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Nothing Tastes as Good
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While having an intriguing plot, the characters definitely fall into the flat feeling of how some YA protag characters are, accompanied by a laughably bad villain. There certainly are some good moments and the primary romantic dynamic between the main characters is the most compelling part about them (WLW LETS GOOOO), but alas Soraya’s back and forth between being for vs against her own people was just…not executed very well. I get how understandably someone with that much trauma and isolation has mixed feelings about their own relationship with those around them, but it felt like a very jarring back and forth between her different feelings towards them at any given moment. Maybe after some extra editing time it would have come off smoother, but I do appreciate that plot point being explored and expanded on at least rather than writing off the entirety of Soraya’s past trauma and sweeping it all under the rug as so many other novels do with protagonists who are working through their own issues.
The pacing was quick so it’s pretty easy to get through and plot twists are fulfilled in a way that keeps you reading even if you’ve already guessed it 50 or so pages before they happen. All in all, not groundbreaking or earth shattering, but still a pretty good YA fantasy novel with a nice wlw relationship featured!
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