Reviews

Der Mitternachtspakt by C.L. Polk

library_rift's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

_surri_'s review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Modern Feminists Read This Book! It hit so close to home and landed straight in the feels. The struggle between choosing love and a relationship or independence and the freedom to choose your own path is one I am intimate with. Fantastic, as usual.

zazustruggle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

sierrayak's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing tense medium-paced

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

5.0

kelsallen's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

janada59's review against another edition

3.0

I didn't realize before I started it that it was a young adult novel. Knowing that now I will say that I liked the story and message for young adults; specifically young women.

I also really liked that there was an asexual character with her own arc and resolution. I think if I had books with characters like Ysbeta Lavan when I was a teenager it could have saved me a lot of questions.

freckles_and_books's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful medium-paced

4.25

timinbc's review against another edition

3.0

One one hand, this is a competently-presented Regency story, which gives us costumes and manners and courtly men, PLUS women automatically placed in the "it's so unFAIR!" mode that is so common in YA. In this case, the unfairness is a tad less subtle, with the magic-blocking collars. Well thought out, though.

On the other hand, it's a Regency story so much like so many others. If it's one of only a few, it's fine, and as a YA it might be a good entry point to the genre, but after the eighth or ninth they get a bit samey. This might be better than average.

Daddy is always super-inflexible, but Daughter is Plucky, and you know that it's going to end with Daddy all "it's the end of civilization as we know it but she's my daughter and I'll back her" (despite all his previous threats and schemes) while Mummy cries happily.

How about a Regency story that's about a man? An older women? LGBTQ+ ? How about one where our heroine ISN'T plucky, and ISN'T the strongest magician in the nine townships? How about one where the love interest isn't just Aragorn in silk breeches and lace?

lily_t_h's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

azhangia's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.0