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A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows

197 reviews

luckylolabug's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

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christcooper's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional tense medium-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

5.0

a complex tale of arranged marriage turning into genuine love between two characters whose slow-building affection for each other is endearing, sweet, and extremely hot.
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tragicgloom's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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lyndsea22's review against another edition

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

4.0

I really enjoyed the main characters, but I feel like the side characters could have been more developed. Also the pacing was intense. I think it would have made more sense if the book took place over a month or so, but it was a week, which felt rushed. I did enjoy the romance and focus on healing, but it was quick for the events that happened for people to have recovered to the point they did. There is an author's note at the beginning warning about the sensitive topics, but the first one is quite early, so it's important to be prepared going in.
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bellyreads's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

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lindsayb09's review against another edition

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I'm giving up and moving on. I checked some other reviews to see if it was going to get better, but the consensus seems to be "no". 

I wanted frothy, tropey romance, but instead I got bland characterizations and way too much sociological and political worldbuilding. I'm not much of a fantasy reader and I don't care for a whole lot of worldbuilding in general, but if I'm GOING to go through all that trouble then the characters at least better be worth it.

Instead Vel's personality is mostly built around his victimization and abandonment -- and yet, despite this being his entire character for the first 25% of the book, he suddenly and completely trusts Cae for absolutely no reason. Cae himself has no discernible personality apart from "man of action" (?)

I don't care about the political intrigue at all, and honestly the author doesn't seem to care that much either. I can't be bothered to wade through all of that just to find out if the insta-love vibes continue to develop at an unrealistic pace πŸ€·πŸ»β€β™€οΈ
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jaqylantern's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional 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

3.75

The pacing was the worst part. I wish this had been split into two 300 page books. So many things happened so fast. I wish we had chances to sit with the situations and emotions. 
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pixelateddragon's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.25

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The characters and the world building were interesting and well-written, and the voice acting in the audio book was absolutely amazing. 
I loved the contrast of the queer-normative country with the more typically "medieval European"-esque one and how this was expressed and talked about in the text. (Loved the nonbinary representation btw!)
I knocked off a few points for how graphic the
sexual assault
was, I won't say it's existence wasn't important to further the conflict of the story but I felt it was in more detail than it needed to be to get the point across. Mind the trigger warnings!!!
And the plot was relatively interesting but a bit predictable, I guessed the twist pretty much as soon as the first attack happened & the MC was introduced to
the ML's sisters & the inheritance situation
but it wasn't disappointing. 
I loved the relationships between characters especially the platonic & familial ones, they were dynamic and felt so real. 
I ended up skipping the sex scenes so I can't really comment on them, because they always ended up playing when I was trying to eat in public (and I didn't bother to go back to them because I'm not terribly fond of having sex narrated to me in general πŸ˜…).

But overall the book was pretty enjoyable with a dynamic and rich world and characters with beautiful prose & audio narration but, it was a bit heavy handed and more explicit than needed with a few of the more 'traumatic' parts of the story (& the relationship was a bit rushed, but it's a romance book and that is typical of the genre so I can't complain too much on that), and the mystery was a bit predictable.
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readsforlove's review against another edition

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4.5

My first question is why are more people not talking about this amazing book? I found it on Audible recs of all places after searching for a similar book to A Taste of Gold and Iron and was quickly swept away. Velasin and Caethari are ... wow. Like. This book is the arranged marriage trope, and while being an asexual makes this concept feel truly straight from a horror novel, the tenderness with which it happened in this book was just so so good. I'm having trouble finding words. They were each so tender and sweet and kind to each other, and there was no unnecessary drama, which I'd honestly been expecting. While things were by no means easy between them, they each went into the situation with grace, care, and honesty, despite there being ample opportunity to create drama. But they were both so refreshingly mature and sweet about everything, it makes me want to dive right back in for a reread from cover to cover. 

Instead, I'm diving right into book 2, and I predict I will have the worst book hangover ever when I'm through. 

Please do be sure to check content warnings before going into this novel though!! Very heavy topics are addressed and depicted on page, and while it's done with care, it's still important to go into the novel consciously. 
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daisymadeli's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful tense slow-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

Velasin and Caethari immediately stole my heart with their fumbling hope and endless yearning. They are both strong and clever in their own right, but truly out of their league when it came to being married (adorable.) Velasin is shattered and searching for a reason to try, and Cae gives him one after the other as they work to solve a mystery together and figure out what it means to be outside of family and societal expectations. 

I saw the twist coming, but I was still pleasantly surprised by the series of events at the end and the growth of the characters. 

And don’t even get me started on Markel. He is adorable and selfless and loyal and all things good. This author writes a really loveable character really well. 
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