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well written and thought out story

Revisado: 03-20-25

a little heavier on the romance than I usually like, but the story was intriguing and believable, if a little too predictable. There was some convenient and nonsensical illusion magic that absolutely didn't add up towards the end but overall I liked that magic had a cost. the narrator was excellent.

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did people just like the sex?

Revisado: 03-10-25

because the sex scenes are unique in how explicit they are (describing veins and whatnot) but the rest of the story is worse than just tropey, it's insultingly stupid. the very best example....the fate of the world rest on a coin flip bet (bad enough), but doh!....the antagonist didn't let the coin land and hid it in a labyrinth. are you kidding me right now? I BARELY had the stomach to finish the book but I powered through and I'm that much dumber for it.

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A children's book

Revisado: 01-17-25

Be kind and don't judge a book by it's cover, mmmkay. Except this book. The cover looks a bit like a Dr Seuss book and the story has about as much depth. If you want an easy read with throw away characters and a saccharin, no risk story...this might be the book for you.

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Protagonist was unlikeable, story was convoluted and immature

Revisado: 12-28-24

This book was not good. I didn't realize it was young adult, but it must be. The author uses anachronisms like "uber" and "crack" (the drug) in what is a standard traditional (medieval) fantasy world with magic, which took me completely out of a story I was already struggling with due to any annoying protagonist.

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series moves into YA territory

Revisado: 12-03-24

this book held my attention for a while but the story turned into a YA angst fest. the story really lacked much depth. vampires? really?

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heavy on [boring] romance, light on story

Revisado: 11-03-24

aimless story full of unimaginative witch and vampire tropes. the romance isn't even good. it's mostly constant unhealthy bickering. I quit reading after having to endure multiple chapters describing their unparalleled love only to have her get kidnapped and require no convincing whatsoever that her lover is a murdererous vampire who doesn't care about her.

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Fairy tale tropes galore

Revisado: 06-18-24

started okay but got very predictable. Beauty and the Beast and Rumpelstiltskin basically. lots of the story didn't make much sense and seemed excessively contrived and all too convenient. the lead up to the "evil queen" antagonist was just too much. we get it, she's super evil does evil stuff just for fun. the whole curse and then trial and riddle was very tropey.

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tough read if you know anything about networking and computers

Revisado: 04-29-24

the computer hacking was so laughable. The author should have consulted a computer scientist before publishing this implausible stuff.. ruined the book for me since its the foundation for the whole attack. they used vibrations? to do what exactly? it's the equivalent of reading ancient runes by smelling them. That isn't scifi, it's fantasy. Might as well drop some malware using an elvish lullaby.

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Hugo nominee? How?

Revisado: 03-13-24

being narrated by the author absolutely did not help, but the story was not compelling to me. I did not like any of the characters. I even managed to dislike the dog through association. I am flabbergasted that this book was a Hugo award nominee.

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unique story but confusing

Revisado: 02-17-24

I'm not really a fan of stories involving time travel, and I l found the library itself to be unbelievable. like the author can't decide if this is a sci-fi or fantasy book. attempts are made to explain it, but they fail and feels almost like a thing of religion rather than science or even fantasy. I enjoyed most of the book.

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