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Lor by Lily Mayne

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wardenred's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful slow-paced

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

4.25

I can’t believe I just made out with a king.

I love how different this book is from the rest of the series. It’s proper dual POV! It takes place in the monster world! It is, in big part, a prequel! Such a breath of fresh air, and yet still without a doubt part of the big overarching story. I really enjoyed looking at the whole “portals opening, worlds colliding“ situation from the other side, as well as generally getting a better sense of what’s life like among the monsters. It was fun to have it sort of tied to the events from that one novella earlier in the series , in a way that completely recontextualizes some of the things stated there. It often makes fictional worlds feel more real to me when the same events/situations/objects get interpreted differently by different characters.

The romance here isn’t perhaps my favorite in the series, but I’ve definitely enjoyed it. I loved how the language barrier between Lor and Jugs was handled, this was my favorite part. Lily Mayne has a real knack, I feel, for putting her characters in situations where they literally can’t communicate and then having them get through it and start talking anyway. The note exchanges between Gloam and Rig, the whole deal with Seraph and Lilac, now this—and because the situations and the solutions are so varied, it never feels repetitive. I also really liked how, in a book written in English, the author made English sound foreign in certain scenes. My other favorite parts include Jug's’s scenes in the human world with all the 1980s vibes and family troubles and some pretty awesome people he found there—I hope they made it through the apocalypse. And also, that semi-subtle retelling element in the second half? Loved it and how it broke my heart.

The plotting could be a bit tighter—this is a big story, but 600+ pages seem excessive. There were entire plot threads that showed up and disappeared for ages only to spring up again seemingly out of the blue. I do think most of them came together neatly enough by the end. At least the ones that focused on Lor. With the ones that focused on Jugs, I have questions. I also have hope that maybe, just maybe the answers lay in the next book, and I think I’ll be stalking the author’s website obsessively waiting for news about it. I loved Lyri so much here, I want to know his story! And I want to get to know Cat at last! Between this book and Moth, there’s so much teasing about the two of them and how that overarching plot resolves, I just can’t handle it.

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black_hellebore_reviews's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Perfection

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trayslays's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.25

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downtown_kb's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful sad 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? No

5.0

This one flashes back to the 1980’s set in the monster world when a human falls through the first rift between worlds, right into his guest room.

This book was really long, and I was tempted to give it 4.5 stars because it had a lot of over-explained prose like some of the early books. However, she was explaining a whole new world with a story that had a lot of ground to cover. I was so into it. I was also really impressed that she basically wrote something that could be a standalone 7 books deep but with lots of origin details, as well. This book did not go how I thought it would. I cried. A lot. Lor’s steadfast devotion for his sweet 80’s himbo mushed up my heart. And he had so much character growth. I loved it. These books just keep getting better and better.

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alisoun's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Ok so there will be so many spoilers in my review. Please don't spoil yourself this story - it's a good, tense, emotional journey that I really enjoyed going into blind. Remember Lily always gives a HEA!

I will say this wasn't quite what I expected. I thought Lor was going to be my favourite book, especially at the start! But I felt like Lor and Jugs' relationship never actually got to the good deep solid place I wanted them to get to.

Especially before Jugs went into a coma for THIRTY YEARS. like idk how Lor or Jugs are going to deal with that trauma that I don't feel was properly dealt with. Like yes Jugs cried for a day but holy hell. What a different world to wake up to.

This book definitely felt more like a set up for the rest of the series than a solid story of Lor and Jugs' relationship that I was seeking. I loved that it was set in the monster world however. It was refreshing to have a dual POV in this series (obvs loved it in Moth too). I am VERY excited for the next on the series (Lyri's!!!!).

Overall i was just seeking something more in this book. Obvs it's soooo long but I felt like the early days of Lor and Jugs was overly featured and I didn't actually see them develop a proper relationship beyond sex, and new sex for both of them, which I felt the previous books did better.

I adored that Lor, the monster, was the smol one!!

I very much enjoyed the world building of Linir, the port city Lor rules, and seeing different species. It had fairly good political intrigue as well.

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pawtory's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I adored these 2 cinnamon roll characters and their story, as I have all of the Monstrous series. It definitely had me giggling as well as bawling. And didn't feel as long as it was bc I could barely put it down. By the end, this one more than any of the others has made me NEED the next book!!

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aromarrie's review against another edition

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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

5.0

to be written.

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cluckieduck's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional sad 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

Another amazing read from Lily Mayne - queen of the monsters.

How, Lily? How?? How do you keep coming up with new and inventive ways to rip our hearts out and piece them together so amazingly?

The fact that this was supposed to be a cute little novella and turned into this behemoth of a story, yet none of it felt drawn out without purpose - bravo.

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krisalexcole'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? No

4.0

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junisreading's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted 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? No

5.0

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