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Dead Lands by Stacey Marie Brown

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bookheaux's review

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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amanda_reads13's review against another edition

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adventurous tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

We pick up afraid Brex is kidnapped.

So much, yet so little happens in this book. I felt like it was very repetitive and the whole Brex/Warwick tension is getting frustrating, and not in a good way. It's been played out at this point, we get it, they have literal explosive chemistry, let's move on to the plot now.

Towards the end, we do find out a few interesting tidbits that move the story along.

We find out that her mom was secretly fighting in the war on the opposite side as her father. Seems like she was possibly a druid and was forced to fight. She gave birth to Brex on the battlefield at the same time as the queen was killed. This released an insane amount of magic, which killed a lot of people, including Brex's mom and aunt. BUT it also infused itself in Brex and the placenta, which is what the nectar is. So it is possible that Brex is actually part Druid, which could explain why she can control the dead spirits, create a protective light around her, etc...

I still don't understand why Brex just agrees to work with every person who kidnaps her... Literally every time.

I am interested to see how Hanna and Caden being in their possession comes into play. Who attacked the compound? We're they looking for Hanna and Caden or just out to kill?

We had a whole storyline where the journal was stolen by the Hounds and the

injured hound ended up being Rose's abusive husband.

It seems like it could be important in the future.

As always Opie and Bitzy were hilarious.

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ka_ke's review against another edition

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adventurous dark fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

Finally some action between Brexley and Warwicks… and by some, I mean ALOT. I’m not sure we needed to meet her biological uncle, unless he comes back up in the next books. Also, was meeting Rosie’s abusive estranged husband totally necessary? Ash has become my new favourite character, the sassy sidekick who is actually there for more than comic relief!

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