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A review by starlitpage
A Market of Dreams and Destiny by Trip Galey
adventurous
dark
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? It's complicated
3.5
This book is clever as you need to be to make a profit trading with a goblin. I loved the growing relationship between Owain and Deri, and while it's a bit horny, the writing is very tasteful about it. The conceit of paralleling indentured servitude Above with Untermarkt trades and contracts is excellent. This is a dark book full of exploitation and risks that make it a more stressful book than a comfort read to me. Certainly not a book I'd trade away my memory of to read again for the first time, but I won't write off a re-read having value.
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Blood and Gaslighting
Minor: Ableism, Confinement, Sexual content, and Slavery
Horny romance, but in implication and closed door