kfkeene's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75


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plainromance's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5


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sweetteaandfiction's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

One Dark Window was the perfect introduction to the dark and twisty world of the Shepherd King by Rachel Gillig. 

PROS: 
🩸The Infection 
🖤Raven 
🩸The Highwaymen 
🖤Court Intrigue 
🩸The Magic System 
🖤All magic has a cost 
🩸The Nightmare 
🖤The poems 

CONS:
🩸Royals only concerned with their own power 
🖤Genocidal tendencies 
🩸The cost of some magic is too much to bear and it isn’t always a choice 

🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸 out of five infected young girls with cat like yellow eyes 

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kenich97's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0


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oliviapincin's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75


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citrarowan's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I kid you not, had the ending not been as good as it was, I would’ve given this 4 stars. A couple times I even thought I was reading Mistborn, there are many similarities between the two series, yet I don’t care since I’m a Mistborn enthusiast!

Anyway, the book. WE LOVE A GOOD WORLD BUILDING. And just let me tell you, the characters, god I love them all so much. This book has the perfect balance between character development and plot design like you can tell the author really poured her heart and soul into this story.

I’m so keen to read the second book NOW (gonna go get myself a snack first since it’s almost midnight but I don’t care!!)

This is a bloody brilliant story that I need to absorb into my soul, new hyperfixation? Absolutely.

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bethann_coleates's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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fannehsm's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

I really enjoyed this book! It’s very fantastical and the characters grow and move the plot along. The romance is a light focus of the story but well-built—I was always rooting for them!

Good writing and easy to read and follow along. The author lays out information well so you can try to puzzle things together as you read, which is something I love to do. 

Great world-building in the sense that you learn and see the world as needed. There wasn’t an unnecessary dumping of descriptions at any point. I was glued to my e-reader the whole time!

I love Elsbeth’s relationship with her monster. He’s grouchy, old, and sassy, and speaks in riddles often. We watch her grow and find heart and soul (literally) from the story around her. Although the violence in this story can be a bit much for those adverse to blood and gore. 

I was a little disappointed that the monster is not the lover (hahahaa), but this enemies-to-lover setup works well. 

-.25 stars because I want just a little more from the romance/relationship depth. But highly recommend because it’s fun to put things together as you’re reading. 

Can’t wait to read the second book!

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nixieba25f's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0


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alba_1994's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

This had a great premise. I just felt the character design was very shallow which resulted in inconsistent actions and undeep relationships.

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