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Blood Debts
by Terry J. Benton-Walker
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This. Book. Is. Long.
It’s so freaking long and for no reason…at least not one I found. If you’ve been looking at my reviews for awhile though, you’ll find that I like there to be a reason for all of the words and if I can’t find one then I’m not a fan - but I don’t even think that’s the main thing here.
I went in expecting magical realism with a YA setting and characters. While technically I got this, it was more hormonal teenagers and equally hormonal acting adults than just young adults and that caused the excessive wordiness - the hormones did the talking.
The representation was here, but I felt it was almost overshadowed by the a lot of POVs and on audio it was hard to keep up with. I’m sad - I really thought I’d like this a lot. I just don’t. I think maybe I’m not the target audience. It happens!
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