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Elle

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Perfect balance of magic and horror

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 10-03-24

This book is so very good!! I cannot wait to read the second.
Do note that there are some parts that are just creepy as hell

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Martha Wells does it again

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5 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 09-06-23

Why is she so so good at writing about long simmering hurt, betrayal and people terrified of love? On different planets, in different forms? My GOD. I thought I couldn’t love a if hers character more than Moon but here we are.

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An Incredible Retelling

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 08-03-23

Words fail me at the moment. It's midnight and I just finished this standing at my kitchen sink mouth open, hands not washing a single dish. The rage, the constant rage of women is on full display at the end and a source of power. Incredible

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Irredeemable

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2 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
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1 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 05-21-23

Nests is a malignant sociapath who never shows any redeemable qualities. I also just have to note the addition of a powerful, smart Black woman character who Nesta gets to "outsmart", humiliate and flex her power on. In a book where all the main characters are white or mixed that was such an intentional and weird choice

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Lacking in imagination

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1 out of 5 stars
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2 out of 5 stars
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1 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 12-20-22

The author simply has no imagination and it shows in the use of worn cliches, racist, Orientalist stereotypes and weak world building. It was free and still I feel like I lost something

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Like beautiful poetry

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 12-04-22

This story ambles softly along, part fever dream and part poem. Beautiful and resonate

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Best YA fantasy novel I have ever read

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 11-29-22

If it always annoys you when the hero decides to show mercy, this book is for you. This book also teaches an important lesson that trying to please people who don't see you as human will always backfire.

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I'm so embarrassed I read this

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1 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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2 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 11-22-22

omg it's so bad. weak plot, terrible grammar and even worse consistency in era, tone and character development

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Started out very strong

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4 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 11-15-22

The author definitely fumbled trying to write about cultures she was unfamiliar with but not enough to detract from the story too much.
A little more research could have helped. Overall really great

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Overall meh with one big WTF

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2 out of 5 stars
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1 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 11-11-22

So..
we get all the way to book 2 and here comes the anti-Blackness. The first and only Black character was introduced and the narrator hits the racism button hard and gives the character the ONLY accent in the book and it is...badddddd. I tried to blame the horrible portrayal on the narrator but then the author makes this Black male character arrogant, ignorant, violent and even decides he would hit the girl he claims to like. I wish I could return it. It's not fun to get to the SECOND book in a series and see how poorly the author views people who look like you

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