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Prince's Gambit by C.S. Pacat

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adventurous challenging dark 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? No

4.0

Honestly solid.

The Route of Ice and Salt by José Luis Zárate

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adventurous challenging dark sad 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

4.0

Everything in this book is sex and desire. Good!

Reforged by Seth Haddon

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adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

Is this book good? Ehhhh. The prose is fine but the worldbuilding and characters are not strong. It reminded me a lot of DA origins. The MC is not well developed and most of his characterization is just he felt, he thought, he expected. The relationship is not that thorough. The villains are just pure evil with very little of their motivations understood besides they’re evil. However, I did read it in three days.
I do have to commend the narrator who put his whole narratorussy into this performance. Rent was due and he paid in full!!! Definitely do the audiobook. I don’t think I would have finished if I read it.

The Oresteia by Aeschylus

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challenging dark tense

5.0

Aristotle reading this like you’re right! The mother is nothing but the incubator for she has no seed/form! Write that down! Write that down!

Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird by Agustina Bazterrica

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adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

2.5

It was fine idk I kinda hate short stories and found it too trying and trite idk annoyed

Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat

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dark funny reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Can you describe something as arctic in a fantasy that word seems a bit too idiosyncratic to me. Like how do you know there are bears there? Suspicious

Hamlet by William Shakespeare

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adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

5.0

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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challenging dark reflective medium-paced