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The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
3.5
adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I quite enjoyed this book! However, I am writing my review 10 days after finishing it, and I can't really remember what happened. That could very well be on me rather than a critique of the writing, though. I was invested in the plot, but not so much the characters. All the male-presenting characters were kind of pricks and really rude (even the one guy you THINK is nice turns out to be a jerk). I honestly think the eldest sister (sorry, I can't remember her name) was my favorite and I would have preferred more of her in the story. Also, the whole "humans are worthless" thing got a bit old after a while.