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Witches Steeped in Gold by Ciannon Smart

sandsamelia's review

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

4.0

jenna_bookworm_5822's review

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DNF 25%

mdelao630's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

alrauna's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense 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? Yes

3.0

tofudog1's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

hoffnungswolke's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

reread thoughts:

This was even better the second time around.

I reread this to prepare myself for finally reading the second book, and I was surprised how much I still remembered, so much that a reread wasn't even necessary. I don't regret it, tho.

I just love these characters so much, not all equally but they are all fleshed out and layered as fuck. 
The betrayals still got to me, even though I knew they were coming.

Yes, this book has a few pacing issues but I still love it a lot, those last few chapters are a roller coaster ride.

This time around I'm gonna start the 2nd book quickly.

***

THIS BOOK.
THE WORLD BUILDING. THE WRITING. THE CHARACTERS.
THE BETRAYELS. THE TWISTS.

I'm loosing my mind over this book!!!

archane's review against another edition

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

4.0

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lucsadeline's review against another edition

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2.0

This book literally had so much potential, while the idea was great and I liked certain aspects of it the author wrote it as though we knew everything about this world beforehand. The magic system was so complicated, the book started off with so much politics and there was no introduction to any of it. The two points of view were so difficult to catch onto but once you did, the pov would switch. I just wish there was more clarification earlier in the book because this could've been an amazing read.

kcooke159's review

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adventurous tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

shancarr's review against another edition

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

2.75