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azrah786's review
4.0
UPDATE - 09/06/21
CW: violence, gore, execution, death, human experimentation, substance abuse
I enjoyed this a lot more on the reread so I'm rounding my rating up to 4 Stars :)
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**I was provided with an ARC through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review**
Set during the French revolution, Dangerous Remedy follows the Battalion des Mortes - a daring group of youths led by a Revolutionary's daughter, who "cheat death" by rescuing people from the guillotine.
One particular rescue finds them in the company of a girl with very strange and dark powers and as both sides of the revolution hunt her down, the group have to decide whether or not to fight for her safety or their own.
From the opening scene of this story I was hooked and immediately fell in love with each member of this rag tag team of misfits. Their already well developed camaraderie and banter reminded me of that of the squad from The Gilded Wolves, thus I immediately warmed to this found family. I loved how they were determined to do the right thing but something would always accidentally go wrong.
As well as the various platonic relationships I really loved the romance between Ada and Camille. I did have a problem with the love triangle aspect though. In hindsight it did help in the development of the characters but it became very obvious to me that the drama surrounding it was prolonged as it was needed for the plot. I was just slightly frustrated and constantly wishing for Camille to come clean about her feelings and situation earlier than she did.
Dunn’s writing style was easy to follow and I feel like she did really well at setting the atmosphere of Revolutionary France. I went into the story not expecting the Frankenstein-esque theme at all but I absolutely loved that the fantasy/paranormal elements were linked to science.
As with many YA stories I have been reading over the last few years involving a group of characters going on risky missions, I do feel the story would be much more believable if the characters were aged up a bit and not caged within the parameters of the YA genre.
Nevertheless, this was a wonderful debut and I look forward to seeing where the story goes in the sequel.
Final Rating – 3.75/5 Stars
CW: violence, gore, execution, death, human experimentation, substance abuse
I enjoyed this a lot more on the reread so I'm rounding my rating up to 4 Stars :)
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**I was provided with an ARC through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review**
Set during the French revolution, Dangerous Remedy follows the Battalion des Mortes - a daring group of youths led by a Revolutionary's daughter, who "cheat death" by rescuing people from the guillotine.
One particular rescue finds them in the company of a girl with very strange and dark powers and as both sides of the revolution hunt her down, the group have to decide whether or not to fight for her safety or their own.
From the opening scene of this story I was hooked and immediately fell in love with each member of this rag tag team of misfits. Their already well developed camaraderie and banter reminded me of that of the squad from The Gilded Wolves, thus I immediately warmed to this found family. I loved how they were determined to do the right thing but something would always accidentally go wrong.
As well as the various platonic relationships I really loved the romance between Ada and Camille. I did have a problem with the love triangle aspect though. In hindsight it did help in the development of the characters but it became very obvious to me that the drama surrounding it was prolonged as it was needed for the plot. I was just slightly frustrated and constantly wishing for Camille to come clean about her feelings and situation earlier than she did.
Dunn’s writing style was easy to follow and I feel like she did really well at setting the atmosphere of Revolutionary France. I went into the story not expecting the Frankenstein-esque theme at all but I absolutely loved that the fantasy/paranormal elements were linked to science.
As with many YA stories I have been reading over the last few years involving a group of characters going on risky missions, I do feel the story would be much more believable if the characters were aged up a bit and not caged within the parameters of the YA genre.
Nevertheless, this was a wonderful debut and I look forward to seeing where the story goes in the sequel.
Final Rating – 3.75/5 Stars
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Gore, and Violence
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