Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Shielded by KayLynn Flanders

9 reviews

vagaybond's review against another edition

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adventurous
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
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bella_boo's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I have always loved the Goose Girl, and I absolutely loved this book! There was a sad part that upset me so much I stopped reading for a while, but then I got back to reading, and the ending was so good!
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bluebreex's review against another edition

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adventurous funny mysterious 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? Yes

3.0

I have so many mixed thoughts on this book - I loved the world and the magic system, but I found the pacing in the first half of the book very slow and hard to get into. However, it definitely picks up around the half way point. 

I really enjoyed the magical aspect of the wilds and how Jenna's magic is described. I do wish we were able to see more of the wilds in this book, but maybe the sequel will expand on that.
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spaghettii's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.0

Starts off slow but definitely gets better 
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saoreads's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

On first impression, the heroine had a childish demeanor through the way she expressed herself. I'm hoping for some character development of what the outside country awaits for her. A medium-paced novel it was, as the flow of the story is detailed and with its subtle remarks leads readers to easily predict what comes next. I'm enjoying this book more than I'd ever imagined. There were scenes that were unexpected or that the readers could anticipate, and it makes me so happy every time. The world-building within the novel is really enchanting. The main characters are honed well, even with the villains that make you root for them. This book definitely adds up to another reason why I love duologies so much.
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sqacedvst's review against another edition

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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? It's complicated

3.75

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daniellestarredpages's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

Review to come
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stevenreadsbooks's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

This book was amazing! At first, I was thinking of DNFing the book since the beginning was boring and confusing to me. Once I hit page 100 though, everything changed. The story really picked up and became fast-paced, which I like. The plot, characters, and romance were amazing and it was everything I wanted in a book and more. The only issue I had was the length of the chapters. There were only 26 chapters in this 419-page book. This made the chapters long.  When I read, I don't like stopping in the middle of a chapter, I just like to finish it. This book made it hard to read just a chapter since each chapter was really long. As a result, I would try and read this book when you have a lot of time. If you don't care about stopping in the middle of a chapter then you should ignore what I said and start reading ASAP. I would 100% recommend this book to anyone who is willing to power through the beginning. I cant wait to see what happens in the second book.
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guinevere_s1994's review

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adventurous medium-paced
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

Overall I enjoyed this book. It started off a bit slow and didn't start getting really interesting until about chapter 6. After that I found it far more appealing. Some of the events are somewhat predictable, though there are one or two unexpected occurrences that add interest and depth to the story.  Things seemed a little too easy for the protagonist,
she gets injured a lot but nothing seems to have any real long-term consequences
. I would have liked to have seen more character development, both for the protagonist and supporting characters, but overall they are likable and I am interested enough to read the next instalment when it comes out. 
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