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Not Good For Maidens by Tori Bovalino

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nessas_lair's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

3.5

I chose this audiobook because of the goblin theme—I love goblins and the trope of goblins stealing humans. Bovalino did not disappoint! The goblin market sounded so horrific and magical at the same time. The descriptions were so gory, and I just loved the setting. I liked May's storyline more than Lou's because of her romance arc, and I just found her to be more of an engaging character. Overall, the story itself was great, but the narrator who did the accents wasn't the greatest. The accents threw me off because they sounded like the narrator was imitating the real thing, but adding their own invented accent to it because they'd forget how it would sound like 😅 So if you want to check this book out, I recommend reading a physical copy!

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wrensreadingroom's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional fast-paced

5.0

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chilivanilli28's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.5

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frogsinacoat's review

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

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cozywithraven's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.5

I feel like the book had really good bones and an interesting premise. Some things could have been described better, a lot of passages were hard to follow. I also kind of felt like there were some threads in the beginning that didn't need to be there that were randomly brought back up in the last 3 pages that just felt random and easily forgettable.

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lizgriffinwords's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

A page-turning and creeptastic YA horror/contemporary fantasy, great for fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The coven’s magic felt somewhat vague to me, but otherwise I greatly enjoyed this book!

CW for death, body horror, maiming

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ramunepocky's review against another edition

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adventurous dark hopeful mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

I really liked both of the perspectives in this book, both were separate and strong characters within their own right and they both had stories that, whilst they mirrored each other, were very different. They both had different personality traits and different motives for going into the Market and different points to prove and I enjoyed that. I loved the representation too, giving us both great asexual and bisexual rep !!!! I also loved the contrast between May and Lou, and how May grew up around the Market and was actively drawn to it, but couldn’t stay, and how Lou grew up sheltered from that side of her family history and only reluctantly entered the Market to save her Aunt and wanted to stay.

This book was far from perfect, but I enjoyed the vibes immensely and it was dark and gothic without rlly being scary. I felt like the conclusion to Lou’s story and her getting her Aunt out of the Goblin Market felt too easy, but I still enjoyed it nonetheless.

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sunshinestark's review against another edition

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5.0

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kelskiiz's review against another edition

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adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.5

more of a dark fantasy than a horror, but still really enjoyable! TWO co-dependent relationships, complicated but still loving mother-daughter relationship, i even actually enjoyed the love story portions. lou is a thoroughly likeable and understandable mc, and even may's more questionable decisions don’t irritate me as much as they might have in another story

except for when she’s captured and she’s doubting eitra and feeling all betrayed n shit, like girl come on 😭 this is YOUR doing and also she TOLD you. but also she was kinda physically and emotionally compromised and in a wee bit of a jam at the time so yk it’s fine

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madamenovelist's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

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