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slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
it was decent, just underwhelming. Chokshi tends to write for a younger audience and that shows in the narrative.
I found the book less focused than The Gilded Wolves, and I can’t decide if that was intentional on the writer's part. Regardless made it hard to connect to the characters emotionally.
The plot was a good concept and had a near decent execution.
I didn’t like Laila and Séverin. It seems to be a common criticism but they just did nothing here. Laila on her own could have had a good storyline but Sèverin is a dead weight holding her back.
What I did like: Enrique and Zofia’s separate character arcs, as a couple they’re nearly as boring as Laila/séverin. Hypnos was just wasted potential. He shouldn’t have been there just to make Zofia/Enrique look better, it cheapened the whole bullshit love triangle.
I don’t think any of these characters like each other romantically.
I found the book less focused than The Gilded Wolves, and I can’t decide if that was intentional on the writer's part. Regardless made it hard to connect to the characters emotionally.
The plot was a good concept and had a near decent execution.
I didn’t like Laila and Séverin. It seems to be a common criticism but they just did nothing here. Laila on her own could have had a good storyline but Sèverin is a dead weight holding her back.
What I did like: Enrique and Zofia’s separate character arcs, as a couple they’re nearly as boring as Laila/séverin. Hypnos was just wasted potential. He shouldn’t have been there just to make Zofia/Enrique look better, it cheapened the whole bullshit love triangle.
I don’t think any of these characters like each other romantically.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism, Antisemitism, and Violence
Minor: Homophobia and Racism
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