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The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
3.5
adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book is a chonk. An absolute unit. If you miss doorstoppers (and being able to read them in one sitting), this book delivers. It only took me two shabboses to get through. 
It was fun, it did the epic fantasy thing very well, and there were dragons. It was one of those books that sets out to tell a good story in a settled genre and succeeds admirably.