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A review by lady_moon
The Spy and Her Serpent by Maria Ying
3.5
Rep: Singaporean setting & BIPOC cast, trans lesbian MC, trans polyamorous lesbian MC, polyamorous sapphic side characters
I must admit, I'm a little disappointed. The writing wasn't bad but wasn't good either. The plot was shaky and a little confusing and the characterization of the MCs were... a little off? Can't explain it, there was just too much contrast at what we're told about them and what we actually see from them, excluding Dallas.
Also - of course the trope "character A has killed character B's loved one so character B is getting close to character A to kill them but they accidentally fall in love" will be resolved this way :') Of course.Can I get a book with this trope isn't resolved with the loved one's death being deserved/justified or character A not have killed them at all? 😩 Like, FOR ONCE character B's revenge to be ctually valid and on point? Pls
I must admit, I'm a little disappointed. The writing wasn't bad but wasn't good either. The plot was shaky and a little confusing and the characterization of the MCs were... a little off? Can't explain it, there was just too much contrast at what we're told about them and what we actually see from them, excluding Dallas.
Also - of course the trope "character A has killed character B's loved one so character B is getting close to character A to kill them but they accidentally fall in love" will be resolved this way :') Of course.