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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Arthur Conan Doyle
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I struggled with the romance in this, in both storylines. For Rhona, I had no issue with her partner, but the development just felt shallow and forced, with a lot of info dumping & seer magic just shaping things in a way that felt rushed and unnatural. With Eira, I was desperate for her to stop being so inexplicably attracted to and in love with the war criminal, and his self-castigation did not feel redemptive for me given his continued hiding of his actions & justification of his willingness to commit atrocities.
The world generally was sort of interesting but felt more stereotypical than deep or political. I would have liked more focus on the mechanism of the flow and why so many people turned on witches so quickly. Ultimately, the plot felt like more of a vehicle for big shocking reveals, particularly about Eira’s memory, rather than a well crafted and lived in world.
Thank you to the publisher for the gifted copy.
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The Iron Hex (Iron Hex Trilogy, #1)
Victoria S. Walsh
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Hasn’t it only been like three years since the Iron Empire took over? Why are people struggling so much to remember what things were like before them? Why are they so entrenched, in only three years, unless the elites (including our two main FMCs) were terrible?
Even a common soldier should definitely know how misogynistic the past regime was or was not…
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“I know what role you had in the Iron Empire”
“Say it. Out loud. Say it!”
“… Iron Retinue.”
“Are you afraid?”
“No.”
“Then ask me the most basic question: what do I eat?”
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Victoria S. Walsh
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Reliquary
Hannah Whitten
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Medaling: A rivals-to-lovers MM hockey romance
Hailey Reaves