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First and foremost, the audiobook for this is phenomenal and if you haven't listened to it yet go do so now it's so well done!!
I have very mixed feelings about this book. Overall, I enjoyed listening to it. I think the plot was solid. Most of the characters were well written, but I found that during some moments it dragged a lot. Especially near the end. The plot kept advancing, it was never slow, but yet I kept checking the time remaining and I wasn't fully focused, and I'm not sure why that was.
While i'm used to unlikeable characters, there's something about carrie soto I genuinely could not stand her.She was so annoying and never listened to people always trying to start fights. Her dad was the absolute best part of this book, and while I knew that he was going to die, that scene still shocked me and broke me, and I still have not recovered from the pure pain that taylor jenkins reid put me through.
I did also really like the ending with Carrie losing the match in the end.I think it showed so much character development and was so much more powerful than if she had won.
So overall, it was a very well written book. Like with most of this author's books, it was very creative, very powerful, but something about it just didn't hit like her Other novels did.
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Carrie Soto Is Back
Taylor Jenkins Reid
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If We Were Villains
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The Haunting of Hill House
Shirley Jackson
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I think I enjoyed book 1 just a little bit more but this was a very solid book and a very good end to the duology!
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The Dragon's Promise (Six Crimson Cranes, #2)
Elizabeth Lim
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Where are my fantasy experts at!
I'm looking for fantasy recs that aren't focused on romance. While I'd prefer no love story, I know that would cut out a lot I might enjoy. So, it's okay if people fall in love, but that shouldn't be the focus. C or D plot straight romance, B or C plot queer romance (iykyk)
Examples of fantasy I enjoy: The Last Unicorn, LOTR, The Hobbit, She Who Became the Sun, The Spear Cuts Through Water, Lies of Locke Lamora, (Does Babel count? it has a magic system...if it counts as fantasy then also) Babel
I have Dune and Assassin's Apprentice on my TBR, but I'm not interested in The Wheel of Time. I'd love more unicorns! Also don't worry if it's a dense fantasy or if it's older, I'll take anything if the plot is fun!
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Archenemies (Renegades, #2)
Marissa Meyer
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