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The Fate of Stars by S.D. Simper
3.75
adventurous dark emotional hopeful fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
Was this book good? Not necessarily. Did I enjoy it a lot? Yes. It's very tropey. Very sapphic dark romance the little mermaid. 

Things I loved:
  • Bisexual mermaid!
  • Stone butch lesbian princess!
  • Godpunk!
  • The narrative definitely has empathy and respect for sex workers.

Things I didn't like:
  • A lot of the prose.
  • The names were just kind of challenging for me. Typical of this sort of fantasy, but challenging.
  • Unquestioned authority of royalty.
  • Excessive mentions of and threats of sexual violence/rape to prove that the world is dark. This could have been used in tandem with other types of oppressive violence much more effectively than this book did.

Overall, would recommend if the description sounds good to you. It is what it says it's going to be, and I always appreciate that in a book.
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