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Blood Debts by Terry J. Benton-Walker
2.5
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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