. The consent in The Raven Prince is a bit dubious with hidden identities, but I did enjoy the characters.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Infertility, Misogyny, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Classism
emfass's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism and Sexual content
Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Violence, Blood, and Pregnancy
Minor: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
yuna's review
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Liked this a lot except for the last 1/4. The ending was too rushed, didn't like how Anna seemed to regress as a character with agency (she just lets Edward steamroll her & doesn't stand up for herself at all where earlier she does), & some of the conflict points felt like they weren't fleshed out enough earlier to feel meaningful at the end.
Felicity & Chilton felt kind of meaningless as villains. There was plenty of internal & external conflict for the protags already, so these two ended up feeling like filler & not threatening.
Did like the positive without veering too hard into naive/idealistic attitudes toward sex work & workers. Wish Pearl and Coral had stuck around longer, but a lot of the side characters kind of fall away in that last quarter.
Felicity & Chilton felt kind of meaningless as villains. There was plenty of internal & external conflict for the protags already, so these two ended up feeling like filler & not threatening.
Did like the positive without veering too hard into naive/idealistic attitudes toward sex work & workers. Wish Pearl and Coral had stuck around longer, but a lot of the side characters kind of fall away in that last quarter.
Content Warnings
Minor: Death and Miscarriage
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