A review by armontheroad
Mask of Shadows by Linsey Miller

adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

I am not a fantasy reader so my expectations for this were very low. However, this was a pleasant surprise! I really liked the discussions on gender and how being trans in a cis society is hard, even when you try to cater your appearance to cis people. I loved the fact that this is a fantasy world where magic does not exist because my brain very much struggles with following magic systems. I also just think it was a refreshing take on world-building a fantasy setting! Heavily appreciate the themes of queerness, PTSD, and justice. I do not have a list of content/trigger warnings as I found myself too immersed in the reading experience to jot any down. I would highly recommend searching through StoryGraph and booktriggerwarnings.com for them, though, because this book does not shy away from hard-hitting topics. I will leave below the few warnings I do remember.

CWs/Tws: Murder, death, blood, PTSD, body gore, etc.

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