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The Tarnished by E.S. Christison
4.0
slow-paced

Thank you to the author for the gifted copy!

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This was another enjoyable read for The Blameless series. And one of my favorite aspects is that it really is great for the middle grade/young YA audience. There’s some heavy themes but nothing overly gory/detailed and I really love the FMC.

Briana is committed to helping her kingdom and doing the hard things to get there. I love seeing her work and train to be the best person she can be. There’s mistakes made along the way and I love how sincere apologies are given and you can see the heart of those surrounding Bri.

I love all of the side characters and the big found family. Getting the point of view from the antagonist really amps things up too. Plenty of action, intrigue, what will happen next and some good fun moments to give the cast a breather. It’s a good series and I look forward to reading the next book.

Overall audience notes:
- Middle grade fantasy
- Language: none
- Romance: none
- Violence: moderate
- Trigger/Content Warnings: loss of loved ones, small scale battle scenes, weapons and physical violence