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Beztroska by Lauren Roberts

8 reviews

annagerg's review against another edition

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adventurous dark reflective tense medium-paced
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0


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vic_to_ria's review against another edition

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medium-paced

3.0

This felt like the filler episode in a good tv show where nothing important happens but we get character development and vibes.
 
It was a fast read and felt like a side character adventure but it was fun. It did get predictable and boring at times but it was still enjoyable. They really played on the chemistry between the two and cleared the air on most of their miscommunication errors which was nice. 90% full of our favourite tropes btw. There are so many moments that it felt almost too much but it works fine. 

There is no magic in this book- at all. Which I found interesting but they didn’t do a lot with building the surrounding city’s much more than the general animosity towards the “Magic Onlys Party” city. They did play into a more physical defence tactic due to not having anyone for Kai to mimic and where he falls short she exceeds and how they “work” together was fun. 

Much like the first one where it’s not too serious of a read that’s more of a fun time full of tropes. 
It felt very slow until 60% when things start to pick up AND THAT ENDING ?? I DIDNT THINK THEY WOULD DO THAT TO US ??? 
I’m sat for the third one now. 


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kaitlynnnng's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I didn’t love this book as much as I loved the first book, but it was still very enjoyable!

Per usual, Kai had be giggling and kicking my feet. I love that man!

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hjb_128's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75


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kinsportch's review against another edition

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adventurous reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5


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annikenr's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional 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

5.0


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pastorscratchy1reads's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional tense fast-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

4.5

I thought that this book what pretty good, but not as well written as the first, though it is better than most other books I've read.
I just have so many questions. Like what is Callum doing? WHY WOULD HE TELL KITT TO MARRY PAEDYN? How will the court react? How will PAEDYN react? She can't say no, or it's her head, which to be honest, she might prefer.
I can't wait for April 2025!

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dramagirl2003's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional fast-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

5.0

i am so shook and need the next one immediately
read the whole thing in a day

thoughts while reading 🗡️✨

"Promise me you'll stay alive long enough to stab me in the back?"
I could make good on that promise.
kai & pae are both so hopelessly in love that they can’t kill their fathers’ murderers

He's coming for me.
And I won't hesitate again.
just you keep telling yourself that

It's dangerous, how much I think of her.
How much everything reminds me of her.

p58: it would just be an innocent bystander 😂
p79: shadow. i like it 🥷
p81: aha i never thought about that! kai’s basically powerless out here, getting a taste of pae’s life. i can’t even decide whether i want it to be her trying to rob him right now or not
p82:
abigail
! they made it!
p91: hehe this will be interesting
p92: oh! we’re hearing from kitt now
p94: damn that makes total sense that his father tried to force them together, but why?

I should follow her. I should follow her and take her by surprise I should be smart about this. Every bit of training screams at me to handle this delicately, deliberately.
But where's the fun in that?
I'll handle her as delicately as she did my father.
and what a killer line he comes out with

If she is Shadow, then I am Flame.
This girl is the very thing I can't seem to escape - can't seem to go anywhere without the remnants of her following. Where I am, she is.
Whether it's in the flesh or in the fragments of my mind.
And where there is a flame, there is always a shadow.
She is my inevitable.

'You promised to be my undoing. So, prove it. Prove it. Hate me enough to make me want you. Ruin me.’
screaming anyone??

p105:
not the kiss we expected, but the kiss we needed.
and i’m peeved she still hasn’t got her dagger back yet

'I'd watch your tongue, Prince. Unless you'd like to swallow it.'

p109: i’m pretty proud of pae for that move actually
p127: are we getting the one bed trope?
p143: 🥺 poor babies
p148: kai is no longer a fool for her 😐
p198: is calum a double agent
p218: 🤭 time for another one bed where they definitely will have to share
p221: i would not have a good poker face if a guy said this stuff to me irl
p225: yeah you just keep telling yourself that
p235: ava. is she kitt’s mum? (you can tell i hadn’t read the family tree yet)
p310: woah woah woah WOAH
p355: yes kai is finally getting to see her scar
p365: he’s a fool for her again 🤭

'Oh, but you are my undoing. My deliverance. My downfall disguised as a deity. You are my ruin.’

p367:
kai’s letting her go
🥺
p383: kitt is 100% sentencing paedyn to death just like she feared
p385: THE F…

This will be the rest of my life. Forced to love her from a distance. 
Mourn the loss of her each day.
She is the torture I may not survive.
She is my undoing.
She was supposed to be my forever.
But the beast doesn't get the beauty.

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