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When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill
3.5
challenging emotional hopeful informative mysterious 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: Complicated

I wanted to love this more than I did. The writing is beautiful but it felt too long and too repetitive - would be a 5* novella for me.
Will definitely keep reading more of the author's work though as I loved The Girl Who Drank The Moon and whilst I didn't dislike this it just didn't capture my attention or my heart the way I thought it would.