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Night Study by Maria V. Snyder

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adventurous emotional 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? Yes

4.0

The change to multiple POVs in this portion of the series is jarring. I get why it’s there, but it feels like it slows the story  and at times can be hard to follow. 

I love these characters, but overall feel like these three books are complete different books. If I didn’t attach these the the first three, I’d probably rate this a little lower.
Shadow Study by Maria V. Snyder

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adventurous challenging emotional 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

4.0

The Witch Collector by Charissa Weaks

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adventurous emotional tense medium-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? No

4.5

Cursed Prince by C.N. Crawford

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

2.75

Court of Serpents and Secrets by Eliza Raine

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challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

A Promise of Fire by Amanda Bouchet

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

Court of Monsters and Malice by Eliza Raine

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

2.5

Court of Greed and Gold by Eliza Raine

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

2.5

We got a little more answers in this book, but still feels like the author is unnecessarily hiding things. I still don’t care about the characters all that much. But I hate leaving things unread so I’ll continue to book three. Maybe just to save others. 
Court of Ravens and Ruin by Eliza Raine

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

2.0

Not much happened in this book. It really just posed a lot of questions, but didn’t really give anything. It was pretty frustrating. I wouldn’t say anything in it made me feel like I needed to read on, because I didn’t care about anyone or their problems. 

The FMC is a brat who fights to fight, but she does it to spite her own face. There was nothing that made me feel or understand her desires or reason. 

The MMC we didn’t get enough of to care about. Like just vague mysteries with not even a little bit of something revealed to make interest hold. 
A Queen This Fierce and Deadly by Stacia Stark

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adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? No

4.0