Reviews with content warning for Alcohol - The Shadows Between Us

I so enjoyed reading about Allessandra - a fiery independent murdress, and a shadow king brought together.

I loved the story and loved the romance and could happily read an entire series about these characters!

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karelidz's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

Hmm.. I don´t know...
I thought it would be better. I was expecting it to be better.
It was fine, but i feel like it mostly left me confused with the way the mystery was solved. I was enjoying it and then the ending left me like: "???? THATS the ending?"
It also seemed to me that the secondary characters weren´t thaat fleshed out. I kept forgetting who was who; they all sounded the same.
Also, i feel like there might be plot-holes..?

Idk, either way it was an enjoyable read. Might not reread or buy a physical copy of the book but i had a good time reading it. Might have liked a bit more spice as it's what i think they call a "closed door" romance/situation. But it was over-all fine

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lauritbh's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging hopeful inspiring lighthearted tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

this is one of those books where when you start reading, you can NOT put it down.

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haley49's review against another edition

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adventurous

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

4.0

The characters are bad people but you still root for them??? They are casually down with murder and classism but are kind of feminists so it’s okay???
My feelings on the main characters are mixed but I loved them evolving together and realizing how alike they were, The pace felt natural and the story was interesting.

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rensreading's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

by chapter 2, i was seriously considering DNFing this book but i carried on because the synopsis promised me a love interest that hadn’t been introduced yet and i wanted a glimpse of him before i DNFed.

i’m so glad i waited for him. he carried this novel on his back, his poor shoulders must be breaking under the strain of all that success. kallias is my everything. he was the only reason i started liking alessandra. and by the time he learns of what she did to her first lover (though his age is never brought up, i’m still of the opinion that hektor groomed her) then laughs about it, i realized they really deserved each other.

(in reality, i started liking alessandra when she schemed her friend out of a marriage he would have hated and solved her own problem of unwanted suitors with it. how could i not adore a girlboss?)

the political intrigue and the plot were absolutely marvelous. i started suspecting the assassin by the time that he confessed to alessandra while kallias was listening. i kept wondering why alessandra didn’t see it until it was almost too late but i am glad that his sexism was what caused his demise. a man like him truly assumed that alessandra was nothing less than a noblewoman newly scorned by her ex-lover. what a mistake!

kallias was down bad for alessandra and i loved that fact by the end too lol definitely a 5 stars read for me (:

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pagesbycaroline's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
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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astoryofpages's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

3.0

Honestly, I didn't have very high hopes for this book. A fantasy, even YA, of a little over 300 pages, seemed to me to be risky, given that what often gets stuck between the standalones and me (except for the Priory of the Orange Tree) is that I never get enough of my hunger. So yes, the story goes a bit quick for my taste, I would have liked it to be a little longer, but shit then, it's been years I think I had not read a book in 24 hours! I loved the character of Alessandra who's ruthless and remains who she is! She has a goal, and she goes for it; she doesn't let others turn her away. The other characters are unfortunately a little more superficial. Even the character of the Shadow King, who didn't strike me as quite as impressive as the synopsis led me to believe. I was also able to feel throughout my reading a fairly well-built world-building but unfortunately, I had no map to find my way around so it also fizzles out on this point. The plot is nonetheless very surprising compared to what we expect at the beginning and I know that I am useless in normal times for investigations of this kind but I clearly didn't see this coming!

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