Reviews

A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske

emilyexmas's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

5.0

gabymck's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious fast-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? N/A

4.0

A great beginning on this series. 

alexiswiththefreckles's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

nordiccowgirl's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

es_the_book_hoarder's review against another edition

My second DNF ever, and I'm guessing it's because of the scope of the genre.  Anyhoo, I didn't get farther than 50%. I'll elaborate later. But, yeah...

tbwaca's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted slow-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

3.75

jsantia59's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

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

3.5

Robin and Edwin REALLY carried this novel (the other characters as well) and the mystery of it all was just interesting enough to keep me going.

sidneyellwood's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

booksthatburn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual content, Torture, Death, Cursing, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Blood, Grief, Homophobia, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Ableism, and Drug use

Minor: Self harm, Suicide, Alcohol, Vomit, Child death, and Death of parent

any_direction's review against another edition

4.0

Are you into gay, historical fantasy? I definitely am. This book had so many things I love it’s hard to say if it was actually good, but I had a great time! I have never wanted two people to kiss so badly in my entire life. The good guys were charming, the villains effectively evil. The magic system is well drawn. The stakes are high, so even when the plot is slow the pages feel full. Will definitely be reading the sequel.

The star docked is a personal preference thing. I am ace, and this book has some intense sex. I wanted the characters to kiss… and stop there. But I acknowledge that that doesn’t really make sense with the genre or the character's personalities. I appreciate the explicit consent, and I think the using magic to create intimacy thing would be interesting if I had more of a stomach for it. But all that’s my problem, go read this book!