A review by krystlethegreat
One for My Enemy by Olivie Blake

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I usually struggle with Olivie Blake books. She usually writes very - in my opinion - pretentious books, that make me feel stupid for all the uncommon words she uses. 

This book though. This book was beautiful! Definitely not her typical prose; which was refreshing!

This book is all about relationships. The world building is all but non-existent. It's magical realism with the addition of witches and 1 fae. The magic system is not really explained. But the relationships are so well constructed and such the focus, that I didn't really miss the other things. 

I was intimidated by the name chart at the front end of the book, but it was very easy to follow characters by their names and nicknames... if you have any experience with Slavic names and nicknames, it will be even easier. 
Ex. Alexandra = Sashenka / Sasha

Overall, the beauty of the relationships was incredible. 🖤 I was entranced by this book and I hope to read more books of this nature from her in the future. 

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