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adventurous
dark
medium-paced
2.5
So I feel like the concept was there, but the story got lost in the weeds.
To start, the story is very slow 90% of the time. And for almost half the book, Evra and Rhosyn don’t really interact. Then all of a sudden it’s instant love and kidnapping and what might as well be Stockholm syndrome.
There were also elements of the plot that I found either irksome or creepy. The fact that they have this night where all the men bed the high priestess to see who gets to marry her was just… weird. Then the fact it’s always the brother that becomes the husband just shot way past Game of Thrones levels of incest. And the rapey vibes from Rhyden were just… major creep factor. Also, the fact that most everyone seemed to have this long hard to pronounce name was a little frustrating.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual harassment and Incest
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