Reviews with content warning for Confinement - Legendary

Still very much enjoyed reading this a second time but the smell descriptions just stood out to me a lot more this time & made me roll my eyes (“smells like mystery and curses” LIKE WTF DO THOSE THINGS EVEN SMELL LIKE 💀) <— Pretty sure there are worse examples but that was like the last one I read…BUT they’re EVERYWHERE in this book lol. Also I found it more cheesy this read-through but didn’t necessarily dislike it?

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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nclausel25's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful 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? No

4.75

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adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Spice Rating: 🫑 / 5 🌶️

I didn't think it could get any better than Caraval, but I'm so glad that Legendary proved me wrong.

Just a few short days after the events of book 1, Legend is hosting another Caraval in Valenda, where the empress resides. Legend has never held Caraval twice in one year, and having two Caravals within days of each other is completely unheard of. Donatella (Tella), Scarlett's sister, convinces Scarlett to participate in this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, where the winner of the game will get to meet Legend face-to-face. However, once the events get started, Tella finds herself on her own. Scarlett goes MIA, only Dante appears to care about her, and her fake fiancé might be out to get her. In order to win, Tella will have to make one of the most important choices, and possibly sacrifices, of her life.

I haven't read Once Upon a Broken Heart yet, but I'm really excited to see more of Jacks because I loved his character in this novel! I was somewhat surprised that Dante turned out to be Legend, but I feel like the hints were there if you paid attention to some of the small details in the story.

I cannot get enough of Stephanie Garber's writing! She has such poetic prose that creates such an imaginative world readers can easily picture in their heads. I'm starting Finale asap because I just have to know what happens.

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