Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Shielded by KayLynn Flanders

10 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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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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lizgriffinwords's review against another edition

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adventurous inspiring 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

4.75

Adventure, spooky forests, political intrigue, disguised royalty, conniving mages… there’s so much to love here! The magic system feels unique and the main character’s growth and arc are delightful. I’d highly recommend this one, especially to younger readers who are just starting to read YA fantasy.

Content notes: death of parent, war, violence typical of YA fantasy
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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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_courtney's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced

3.5

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kbairbooks's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I really enjoyed this! I’m unsure of how to describe that I felt that this was her debut novel BUT for a first time author this was delightful! I really enjoyed the story and the world. I don’t think the relationship was entirely fleshed out, and I feel like there was more to the healer than was said, and (spoiler) the one princess thinking Ren was cute seemed a bit random? Also this freakin woman went through so much!! I dunno dude she could rally like a m💕🎁🐈🥰🥲☀️👍🏼😟😈😘❌. (End spoiler) overall I enjoyed this story and I’m really excited to read book two. And to see where this author goes and how she grows.
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sophiesmallhands's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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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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