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Fiorenzo by Sebastian Nothwell
2.5
dark emotional reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

About 3/4 of the way through this book, I flipped from finding the relationship between Fiore and Enzo adorable to oppressive. I’m not even sure I can point to it - beyond a certain amount of recreating sickroom drama every time Fiore was doing fine - but I found that Fiore grew and changed while Enzo just…was. And kept being. And in some ways gets worse about making choices for Fiore and that just frustrated me. I do wonder if I just wanted a more tightly edited book or a different one than I got.