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The Artist and the Orc by Finley Fenn
4.0
adventurous dark emotional funny tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Thanks to Finley Fenn for the review copy and this is my honest review.

The heroine is an insecure artist and I have never related so hard to a FMC in my life. The hero is up there as one of my favourite Orc Sworn heroes, he's an earth bender and his love language is gift giving and acts of service, say less. 

The orcs are not big talkers on sharing information and feelings in general but this book takes the cake with a language barrier. The hero doesn't speak the common tongue but they do manage to transcend that barrier through ploughing and art. 

He inks her body, she inks him back, she draws him nude, and it's all beautiful. Everything is art, including the many vivid orc prick descriptions which I loved.

You can expect the usual Orc Sworn goodness, slow burn in terms of romance but buckets of orc seed quick and early, heightened political stakes and angst.