A review by lysyreads
Exodus by Kate Stewart

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense

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

5.0

𝙋𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙎𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙧𝙨 > 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬 𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙩 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙚. 𝙆𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙯𝙞𝙣𝙜!

I 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙞 𝙚𝙣𝙟𝙤𝙮𝙚𝙙/𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨
♡ ︎♡ 𝙋𝙍𝙊𝙎 ♡ ♡
  ❥ 𝙏𝙤𝙗𝙞𝙖𝙨
     ⤷𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙮 𝙢𝙛𝙠𝙧 𝙬𝙞𝙜𝙜𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙨?!?!?!? 𝙧𝙪𝙙𝙚 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙡
  ❥ 𝙏𝙀𝘼𝙍𝙎
     ⤷𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙢𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙗𝙗𝙞𝙣𝙜... 𝙎𝙤𝙗𝙗𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙞 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙫𝙞𝙤𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠!
 ❥ 𝙀𝙣𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙚𝙨 > 𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨
     ⤷ 𝙏𝙤𝙗𝙞𝙖𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙧𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙚𝙡𝙩. 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙨𝙤 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙞 𝙜𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙠𝙖𝙮. 𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙩 𝙪𝙨 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧. 𝘾𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙖 𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙢𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙞 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙮𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩 𝙡𝙢𝙖𝙤
  ❥ 𝘾𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙨
     ⤷𝘿𝙤 𝙞 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮 𝘾𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙨? 𝙉𝙤. 𝘿𝙞𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣? 𝙃𝙢𝙢𝙢 𝙮𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙩 🤨

 𝙉𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠/ 𝙢𝙮 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙢𝙨 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙮 𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙣📝
♡ ︎♡ 𝘾𝙊𝙉𝙎 ♡ ♡
  ❥𝘼𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩
     ⤷𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙡𝙚𝙛𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙬𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠
  ❥ 𝙊𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙨 (𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙛𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙠 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 100𝙭 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙚!!)
     ⤷𝙉𝙤𝙬 𝙞𝙣 𝙣𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙖𝙢 𝙞 𝙨𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙗𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙠𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙙𝙖𝙢𝙣 𝙜𝙞𝙧𝙡 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙𝙣𝙩 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙪𝙨 𝙖 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙠. 𝙃𝙖𝙙 𝙢𝙚 𝙧𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨! 𝙃𝙮𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙨 
  ❥ 𝙎𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙮𝙚𝙙
     ⤷ 𝙘𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙖 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙢𝙞𝙭 𝙤𝙛 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙖 𝙨𝙬𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙖 𝙜𝙞𝙡𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙩. 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙙𝙢𝙞𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙗𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙞 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙨𝙤 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙮𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙧 💔
  ❥ 𝘿𝙤𝙢 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮 𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜
  ❥ 𝙎𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚
     ⤷𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙢𝙮 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙗𝙤𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙜 𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮 𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜.
  ❥ 𝙏𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙟𝙪𝙢𝙥
     ⤷ 𝙄 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣𝙩 𝙛𝙖𝙫𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙟𝙪𝙢𝙥𝙨 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙬𝙛𝙪𝙡. 𝙞𝙩 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙘𝙠 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙘𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙞a, 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙤𝙬𝙣.

⋆｡ﾟ☁︎｡⋆｡ ﾟ☾ ﾟ｡⋆𝙈𝙮 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨⋆｡ﾟ☁︎｡⋆｡ ﾟ☾ ﾟ｡⋆
𝙆𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙮 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤 𝙪𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨? 𝙒𝙝𝙮 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙨𝙤 𝙨𝙤𝙤𝙣? 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖 𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙠 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙞 𝙥𝙝𝙮𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙩 𝙨𝙤 𝙗𝙖𝙙 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙. 𝙆𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙜𝙞𝙧𝙡 𝙞 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙪𝙢𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙥𝙞𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙚𝙝𝙚𝙝𝙚𝙝. 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙗𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙨𝙞𝙩 𝙨𝙤 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩! 𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙪𝙩 𝙪𝙥 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙨𝙤 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙤𝙧👉🚪

✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧ 𝙌𝙪𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙨 ✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧
𝒜𝒻𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈, 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝓌𝒶𝓉𝒸𝒽 𝒶 𝓂𝑜𝓋𝒾𝑒? 𝒟𝑜𝓂𝒾𝓃𝒾𝒸 𝒶𝓈𝓀𝓈. "𝒴𝑜𝓊 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝓂𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒸𝒽𝑒𝒹𝒹𝒶𝓇 𝓅𝑜𝓅𝒸𝑜𝓇𝓃 𝒾 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒. 𝒲𝑒 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝒸𝓇𝑜𝓌𝒹 𝓊𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒷𝓁𝒶𝓃𝓀𝑒𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓈𝓂𝑒𝓁𝓁𝓈 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒...𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓈𝓂𝑒𝓁𝓁?”
𝐼 𝒸𝒽𝑜𝓀𝑒 𝑜𝓃 𝒶 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝓈𝒽 𝓌𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝒻𝑒𝒶𝓇. "𝐿𝒶𝓋𝑒𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇" 𝐼 𝓈𝒶𝓎 𝒶𝓈 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓈 𝓈𝓉𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂 𝒹𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝓂𝓎 𝒸𝒽𝑒𝑒𝓀𝓈.
"𝒴𝑒𝒶𝒽. 𝒜𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓁𝑒𝓉 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓌𝒶𝓉𝒸𝒽 𝒶 𝒸𝒽𝒾𝒸𝓀 𝓂𝑜𝓋𝒾𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝒸𝒶𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝐼 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝒹𝑜 𝒾𝓈 𝓌𝒶𝓉𝒸𝒽 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓌𝒶𝓉𝒸𝒽 𝒾𝓉. 𝒴𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒻𝒶𝒸𝑒 𝑔𝑒𝓉𝓈 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝒹𝑜𝓅𝑒𝓎 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝑔𝑒𝓉 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝒹𝓇𝓊𝓃𝓀."
"𝒲𝑒 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝓇𝒶𝒾𝓃𝓎 𝒹𝒶𝓎𝓈 𝒹𝑜𝓃'𝓉 𝓌𝑒 𝒷𝒶𝒷𝓎?" 𝒟𝑜𝓂𝒾𝓃𝒾𝒸'𝓈 𝓋𝑜𝒾𝒸𝑒 𝒹𝓇𝒾𝒻𝓉𝓈 𝓊𝓅 𝒶𝓈 𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝒶𝓀𝑒𝓈 𝒶 𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓅 𝓉𝑜𝓌𝒶𝓇𝒹 𝑀𝒶𝓉𝓉𝑒𝑜.
"𝒲𝑒 𝒹𝑜." 𝒜 𝓈𝑜𝒷 𝑒𝓈𝒸𝒶𝓅𝑒𝓈 𝓂𝑒 𝒶𝓈 𝐼 𝒸𝓇𝒾𝓅𝓅𝓁𝑒 𝓊𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓈𝒾𝑜𝓃. 💔