A review by bethanycrowepowell
The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen

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

3.0

This ended up being a perfect storm of wrong expectations and poorly choosing format for a first read (audio) that led to me having a less than ideal reading experience. The comparisons to Howl's Moving Castle (a peerless book in some ways) set me up for disappointment when the emotion and the narrators were fine to listen to but fumbled a few words. Since the book seemed to drag plot-wise as I was listening it was harder to be...merciful, I guess.

This is a pretty straightforward romantic comedy in a fun-feeling secondary fantasy world (that's the part that resembles to HMC) where the plot felt tertiary.
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