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  • Hemlock & Silver
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    Nov 25, 2025
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    Enjoyment: 2.0Quality: 3.0Characters: 3.5Plot: 3.5
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    eeeeeeeeek ok this one was rough for me. I was SO excited to read this and even delayed my read until the fall for ~ vibes but I was sadly so bored through the most of this. The premise is incredible, but the story doesnt really start till about the halfway point, and imo the pace and intrigue never picked up. I couldn't wait to be finished and sort of hate read the last third.

    There were so so many side tangents and pages of internal narration that, at first, really helped me get to know the MC and flesh out the characters and the world, but eventually just grated and dragged to the point that I was asking myself "why are we getting yet another anecdote that has nothing to do with the plot when the plot is totally underdeveloped and we have only 100 pages left to go??"

    This has so much potential and I'll definitely come back and read other works by T. Kingfisher. A guilty 2.5 stars

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    Not gonna lie, this new discovery is kind of creeping me out.

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